Fri 04 October 2024: More than 1,000 people have died and at least 740,000 displaced as floods wreak havoc across West and Central Africa, affecting over 5 million people in 16 countries, the UN said on Thursday. Most parts of the central and west African region as well as the Sahel have been experiencing severe […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief said on Friday that the UN agency has approved the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for emergency use. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ announcement came on X, as the global demand for mpox testing increased due to ongoing outbreaks in some countries, particularly in the […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: Some 250 million containers cross the oceans every year, but not everything arrives as planned — more than 20,000 shipping containers have tumbled overboard in the last decade and a half, according to the World Shipping Council (WSC), an industry group. “Their varied contents have washed onto shorelines, poisoned fisheries and […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: CAGE International has announce its intention to file a war crimes complaint against former UK government ministers Robert Jenrick and Ben Wallace. The move comes in response to Jenrick’s recent campaign video, in which he states that British Special Forces are “killing rather than capturing ‘terrorists’” to prevent their release under human […]
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Thu 03 October 2024: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), on Wednesday, officially designated WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, as a “political prisoner”, Anadolu Agency reports. A motion, which called attention to Assange’s ongoing detention and the punitive actions he has faced, was passed with 88 votes in favour, 13 votes against, and 20 […]
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Wed 02 October 2024: Most people think they acquire their beliefs using a high standard of objectivity. But recent arguments between people about issues like trans rights, vaccinations or Roe v. Wade point to a different reality. Consider the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. There is plenty of evidence to show that widely accessible abortions lead […]
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Wed 02 October 2024: Scientists have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, revealing new details about its chemical composition and shedding light on the evolution of solar system objects far beyond Neptune. These findings, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, build upon earlier data collected during NASA’s New Horizons […]
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Wed 02 October 2024: Protests swept through the streets of Paris and other French cities as thousands voiced their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms and called for higher wages and better living conditions. Demonstrators marched from Denfert-Rochereau to Bastille Square, demanding the government reverse policies that they argue favor the wealthy while […]
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Wed 02 October 2024: Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a global summit of Catholic leaders, which has postponed action on divisive issues such as women’s ordination until 2025, with a warning that delegates should not seek to foist pet agendas onto the assembly. At a Mass in St. Peter’s Square to open the event, known […]
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Wed 02 October 2024: Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday returned a bill on curbing LGBTQ+ rights to parliament, which it had approved last month. Multiple local media outlets, including public broadcaster 1TV, reported that Zourabichvili neither signed nor vetoed the bill, submitting the bill back to the parliament. Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili can […]
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