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[ad_1] Israel stepped up attacks on Monday in the southern city of Rafah hours after Hamas said it would accept the terms of a cease-fire plan drawn from a proposal by Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The Israeli prime minister’s office said that while the new proposal failed to meet Israel’s demands, the country would still […]
[ad_1] In the early 1930s, Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek, then based at the London School of Economics, jotted off a memo to the school’s director, William Beveridge. At the time, the Great Depression was wreaking havoc around the world. And the ideals of classical liberalism, like democracy and free-market capitalism, were under assault. Witnessing the […]
[ad_1] Massive flooding and landslides triggered by days of heavy rain in Brazil’s southernmost state have killed at least 85 people, according to local authorities. Over two-thirds of Rio Grande do Sul’s 497 municipalities have been affected, leaving more than 150,000 people displaced, local authorities said. More than 130 people are still missing. The mayor […]
[ad_1] Following the announcement of the implementation of the cybersecurity levy on transactions, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday listed transactions granted exemption from the levy. The bank earlier directed all banks to charge a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions within the country starting two weeks from 6 May. “The […]
[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It was 2022 when pediatrician Tom Herr realized just how many babies on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota were already infected with syphilis when they took their first breaths. He was […]
[ad_1] The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 531 out of 64,000 withheld results of the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Benjamin, the Board is also looking at cases of unverified candidates and will soon come […]
[ad_1] Windhoek — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and partner organizations today launched the region’s first-ever health investment charter that aims to align and drive sustainable investment in the health workforce. With a bold target of halving the African region’s critical 6.1-million health workforce shortage by 2030, the African Health Workforce […]
[ad_1] As regional energy demand continues to grow, participants at this year’s South Sudan Oil&Power (SSOP) 2024 conference and exhibition can expect updates on a number of milestones and developments in the country’s burgeoning petroleum industry. Energy Capital&Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) – conference organizer – is pleased to announce that petroleum and logistics company Triple A […]
[ad_1] Screenshot of the misleading post, taken on April 29, 2024. The post surfaced after local media organisations reported Sharif travelled to China in April 2024 (archived link). Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry said the visit was “private” and did not disclose further details (archived link). Sharif was tipped to lead the country again when his […]