[ad_1] Ignore old message warning you not to consume ‘Ebola-infected’ soft drinks IN SHORT: In 2014, a message circulated on social media urging people to avoid HIV-infected soft drinks. A few years later, a similarly worded message claimed that fruit drink brand Maaza and other soft drinks were infected with Ebola. The message was false […]
[ad_1] Many people say they want tougher border enforcement. They don’t always like what that looks like. Ad Policy President Joe Biden announces asylum restrictions at the US-Mexico border in the East Room of the White House on June 4, 2024.(Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) Joe Biden sounded tired as he announced his […]
[ad_1] (L-R) Dr. Bienvenu Agbokponto Soglo, Intel Director of Government Affairs and IGA CTO Liaison, with Ousmane Fall, Acting AfDB Director of Industrial and Trade Development. ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 7 June 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The African Development Bank and technology giant Intel have formalized their cooperation to transform the African digital ecosystem. The partnership aims to […]
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[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS — In an upcoming report to the U.N. Security Council, the secretary-general of the world body plans to list both Israel and Hamas as waging a war that violates the rights and protection of children. The preface of last year’s report says it lists parties engaged in “the killing and maiming of […]
[ad_1] “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack reportedly carried out on 5 June by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Wad Al-Noura village, Jazira state, which is said to have killed over 100 people,” his Spokesperson said in a statement overnight, which also underscored “the immense suffering of the Sudanese population as a result […]
[ad_1] Pundits and politicians are elevating blatantly dishonest polls to shore up an indefensible war. Ad Policy Holocaust deniers? Antisemites? Really??!! Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace occupy the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty on November 6, 2023.(Stephanie Keith / Getty Images) Wars, which are often launched by the old and fought by the […]
[ad_1] Bahraini officials have previously said that Manama is seeking improved relations with Tehran after years of tensions. Bahrain has sent a request via Russia to re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran, Iranian news outlets have reported, citing presidential adviser Mohammad Jamshidi. The reports on Friday come after several public statements by Bahraini officials expressing openness […]
[ad_1] As dawn broke on Thursday, Haitham Abu Ammar combed through the rubble of the school that had become a shelter to him and thousands of other displaced Gazans. For hours, he helped people piece together the limbs of the ones they loved. “The most painful thing I have ever experienced was picking up those […]
[ad_1] Emily Baden stands in her backyard in San Francisco. Before moving to San Francisco, she was neighbors with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who she says was a quiet observer to heated exchanges between her and Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, regarding signs on the Baden family’s front yard. Marissa Leshnov for NPR hide caption […]