Tue 28 October 2025: Jamaica is bracing for Hurricane Melissa, predicted to be the most destructive storm on record to hit the Caribbean island. Forecasters say the Category 5 storm is likely to cause “catastrophic” flooding, landslides and widespread damage. After Jamaica, Melissa is expected to make landfall in eastern Cuba later today. A hurricane warning has […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: The World Health Organisation says two years of fighting has more than doubled the number of people in Gaza who need mental health care, rising from about 485,000 to more than one million. Before Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, UNICEF estimated about 500,000 children in Gaza needed mental […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ We won’t beg Trump: “When America did not support our struggle, we didn’t sit and cry, OR [Tambo] went to the Soviet Union and we got support, so it is the same thing happening today. When the West troubles us, we must know […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: A tsunami of outrage and solidarity has flooded social media following the scandalous arrest of Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, with prominent Muslim voices demand his immediate release. Hamdi, a popular commentator across the Muslim world, was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and had his visa revoked after being stopped […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: Russia should focus on ending the war with Ukraine rather than testing missiles, US President Donald Trump said on Monday, a day after Moscow said it completed the test of its new nuclear-powered cruise missile Burevestnik. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Malaysia to Japan as part […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: Three separate controversies involving leaked text messages from private online group chats have rocked U.S. political circles this month, revealing racist, antisemitic and violent statements from figures across the ideological spectrum. The messages – sent privately but now public – include racial slurs, praise for Nazis, and threats of political violence, […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday acknowledged that the world body’s Security Council faces problems of legitimacy because its composition does not reflect the reality of today’s world. “It is clear the Security Council has a problem of legitimacy and the problem of effectiveness. Legitimacy, because its composition no longer corresponds to the reality of […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: People who sleep poorly may have brains that appear nearly a year older than their actual age, according to a new study of more than 27,000 adults age 40 to 70. The research, published in British medical journal the Lancet, analyzed participants’ sleep habits and brain MRI scans, using artificial intelligence […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: Mali has suspended education nationwide for two weeks due to an ongoing fuel shortage, the country’s education minister announced Sunday.Amadou Sy Savane said on state-owned public broadcaster ORTM that all educational institutions across the West African country will suspend activities from Oct. 27 to Nov. 9 because of the crisis. Savane […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: More than 20,000 Palestinian students were killed and over 31,000 injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and West Bank since October 2023, official figures showed on Tuesday. In a statement, the Palestinian Education Ministry said that 19,910 students in Gaza and 148 others in the occupied West Bank lost their lives in attacks by the Israeli army. Israeli army […]
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