Sat 29 Apr 2023: Unlike large-acreage government irrigation schemes, small-scale irrigation is typically farmer led. Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps. They also choose the mode of irrigation, whether by buckets or drip kits. Farmers purchase, run and maintain the operation themselves on their […]
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Fri 28 Apr 2023: Media outlets around the world reported a man died after surgery to look like a K-pop star despite numerous red flags. Seoul, South Korea – The news that Saint Von Colucci, a 22-year-old Canadian-Portuguese actor, singer, and songwriter with pull in South Korea’s entertainment scene, died after undergoing surgeries to look like a K-pop […]
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Fri 28 Apr 2023: A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines, to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, is no stranger to […]
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Mon 24 Apr 2023: Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by malaria. The region accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria cases. The disease kills an African child every 60 seconds. These figures are alarming. But malaria is preventable and treatable. The progress made between 2000 and 2015 is proof of what can be achieved. Support from global […]
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Mon 24 Apr 2023: What: Russia’s encroachment on the Ottoman Empire’s territories, marking the beginning of the final Russian-Turkish war and loss of Turkish control over the Balkans. Where: Balkans, south-eastern Europe When: 24 April 1877 – 3 March 1878 The mid-1800s was a time of rising nationalism throughout the world, and the populations within the territories ruled […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: Scotland is one of the smallest countries in the world but you would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to know that last month Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to be elected as a leader in Western Europe. You’d also have to live somewhere very remote to be unaware his […]
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Tue 18 Apr 2023: The Russian mercenary group has been accused of plundering Sudan’s gold resources to bankroll operations in Ukraine. After battles have broken out in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), questions have arisen over the involvement of the Wagner Group, a powerful Russian mercenary organisation that has […]
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Sat 15 Apr 2023: Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise and become the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF combined? That once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the equilibrium of world politics. BRICS — an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and […]
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Thu 13 Apr 2023: The PM’s party is editing textbooks to create a fantasy of India as a Hindu-only nation that has always been loving and just. Truth be damned. After nine years in power, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has finally defeated the long departed Mughal Empire and other Muslim rulers. […]
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Kwon Jang-ho and Cho Nam-hee are worried about the costs of educating their son once he gets older [Raphael Rashid] Wed 12 Apr 2023: South Korean parents are being showered with cash, but experts say money alone will not fix the country’s fertility woes. Ilsan, South Korea – In their apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, […]
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