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Washington, DC – Vice President Kamala Harris says she will “not be silent” in the face of Palestinian suffering, as Israel’s war in Gaza rages on. But Palestinian rights advocates want to know exactly what that means for United States foreign policy. The vice president — and the Democrats’ likely nominee …

Utomi said this at a news conference on “The State of The Motherland’ on Friday in Lagos. The political economist said that he was one of the servants of the New Tribe, adding that the group had been active since May 1, when its portal, the new tribe.co.ng, went live. …

Extreme heat has caused hundreds of deaths and has many other implications. This is an image from Dahanu, Maharashtra. Credit: 350/flickr by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Friday, July 26, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) – “The world must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures,” says the …

Police says Libyans entered country on study visas to train as security guards, but may have received military training. South African police have detained 95 Libyan nationals for questioning on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp. Police said on Friday that they had carried out a morning …

The 107 days Vice President Kamala Harris has to run for president may be shaping up as the shortest campaign in modern American history, but in many major democracies, the official election season would not even have started yet. Note: Official campaign periods are typically set by regulation, often starting …

Festus Osifo, TUC President said this at a news conference on State of the Nation on Thursday in Abuja. Osifo said that the TUC would not be mobilising its members to join in the protest. According to him, when you are having a protest you need to sit down, have …

Hepatitis remains a deadly disease, causing over 800,000 deaths globally each year. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Danjuma Adda Thursday, July 25, 2024 Inter Press Service Jul 25 (IPS) – July 28th is World Hepatitis Day, created to celebrate the life and work of Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg. …

Bangladesh’s minister of state for information and broadcasting has defended the government’s handling of mass protests, as United Nations experts called for an independent investigation into the government’s deadly crackdown on demonstrators. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Mohammad Arafat said the country’s security forces had done …

new video loaded: Prince Harry Says Battling Tabloids Was ‘Central Piece’ to Family Rift transcript Back transcript Prince Harry Says Battling Tabloids Was ‘Central Piece’ to Family Rift In an interview airing on ITV on Thursday, Prince Harry talks about his marathon battle with British tabloids over privacy and the …

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Thursday, July 25, 2024 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul 25 (IPS) – Habits can change extremely fast, particularly within so-called “developed” nations, where children, even more than grownups are affected by life changing events. Gone are the times when kids could move around freely …