Tue 09 April 2024: The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has raised concerns about the economic consequences of teenage pregnancy in the country. Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said the phenomenon of teenage pregnancy has devastating social and economic costs. “Early pregnancy in South Africa forces many girls […]
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Thu 11 April 2024: Barak Ravi, a journalist for US news site Axios, says that the senior US army commander in charge of the Middle East will visit Israel tomorrow. US army General Erik Kurilla, head of the army’s Central Command (CENTCOM), is expected to coordinate with Israeli military officials on a possible attack on […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: Shehab news agency is reporting that three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and three of his grandchildren have been killed in an Israeli air raid on Gaza. Hamas chief confirms killing of sons In an interview with Al Jazeera, Haniyeh identified his slain children as Hazem, Amir and […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: More than 60,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Fitr prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. There was no festive atmosphere, instead mourning the victims of Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for over six months now. Large contingents of Israeli police officers were deployed at […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: The evidence behind medical intervention for youth questioning their gender is “remarkably weak”, with some doctors abandoning “normal clinical approaches” to prescribe hormones to teens, a landmark review in the United Kingdom has found. The long-term health effects of masculinising and feminising hormones on teens are “limited and need to be […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: The Black Death – the pandemic of bubonic plague which swept Europe and Asia for about five years in the mid-1300s – is widely believed to have reduced the global population by one-third. But almost 700 years after this infamous pandemic became the last worldwide phenomenon to reduce global population levels […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has denied allegations of strained relations between South Africa and the European Union (EU). This follows certain media reports that alleged that South Africa did not respond to the EU’s requests for a high-level summit, leading to speculation about tensions between the two […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: Israel’s economy has lost strength since Tel Aviv launched a war against the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, with the central bank recently revealing that the cost of the attacks is expected to hit around $67 billion. The figure does not include damage caused by tensions with the Lebanese Hezbollah group […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: Eight Syrian fighters working with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed Tuesday in a knife attack on their position in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, a war monitor says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says “unidentified armed individuals” raided the position in the Syrian desert, in the second deadly attack on […]
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Tue 09 April 2024: As the world watches Israel’s military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, there’s one development that’s received close to zero attention: Israel’s granting of 12 new licences for gas exploration. But Palestinians say much of it falls within their maritime borders, under international law. Dareen Abughaida presents this new digital series. Pinch […]
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