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US Envoy Thomas-Greenfield Soaks Up the Mostly Royal Treatment in Liberia

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the American ambassador to the United Nations, attending Liberia’s inauguration of its newly elected president, Joseph Nyumah Boakai, seated center, this week. She soaked up the royal treatment, but faced prickly questions from a local radio show. And back at the UN, the negativity from the US vetoes on Gaza still linger. CLAIR MACDOUGALL MONROVIA, Liberia — Linda Thomas-Greenfield, ambassador to the United Nations, led the United States delegation […]

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Opinion Pieces

Dating apps: marketing experts’ research reveals pitfalls to look out for, and tactics for success

    By Alisa Minina Jeunemaître, EM Lyon Business School; Jamie Smith, ISC Paris Business School, and Stefania Masè, IPAG Business School Dating can come with new and sometimes frustrating challenges. In the past, relationships were often arranged by families and guided by societal norms, limiting individual choice but sparing us the agony of endless decisions. Nowadays, those who are single have endless potential partners at their fingertips. A 2019 […]

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People with OCD are more likely to die earlier, of any cause

Microgen/Shutterstock Lorena Fernández de la Cruz, Karolinska Institutet People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD for short, are 82% more likely to die earlier – from natural or unnatural causes – than people without the condition, a new study reveals. Previous studies have found excess deaths in people with OCD, but the specific causes of death had been poorly researched – maybe with the exception of suicide. Notably, people with OCD […]

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Africa

African MMA fighters are not just flourishing on the global stage, they’re igniting a wildfire of growth back home.

  By Bonface Orucho, via bird story agency The triumphs of African fighters in global mixed martial arts (MMA) tournaments are not just fueling a new generation of competitors entering the rigorous sport; they are establishing a distinct presence for MMA on the continent. Dricus Du Plessis, the 30-year-old South African professional mixed martial artist who kicked and punched his way into carrying the UFC middleweight championship belt on Saturday, […]

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Africa

IMF tracking shows that no African state has sought comprehensive debt relief in over a year indicating a trend of growing fiscal hygiene across the region

      By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency Countries in Africa are showing signs of improving fiscal management, as they navigate through a cascading set of global shocks that exacerbated their debt vulnerabilities. Remarkably, no state has sought comprehensive debt relief since Ghana’s request over a year ago, signalling a trend of growing fiscal discipline across the region. The improvement bucks the trend of recent years, given that […]

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Lifestyle

Learning to read in another language is tough: how Namibian teachers can help kids

Wolfgang Kaehler/Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Marta Ndakalako Alumbungu, Stellenbosch University and Nhlanhla Mpofu, Stellenbosch University In a classroom in Namibia’s northern Oshikoto region, a teacher has written English vocabulary words on the chalkboard. She asks her learners to read them aloud. When they stumble with pronunciation, she corrects them. She also helps the youngsters to sound out words. At another school nearby, an English teacher is showing her […]

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South Africa

South Africa bets big on natural gas as it begins a belated push to revamp its energy supplies and slash emissions, bolstered by EU endorsement of investments in gas.

By Seth Onyango, bird story agency South Africa is emerging as an early beneficiary of the European Parliament’s vote last July to designate natural gas and nuclear projects as “green energy” investments. The vote was seen as an opportunity for natural gas-endowed states in Africa to continue ploughing billions from the sale of the commodity into their economies. The recent unveiling of a gas terminal project in South Africa led […]

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World

With Trump Front of Mind, New Hampshire Voters Cite Abortion and Obamacare as Concerns

Voters in Bedford, New Hampshire, wait in line to cast their ballots on Jan. 23, as the state holds its primary. (JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES) By Phil Galewitz via KFF Health News Health care issues are important to Lana Leggett-Kealey, who works as a genetic genealogist. But on Tuesday, as she walked out of her polling place at a local high school and into a frigid New England morning, she said she […]

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