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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Instagram introduces new rules for teens

Social media platform, Instagram, will automatically make teenagers' accounts private and give parents more control, under revamped rules. It's the company's most significant move yet to manage how minors use Instagram as the U.S. Congress seeks to impose regulations on the industry. Kate Fisher reports.  

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The State of Palestine demands UN resolution to end Israeli occupation

he State of Palestine has presented a draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly, demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within one year. The Palestinian Ambassador, speaking to the Assembly on Tuesday, emphasized the need to address Israel's impunity.     On Wednesday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the resolution, which calls for Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories within 12 months. […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024 12

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Harris gains in post-debate US national polls, but will her gains be sustained?

    By Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne   The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 48.9–46.0. In my previous US politics article on September 9, Harris led Trump by 48.7–46.2. Joe Biden’s final position before his withdrawal as Democratic candidate on July 21 was a national poll deficit […]

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Health / Medical

Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today

    By Danny Dorling, University of Oxford   Children’s lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago. Recently, more have died each year than they did a few years ago. Increased poverty, more destitution and the effects of ongoing austerity are the clear culprits. But why did this happen to our children? […]

todaySeptember 17, 2024 15

Business / Economics

Gates Foundation Report Calls for Targeted Global Health Spending to Save Millions of Children from Malnutrition and Disease

    In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in order to boost children’s health and nutrition, especially in the face of the global climate crisis. The Goalkeepers report, “A Race to Nourish a Warming World,” projects that without immediate global action, climate change will condemn an additional 40 million […]

todaySeptember 17, 2024 12

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Fungi to the rescue: South African scientists use innovative approach to protect apple trees

Woolly apple aphids are destructive pests, threatening South Africa’s apple-growing industry. Westend61/Getty Images   By Antoinette Paula Malan, Stellenbosch University; Letodi Luki Mathulwe, Stellenbosch University, and Nomakholwa Faith Stokwe, Stellenbosch University   Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are around 4,000 species of these sap-sucking insects and about 250 are pests that can wreak havoc on crops in a garden or orchard. One […]

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Russian forces launched drones targeting Kyiv

Russian forces launched drones targeting the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday. Ukraine says it shot down about two dozen attack drones over the capital. Megumi Lim reports from Kyiv.     According to the Associated Press, over 140 Ukrainian drones struck several Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and nearby areas, resulting in at least one death and eight injuries, officials reported Tuesday. This is one of the […]

todaySeptember 16, 2024 17

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Eight dead after heavy rain and flooding in central Europe

Devastating rains have claimed at least eight lives across central and eastern Europe, as a powerful storm causes widespread flooding and disruption. Pablo Gutierrez reports.     Deutsche Welle reports that severe flood warnings have been issued at around 100 locations across the Czech Republic, impacting most regions. Austria, Poland, and Romania are also experiencing significant flooding. DW provides the latest updates. The German government has pledged support to countries […]

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Another assassination attempt, baseless claims about pets, and Taylor Swift: the US election is wild, but does any of it matter?

  By Jared Mondschein, University of Sydney   It has not yet been a week since the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump – in which the Democrat was widely held to have bested the Republican – and the US presidential election has been dominated by whether Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eat dogs and cats; pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsing Harris and Walz followed by Trump posting “I […]

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