Mon 17 November 2025: The Vatican has returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada’s Catholic bishops, describing the gesture as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.” The handover comes after prolonged calls from Indigenous communities for the repatriation of cultural objects taken during the colonial era. On Saturday, the Vatican formally returned the 62 […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe. On Thursday morning, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from war-torn Gaza – many without the required travel documents – landed at an airport near Johannesburg, leaving South African officials “blindsided”. After nearly 12 […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: Nine cases reported in Ethiopia’s Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system. Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in the south of the country. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday commended the Ethiopian […]
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Sun 16 November 2025: The Africa CDC said it had recorded about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases of cholera so far in 2025, a rise over last year. Africa is experiencing its worst outbreak of cholera in the past 25 years, with Angola and Burundi seeing renewed surges that suggest active transmission of the disease, […]
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Sun 16 November 2025: The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday urged UN member states to uphold their obligations under the Rome Statute and assist in the execution of outstanding arrest warrants, Anadolu agency reported. Presenting the ICC’s 2025 Annual Report to the UN, Judge Tomoko Akane told the UN General Assembly […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: In the last decade, armed drones have become one of the most visible symbols of modern warfare. Once the preserve of advanced militaries, armed drones are now widely available on the global arms market. Countries such as Turkey, China and Iran are producing lower-cost models and exporting them. In Sudan’s ongoing war, which began in […]
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Fri 14 November 2025: In what many view as further evidence of links between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Mossad, leaked emails show Israeli spy stayed in his Manhattan home. Newly leaked emails reveal that a senior Israeli intelligence officer with ties to the Israeli military and Mossad stayed at Epstein’s Manhattan residence on multiple occasions […]
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Fri 14 November 2025: Conditions at Syrian al-Hol and al-Roj camps are “inhuman, dangerous, and degrading”, independent report says, urging UK to comply with international obligations. The United Kingdom government should voluntarily facilitate the return of former repentant ISIL (ISIS) member Shamima Begum and others living in Syrian camps and deprived of British nationality, a new report has urged. […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Drinking a single glass of sugar-sweetened soda every day may raise the risk of high blood pressure by nearly a third, according to a new study. A healthy individual who does not drink soda has about a 6% risk of developing high blood pressure, which increases to 8% with daily consumption, research published in the […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: The UK government on Tuesday announced a £75 million ($98 million) strategy to phase out animal testing in science, replacing it with advanced alternative technologies. Unveiled by Science Minister Patrick Vallance, the plan sets out a roadmap to reduce and ultimately end animal use in research and safety testing, while maintaining rigorous standards for human health […]
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