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A Murang'a woman who went missing 27 years ago has returned home, despite her family receiving her dowry and attending her burial 14 years ago.
\t While no one claimed responsibility for the attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed the finger at Israel, calling the killing an act of ``\"state terror.''
\t ``Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice _ with serious indications of Israeli role _ shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,'' Zarif wrote on Twitter.
France's Romain Grosjean is lucky to be alive, but in good enough spirits to post an update from his hospital bed.
The Hindu goddess of learning, Saraswati, is depicted playing her veena in the outdoors, amidst the bright hues of her mount, the peacock, and a landscape of flowers. A woman gazes at a swan in [...]
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REFLECTS PANDEMIC IMPACT ORLANDO, FL.–The books are closed on fiscal year 2020 ending in September for Orlando International Airport (MCO). Despite the relentless specter of COVID-19, MCO fared a little better than original passenger projections. At the onset of the pandemic, Orlando International was projecting approximately 25-26 million FY passengers. After months of […]
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A horrific shooting at Cape Town station left six men and one woman wounded on Monday. A total of six suspects have now been arrested.
This week, just as the nation reached the tragic milestone of more than a quarter-million deaths from COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control revealed that Black, Latino, and Native American people are being hospitalized at nearly four times the rate of Whites. Just a day after the CDC’s findings were reported, Stanford University researchers published […]
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As COVID-19 deaths hit a three-month high - and daily new cases reach the same levels as the first peak - the Western Cape is a prime candidate for a 'mini-lockdown'
[Nation] Two weeks ago, former Kiambu governor William Kabogo was driving out of the Windsor Golf Hotel residential area when he was stopped by picketing workers claiming to be employees of the late John Njoroge Michuki business flagship - Windsor Golf and Hotels.
Dear Dr. Beal I cant believe its almost Thanksgiving and COVID-19 is still here. This…
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[Daily Trust] The United Nations has stated that over 110 farmers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday night in Zabarmari village, a rice farming community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
Western Cape Safety MEC Albert Fritz confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 and \"have immediately begun self-isolating\".
ZIMBABWE’S health budget allocation has been dismissed as grossly inadequate to tackle the myriad of challenges besetting the sector.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube allocated the health sector $54,7 billion, constituting 13% of his $429 billion budget in the 2021 National Budget presented in Parliament on Thursday. BY Phyllis Mbanje Although health was allocated the biggest vote, stakeholders have said the amount was inadequate to clean up the mess in the sector. Most public health facilities are operating on shoe-string budgets with barely meet the minimum tools required to give quality healthcare. Commenting on the budget allocation the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) president Enock Dongo said the 13% fell short of the situation on the ground. “They should have tried for 15% as agreed by the Abuja Declaration. We appended our signature to this and must honour it,” Dongo said. In April 2001, the African Union member States met and pledged to set a target of allocating at least 15% of their annual budget towards health. Dongo said the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has also made the health delivery system worse and this required substantial funding to address the challenges. “Unless there is going to be a separate budget for COVID-19,” he said. He said another concerning issue was the actual release of the funds. Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) executive director Itai Rusike said the budget allocation to the health sector is below the level required for the delivery of quality health services. He questioned if the allocation had increased in real terms if compared to other years. Many Zimbabweans are failing to access health services due to regular increases in essential drug costs and hospital costs. Citizens Health Watch (CHW) said while they welcomed the increase in health allocation, but was however concerned with the unsubstantiated claims regarding reforms in the sector as foundation for the budgeting. “A clear audit of the claims should be made. The renovations being celebrated are of little value without personnel and medicines in the respective facilities,” said Fungisayi Dube, from CHW. “We welcome the increased budget on refurbishment and procurement but measures should be put in place that resources are utilised accordingly as the health sector has been embroiled in corruption scandals.” Meanwhile, teachers have slammed Ncube’s budget, describing it as “high sounding nothing with no educational traction”. Ncube allocated $55 billion to the Primary and Secondary Education, which translates to 12,8% of the budget. Teachers said the allocation fell short of the 22% agreed under the Dakar Framework. “Against the Dakar Framework that calls for a budget of primary and secondary education above 22% of the national budget, Minister Ncube has only allocated $55,221 of $429,341 billion, which is only 12,8%,” Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou said. “Fundamentally, minister’s budget is still rooted in austerity for prosperity of the elites, which austerity would continue to
Mumbai - The Indian government's decision to authorize Ayurveda practitioners to perform surgical procedures has become a major point of contention in the country. Ayurveda is an ancient Indian medicine system, popular in India and [...]
ORADEA, Romania — A Romanian police officer demonstrated how alcohol vapors from hand sanitizer can result in a driver’s blood alcohol content registering over the legal limit. Octavian Pertea, an officer from the city of Oradea who works for the police department in Bihor county, filmed the experiment and shared it on his YouTube channel …
[New Zimbabwe] Two Hwange women have asked the Zimbabwe Republic Police to carry out investigations into incidents in which they were struck and injured by stray bullets, fired indiscriminately during a police raid on alleged illegal coke vendors August this year.
The family of an Eastern Cape mother, who was found butchered along with her five children, says the killer took the children's social security cards and cut up their birth certificates and IDs.
The University of Windsor has launched an investigation after som fraternity members allegedly exchanged racist messages on a group chat.
Honestie Hodges, a 14-year-old Michigan girl who sparked change from the Grand Rapids Police Department after she was handcuffed by police outside of her own […]
At least 43 farm workers have been killed and 6 others wounded by Boko Haram near the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday.
Anti-jihadist told militia that the victims were working in a rice field before the attack.
According to the militia, the assailants tied up the agricultural works and then slit their throats in the village of Koshobe.
\"We have recovered 43 dead bodies, all of them slaughtered, along with six others with serious injuries,\" said militia leader Babakura Kolo, who helped the survivors.
