Wed 04 March 2026: The number of children and adolescents living with obesity worldwide is projected to rise from 177 million in 2025 to 228 million by 2040, according to a new report from the World Obesity Federation. The projection was published in the 2026 World Obesity Atlas report, which warns that childhood obesity is […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: Discarded food is a biological reservoir, a petri dish for one of the most pressing health crises of our time: antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In a bustling market on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, the midday sun beats down on mountains of discarded kale, bruised tomatoes, and unsold mangoes. For Wanjiku Mwangi, […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: The UK government awarded £90,000 ($114,000) in public funds to an Israeli research initiative whose findings around alleged sexual violence on 7 October were later used to mobilise support for the Gaza genocide, according to reporting by Novara Media. Documents released following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show that the Foreign, […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: At its peak, the BRICS coalition of economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – was seen as a serious attempt to move away from the United States dollar and the domination of Western economic institutions like the World Bank, Group of Seven (G7), and International Monetary Fund (IMF). […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Meta has started removing Australian users under 16 from Instagram, Threads, and Facebook in preparation for the country’s groundbreaking social media age ban for minors. “While we are working hard to remove all users who we understand to be under the age of 16 by 10 December, compliance with the law […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring mass media and the internet, blocked access to the US-based online gaming platform Roblox on Wednesday, the agency’s press service told reporters. The agency cited the persistent circulation of materials promoting or justifying extremist and terrorist activity, according to […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: The city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip hosted a mass wedding Tuesday for 54 couples in a celebration supported by Abu Dhabi as part of events marking the UAE’s 54th Union Day. The ceremony, held in the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Hamad residential area, was organized […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: Defiance of compulsory veiling is now widespread in Iran, the Associated Press reported, after a government-approved visit in November found women and girls appearing in public without headscarves in one of the most visible social shifts since Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022. The outlet’s journalists observed women and girls moving openly […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: Guinness World Records decided to halt all dealings with Israel, blocking new submissions, including a request to certify an Israeli kidney-donation record, local media reported on Wednesday. According to Channel 12, a volunteer group called “Gift of Life,” which promotes kidney donations, approached Guinness to register a milestone involving 2,000 Israeli donors […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: A total of 6,000 people who have lost limbs in Gaza due to Israel‘s brutal war urgently need long-term rehabilitation, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, warning of severe and lasting humanitarian consequences for thousands of families. In a statement marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the ministry said the situation of amputees in […]
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