Wed 20 November 2024: The UK’s National Health Service hopes the drug will help reduce the cost of treating serious, tobacco-related illnesses. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is rolling out a free antismoking pill called varenicline for British smokers. Research has shown that varenicline is more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapies such as gum […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: Will the next human to walk on the Moon speak English or Mandarin? In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade. However, the US lunar programme is delayed, in part because the spacesuits […]
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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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Mon 04 November 2024: A recent poll by the Social Research Foundation, a think thank, found that 60% of South Africans thought the government of national unity was working well. It also reported that support for the unity government’s anchor political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), had risen since 29 May 2024 when elections […]
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.Sun 03 November 2024: Hamas will soon begin the process of deciding who will next head the militant Palestinian organization following the Oct. 16, 2024, killing of former leader Yahya Sinwar – but the task won’t be easy, or quick. What makes his replacement as chairman of Hamas’ political bureau a hard one is that since the Oct. 7, […]
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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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Thu 31 October 2024: Some 1 million Batswana will vote amid worries about the economy as diamond dollars fall. In the midst of a punishing drought and a massive drop in diamond revenue, up to 1 million eligible voters in Botswana are heading to the polls in a tense general election on Wednesday. Africa’s longest-serving […]
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Tue 29 October 2024: The convergence of political power and economic dominance in India has often drawn comparisons to the rise of fascist regimes in history. A popular sentiment is that when politicians and businessmen form close alliances, the result can resemble fascism—a claim that finds resonance in the current political scenario of India. The […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Lawyers submit hundreds of pages of evidence to meet Monday ICJ deadline to prove, on paper, that Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza. Johannesburg, South Africa – While South African legal researchers were in an undisclosed location last week, racing against time to finalise hundreds of pages of evidence proving Israel’s […]
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Sun 27 October 2024: Since October last year, Israeli officials have not only made genocidal statements but have been acting upon them physically. As Palestinian health authorities report, Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 42,600 Palestinians so far, the majority women and children. The United Nations also states that Israel’s bombardment has damaged or […]
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