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AUSTRALIA APPOINTS 1ST ANTI-SLAVERY COMMISSIONER TO STRENGTHEN EFFORTS AGAINST MODERN SLAVERY

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Tue 12 November 2024: Australia on Monday appointed its first anti-slavery commissioner to strengthen efforts aimed at “preventing and responding to modern slavery.” Chris Evans, a former senator and anti-human trafficking activist, will begin a five-year term on Dec. 2, said a statement issued by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus’ office. “Modern slavery deprives victims of their dignity, fundamental […]

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CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CAUTIONED AGAINST PARTICIPATING IN NED ASSEMBLY HOSTED IN JOHANNESBURG

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Mon 11 November 2024: South Africa – Roshan Dadoo, from the BDS Coalition, urged South Africans to stay vigilant, raise awareness, and advocate for a boycott of the upcoming National Endowment for Democracy (NED) event. She called on civil society to make public statements opposing participation and to hold organisations accountable for aligning with foreign interests […]

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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NEW ZEALAND HAS REACHED A FOUR-YEAR HIGH

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Mon 11 November 2024: New Zealand’s unemployment continued to grow, with more people remaining unemployed for longer periods, and unemployment rate remained near four-year high, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Wednesday. New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in the September 2024 quarter, compared with 4.6 percent in the previous quarter, while […]

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN AFRICA: WHAT’S NEEDED TO GROW THE SECTOR

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  December 2023 – Dakar, Senegal launched sub-Saharan Africa’s first all-electric bus rapid transit network of 23 bus stations. Mon 11 November 2024: In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these problems but they’ve been […]

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PLASTIC WASTE ON BEACHES CAN NOW BE DETECTED USING SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY

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Mon 11 November 2024: Australian researchers have developed a new method to effectively spot plastic waste on beaches from space. Plastic waste on beaches is a global environmental crisis, as tons of plastic waste, including bottles, bags, straws, and fishing gear, wash up on shorelines every day. This waste mainly comes from improperly managed plastic […]

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TALIBAN SAYS DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN MIGRANTS FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES HAS INTENSIFIED

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Mon 11 November 2024: A committee of the High Commission for Addressing the Problems of Migrants said the process of forced expulsion of Afghan migrants from neighboring countries has intensified. However, members of the committee emphasized, in their meeting with the Prime Minister’s administrative deputy, that they have managed the resettlement of the returnees well […]

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FORTY THOUSAND MORE APPOINTMENTS PER WEEK AND ‘SURGICAL HUBS’, BUT WILL THIS FIX THE NHS?

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Thu 07 November 2024: Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ debut budget pledged increases of £22.6 billion in day-to-day spending for the NHS and £3.1 billion in capital spending over the next two years. The increase in day-to-day spending is intended to fulfil Labour’s campaign promise of “40,000 more appointments per week” from their election manifesto. This often-repeated promise gives […]

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HAMAS URGES ARAB-ISLAMIC SUMMIT IN SAUDI ARABIA TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR OCCUPIED JERUSALEM

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Sun 10 November 2024: Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday called the next week’s joint Arab-Islamic follow-up summit to take responsibility for the occupied city of Jerusalem, which is undergoing a “systematic Israeli judaization campaign”, Anadolu Agency reports. “It is time for the Islamic nations to fulfill their religious and political duties towards the holy city, […]

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