Wed 09 October 2024: More than nine million people in the UK are living in such severe poverty that they are increasingly dependent on charity food handouts, according to a new research from the Trussell Trust. The charity’s report warns that Labour’s manifesto pledge to end food bank dependency will fail unless urgent action is […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Nigeria received 600,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine Tuesday to contain an outbreak of the infectious disease in northeastern Borno State caused by devasting floods. UNICEF Deputy Representative in Nigeria Rownak Khan said the vaccine and other medical items were part of a global response to halt the spread of cholera, […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: North Korean soldiers appear to be fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, according to Seoul’s defence minister. Kim Yong-hyun told South Korean politicians on Tuesday that it was “highly likely” that six North Korean officers were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike near Donetsk on October 3, as reported by Ukrainian […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have won the Nobel Prize in physics 2024 for their pioneering work in the field of machine learning. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday the scientists were honoured “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. Hopfield, whose […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: Forests almost equivalent to the size of Ireland were destroyed in 2023, according to a new report that warns that the world is lagging behind targets aimed at ending deforestation. The Forest Declaration Assessment 2024, released on Tuesday, said that 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of forest were lost last […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: – Head of Biodiversity and Sustainability Center at Bethlehem University tells Anadolu that some of environmental damage in region is now irreversible ISTANBUL Since Oct. 7, 2023, thousands of civilians have lost their lives in Gaza, where Israel has continued its attacks, turning the destruction caused by these assaults into ecocide. […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won a second term with 90.69% of the votes in the presidential election held on Sunday, the country’s electoral commission announced on Monday. At a press conference in the capital Tunis, the head of Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker, said the voter […]
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File photo Mon 07 October 2024: The top Commander of Iran’s Quds Force Esmail Qaani is in “good health”, the force’s Deputy Commander Iraj Masjedi said today after Iranian security sources told Reuters he had been out of contact since strikes on Beirut last week. “He is in good health and is carrying out his activities. Some […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Russia’s state-owned broadcaster, VGTRK, revealed that its online services were hit by a significant cyberattack overnight on October 7. According to a report by state news agency Tass, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company faced an “unprecedented hacker attack,” though no substantial damage was inflicted. Specialists Investigating Cyberattack Origins […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Severe flooding has impacted more than 30,000 families across Thailand, with rescue and relief operations currently in full swing. As of Sunday, local media reported that 20 northern and northeastern provinces, including Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya, and Ubon Ratchathani, remain overwhelmed by the devastation. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and […]
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