Sun 03 November 2024: At least 735 homeless people died in France in 2023, the organization Collectif Les Morts de la Rue (CMDR) announced in a report Wednesday, according to French media outlets. The number rises to 826 when including those who did not die homeless but were homeless in the past, the report said. […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The Balfour Declaration a century ago opened the way for the creation of Israel, sowing the seeds of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that continues to tear apart the Middle East today. The statement was made in an open letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour that was published on November 2, […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Zimbabwe will seek compensation from Britain for the colonial injustices suffered by indigenous Zimbabweans during the 1890-1980 colonial period, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday. Addressing the Zimbabwe National Elders Forum at the State House in Harare, the country’s capital, Mnangagwa announced an initiative to study the impacts of Britain’s colonialism […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the summit hosted by South Africa in 2023, and more acutely at the recent 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia. At both events the alliance undertook to expand its membership. In 2023, the first […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Older Black women in the United States are less likely to receive standard breast cancer treatments and face longer delays in starting therapy compared to white women, according to a major study examining racial disparities in cancer care released Thursday. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The African Union’s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a “more severe” pandemic than COVID-19. “The situation is not yet under control, we are still on the upward trend generally,” Ngashi Ngongo from the Africa Centres for Disease […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Employees say ‘Israel must be held to account for its actions’ and that failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians. The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on Gaza and criticised its lack of “accurate evidence-based journalism”. A […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Afghanistan and Qatar signed an air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday. The Ministry of Transport of Qatar said in a statement that the MoU will increase air traffic rights between the two countries. “The MoU comes in the context of connecting the State of Qatar with more air services […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: Khalilah Ali, wife of the late boxing great Mohammad Ali, arrived in Kabul on last week Thursday to build a sports stadium. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan said in a statement that the stadium will be named Pirozi (victory). Khalilah Ali will also establish a sports […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: South Africa – Mass shootings are not new to South Africa, but they have become increasingly common in recent years, particularly in provinces such as the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Gauteng. In an interview with Salaamedia, Adele Kirsten, Director of Gun Free South Africa, identified the illegal circulation of firearms […]
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