Fri 15 November 2024: Amid growing concern over one of the world’s most urgent health threats, Saudi Arabia is hosting the fourth high-level ministerial meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to confront a “silent pandemic.” The gathering brings together health leaders and experts worldwide to confront what officials are calling a “silent pandemic” that claims more […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over a contentious bill redefining the country’s founding agreement between the British and the Indigenous Maori people. New Zealand police reported that about 10,000 people marched through the town of Rotorua in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill on […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has recommended the first locally manufactured real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for mpox from Morocco. The Africa CDC, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the approval underscored the test’s reliability and efficacy, potentially boosting Morocco’s role in global health initiatives. […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration will work hard to end the Russia-Ukraine war. “We’re going to work on the Middle East, and we’re going to work very hard on Russia and Ukraine. It’s gotta stop. Russia and Ukraine’s gotta stop,” Trump said at a gala for the […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: An isolationist in a role critical for US-backed wars, Gabbard’s positions on Iran, Russia, Syria and India will be watched. United States President-elect Donald Trump has named Tulsi Gabbard as his director of national intelligence. The Republican Party leader named the former Democratic congresswoman as part of a series of appointments to cabinet and other key […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: The head of Lebanon’s largest Christian party said Hezbollah should relinquish its weapons as quickly as possible to end its year-long war with Israel and spare Lebanon further death and destruction, Reuters reports. Samir Geagea, Hezbollah’s fiercest political opponent in Lebanon, spoke to Reuters on Thursday at his mountain home and party headquarters in Maarab, […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: An estimated 4,000 illegal miners are still trapped underground at an unused mine in Stilfontein, North West Province of South Africa, with rescue operations currently suspended due to heavy rains, provincial police announced on Wednesday. In a phone interview with Xinhua, North West Police Spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone said that the community-led […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: The European Commission on Thursday fined U.S. tech giant Meta 797.72 million euros (about 837.61 million U.S. dollars) for breaching EU antitrust rules and abusing its dominant positions in the markets. “The Commission has fined Meta … for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: South Korea could consider more support for Ukraine in response to North Korea’s deployment of troops in Russia to support Moscow’s ongoing war, the South’s president said on Wednesday. Speaking to Spanish news agency EFE, Yoon Suk-yeol said Pyongyang has also provided weapons to Moscow. “If they both do not stop […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: About 300,000 children have fled from Lebanon to Syria in the past seven weeks to seek safety from the worsening conflict, only to arrive in a country where humanitarian needs have never been higher, Save the Children warned today. Many children are travelling alone, separated from parents or families, and are […]
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