\"It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram who operate in the area and frequently attack farmers\", he added.
Another militiaman Ibrahim Liman said ‘’ there were 60 farmers who were contracted to harvest paddy in the rice fields.’’ 8 others were missing and presumed to have been kidnapped by jihadists, he told AFP.
The bodies were taken to Zabarmari village, two kilometres away. They would be kept here ahead of burial on Sunday, resident Mala Bunu, who took part in the search and rescue operation said.
In September, Boko Haram militants killed 22 farmers working on their irrigation fields near Maiduguri in two separate incidents.
Boko Haram and ISWAP, it IS-linked rival, have increasingly targeted loggers, herders and fishermen in their violent campaign. The nefarious group accuses their victims of spying and passing information to the military and local militia fighting them.
At least 36,000 people have been killed in the jihadist conflict, which has displaced around two million since 2009.
Black Lives Matter activists and other prominent Black political leaders want to ensure that the Senate includes a Black woman representative as Harris transitions to her role of Vice President.
An immense portrait of a child in Yorkshire England aims to highlight the plight of children in war-torn Yemen.
The project is the work of a group of artists known as ‘’Sand In Your Eye’’ in the United Kingdom.
\"We watched the report and the report was telling us how children in the Yemen were really under pressure from climate change and war, but then COVID-19 and it was disrupting food supplies and medication as well. And so we looked into it a little bit further. And then UNICEF said that 6,000 children could pass away every single day because of this, these same reasons\", Jamie Wardley, sand artist and founder of Sand In Your Eye said.
The portrait is made up of 6,000 real-sized figures of playing children, symbolizing the 6,000 that UNICEF warned could die each day because of Yemen’s dire situation.
\"You know, you can't look at a child who is really, really poorly and not be affected by it, and then I think art also helps to visualize, make visual representations of things that are quite difficult to understand. And so behind me on my screen, I've got the images that we drew\", he added.
According to a recent report by UNICEF, millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the country, amid a fall in global aid.
Yemen's poor healthcare infrastructure is unprepared to battle the pandemic after five years of war between a Saudi-led military coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is encouraging people to try to take away something good 'even from the difficult situation that the pandemic forces on us.' Addressing faithful gathered a safe distance apart in vast St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Francis offered these suggestions: 'greater sobriety, discrete and respectful attention to neighbors who might be in need, some moments of prayer in the family with simplicity.' Francis said that 'these three things will help us a lot.' During the COVID-19 pandemic, the pontiff has often highlighted the economic and social suffering of many. ___ HERE'S WHAT […]
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By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Please leave a chair empty at this year's family Christmas dinner as a precaution, or face the possibility of having that chair empty forever. That's the stark dilemma Belgium's prime minister has set to urge smaller festive family gatherings, as Europeans battle with containing the surging COVID-19 pandemic over the holiday season. Alexander De Croo argued that the country's long-running, costly efforts should not be thrown away for the sake of a few warm and fuzzy hours exchanging gifts under the Christmas tree. 'I would not want the progress of the past […]
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South Africa on Wednesday began a period of mourning for lives lost from gender-based violence and COVID-19.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa , during his address to the nation on November 11, said national flags were to be flown at half mast at various national key sites and government buildings for five days until November 29.
The period of mourning has begun on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, which will mean gender-based violence will be high on the agenda in the country until December 10, Human Rights Day.
Gender-based violence is a \"big problem in our society\" that \"needs to be solved\", according to student Mmannethe Mokwana.
Mpho Sempe, a resident of Pretoria, said he and a group of men gather to discuss how they can tackle gender-based violence, saying such violence has \"been a burden for years\".
Shop salesperson Rose Mokeona, however, said people in Pretoria have relaxed on COVID-19 regulations like social distancing and mask wearing, adding \"it's sad because people have lost their lives and they are still going to lose their lives.\"
Since the pandemic began, 21,083 South Africans have died from COVID-19.
Ramaphosa has called on citizens to wear black armbands or other signs of mourning to signify and respect those who have died.
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title, has died at 60. Maradona died two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain surgery.
The office of Argentina’s president has decreed three days of national mourning to honor their hero
Speaking before Maradona's death, director Asif Kapadia, Maradona's biographer and lifelong fitness coach share stories about the player
\"He's just, he's a star. You know he's got real charisma. There are people like him, real people like him, who I think are the people that should be on the big screen. You know, (Ayrton) Senna had it. Amy (Winehouse) had it. There like, they've got something. People want to be close to them. Maradona's got it in droves, you know? So yeah, absolutely that idea that he deserves to be on a bigger screen in the world, you know, and to be seen by people and to be celebrated for the amazing things that he did, but also to kind of understand - I hope - why he's done some of the stuff he's done, some of the mistakes that he's made and hopefully have a bit more empathy for him,\" Asif Kapadia said.
Despite being a football legend, Maradona also adored a few leaders around the world. One of them was the famous Cuban president Fidel Castro. In 1987 Maradona together with a few friend made a maiden trip to visit the then embattled Cuban president. Fernando Signorini was among the friends.
\"I can't believe it now, but in 1987 he included me in the people who could accompany him to go and visit Fidel Castro. And I was part of this delegation and we went and we spent six hours talking with him all night long until the morning and I can still remember that he is the one who taught him how to play with a ball until the morning,\" Signorini said.
Despite his popularity, Maradona was embroiled in numerous scandals. In 1991 he was snared in his first doping scandal when he admitted to a cocaine habit that haunted him until he retired in 1997, at 37.
Hospitalized near death in 2000 and again in ’04 for heart problems blamed on cocaine
The police have launched an investigation into an incident yesterday which resulted in two convicted Lusignan prisoners being injured after they were involved in a fight.
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