Sat 18 April 2026: Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009. Pope Leo XIV is set to arrive in Angola on the third leg of a landmark African tour that has unfolded alongside an escalating war of words with United States […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: The Israeli military says it established a “yellow line” demarcation in southern Lebanon, similar to the one separating its forces from territory still held by Hamas in Gaza It claimed it has already struck suspected Hezbollah fighters approaching its troops along the line. “Over the past 24 hours, [army] forces operating […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research that suggests you can, and often sooner than you might expect. Whether in a quick text message, a long email, a casual chat with a friend, or a comment online, the words […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Presidential spokesperson responds to fresh Trump SA white genocide claims: Although Trump did not explicitly say that only white farmers were approved through the program, his comments alluded to it when speaking of a white “genocide” in the country. “We stopped third-world […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Amnesty International calls Traore government’s move a ‘flagrant attack’ on basic rights. Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the dissolution of more than 100 associations and civil society groups – which rights groups are calling an “attack” on basic rights. It is the latest crackdown in the West African country, months […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ What now for Malema and EFF? Parliamentary rules state any custodial sentence without the option of a fine in excess of 12 months means an MP loses their seat for a period of five years after the sentence is served. But Malema’s […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Five widely used AI chatbots frequently produced problematic answers to health and medical questions, a new study revealed. Researchers in a study published in the BMJ Open on Tuesday tested Gemini, DeepSeek, Meta AI, ChatGPT and Grok with 50 prompts across five misinformation-prone categories. These included cancer, vaccines, stem cells, nutrition […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Miguel Diaz-Canel marks anniversary of socialist revolutionary declaration under threat of US attacks. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his country does not seek conflict with the United States but is prepared to fight if necessary, as Cuba marks the anniversary of its socialist revolutionary character amid the threat of US attacks. […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: With the internet and its widespread accessibility, many of us have front-row seats to widespread suffering and death across the globe for the first time in history, even when we are not directly affected. We’re living in what scholars describe as a “polycrisis” — a set of interconnected crises that compound and intensify one another. […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Europe has “maybe 6 weeks or so of jet fuel left”, the head of the International Energy Agency said, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol on Thursday painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what […]
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