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AFRICA IMPORTS OVER 70% OF ITS MEDICINES. MAKING ACTIVE INGREDIENTS LOCALLY WOULD CHANGE THIS

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Wed 15 October 2025: Africa carries a heavy health burden. It accounts for 25% of the global disease burden despite having only 18% of the global population. The situation reflects deep-rooted challenges in healthcare access, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. Yet the continent produces only 3% of global medicines. It imports over 70% of its medicines. This makes medicine […]

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EU TO LAUNCH 6 MORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FACTORIES

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Wed 15 October 2025: The EU’s European High-Performance Computing Partnership Initiative (Euro HPC), announced Friday that six more artificial intelligence (AI) factories will be established in Czechia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Spain. “The newly selected AI Factories will join the 13 previously chosen sites, forming an interconnected network of AI hubs ready to […]

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GAUTENG POLICE SEIZE OVER 700 UNLICENSED FIREARMS

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Tue 14 October 2025:   Gauteng police have recovered 776 unlicensed firearms and 2030 rounds of ammunition between 1 July and 30 September 2025. “During the three-month period, 247 suspects were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and 224 apprehended for illegal possession of ammunition,” the South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement on […]

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UK GOVT AWARDS £1M FUNDING TO PRO-ISRAEL GROUP FOR ‘ANTISEMITISM TRAINING’ AT UNIVERSITIES

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Tue 14 October 2025: The UK government has awarded £1 million funding to the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) — a group with links to the World Zionist Organisation which finances illegal Israeli settlements — to deliver “antisemitism training” across British universities. According to the Department for Education (DfE), the UJS will deliver around 600 […]

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HOW SERIOUS IS WHO’S ALERT ON THREE CONTAMINATED INDIAN COUGH SYRUPS?

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Tue 14 October 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on Monday regarding three contaminated cough syrups manufactured in India, advising health authorities to inform WHO immediately if these products are found in their country. The WHO identified the contaminated syrup as specific batches of Coldrif from Sresan Pharmaceutical, Respifresh TR from Rednex […]

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WHO IS MIRIAM ADELSON, THE PRO-ISRAEL DONOR TRUMP LAUDED AT THE KNESSET?

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 Miriam Adelson (centre) waits for a speech by US President Donald Trump at the Knesset Tue 14 October 2025: Trump says the mega-donor, who spent more than $100m to help him win the 2024 US presidential election, ‘loves Israel’. As United States President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire […]

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EU PARLIAMENT BACKS BAN ON ‘BURGER’, ‘STEAK’ LABELS FOR PLANT-BASED FOODS

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Tue 14 October 2025: The European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the use of meat-related terms including “burger” and “steak” to market plant-based foods, in a win for disgruntled farmers. EU lawmakers approved the legal proposal with 355 votes in favour and 247 against during a plenary session in Strasbourg. The text still needs to be negotiated […]

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