Wed 19 June 2024: Regret was for many years considered the most severe side-effect of tattoos. But my new study suggests there could be much worse things to worry about than that. Tattoos are now a mainstream means to express identity or celebrate milestones in life. Yet we know very little about the long-term health effects. Hazardous chemicals in […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: While the new government includes parties neutral about Israel’s war on Gaza, ANC insists it will still support Palestine. Cape Town, South Africa – When South Africa, under its ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, took Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January on allegations of genocide in Gaza, it drew […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: Rescue operation or massacre? Wikipedia editors clash over the recent Israeli raid in the central Gaza refugee camp. A fierce “edit war” has broken out on Wikipedia over a page dedicated to a deadly Israeli raid in the Nuseirat refugee camp near Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on the morning of June 8. […]
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. A soldier walks in front of a burned truck near Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, in September 2021 [Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP] Sun 16 June 2024: As Cabo Delgado province juggles large LNG reserves and ongoing violence, vulnerable civilians are paying the price. Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* […]
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Sat 15 June 2024: Cape Town, South Africa — Late-night negotiations and an eleventh-hour agreement set the stage for the formation of South Africa’s first ever coalition government on Friday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa at its head. The multiparty coalition signed on its agreement only on Friday, as members of Parliament were sworn in after marathon negotiations and […]
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Thu 13 June 2024: When the 29-year-old YouTuber attacks Modi, he gets a bigger audience than any opposition leader. What’s his secret? New Delhi, India — An ominous soundtrack serves as his backdrop as YouTuber Dhruv Rathee appears on the screen. His trademark collarless shirt – red on this occasion – and knowing half-smile are his […]
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An artisanal miner walks towards a trench at a mining site in Zimbabwe [File: Zinyange Auntony/AFP] Wed 12 June 2024: Shamva, Zimbabwe – On a winter’s morning in Shamva, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central province, Brenda, a single mother of three, is on the hunt for lithium ore. The 39-year-old, who asked that only her first […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: South Africans do not have a deep culture of coalitions. There have been a few coalitions at provincial and municipal levels but most of these were quite unstable. The outcome of the 2024 national election up-ended 30 years of electoral dominance by the African National Congress. The party garnered only 40.18% of the vote […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: The results are in for India’s general election. The country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has won enough seats to stay in charge for a third consecutive term. But his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered big setbacks, and is gearing up for coalition talks having failed to win an outright majority for the […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: After South Africa’s 29 May election, the African National Congress has lost the electoral majority it held for 30 years, but remains the party with the highest number of seats in parliament. This makes it a key partner in the formation of a coalition government. For 30 years the ANC had a comfortable […]
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