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The heavy snow and bone-chilling temperatures in Canada were part of the same weather system affecting much of the United States.

CNN  —  The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female employees from coming to work, according to a letter by the Ministry of Economy sent to all licensed NGOs. Non-compliance will result in revoking the licenses of said NGOs, the …

Ozekhome asked the court to compel the DSS to grant Kanu unhindered access to his medical doctors. Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the lead counsel for the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm over the separatist leader’s health.

Abuja, Nigeria – Adeola Ehi had been looking forward to taking her two-year-old daughter home to meet her grandparents for the first time this Christmas. But increased household spending which included an unexpected rent increase made the 43-year-old communications consultant shelve the planned journey. In Nigeria, where more than half …

Hong Kong CNN  —  Almost 250 million people in China may have caught Covid-19 in the first 20 days of December, according to an internal estimate from the nation’s top health officials, Bloomberg News and the Financial Times reported Friday. If correct, the estimate – which CNN cannot independently confirm …

KYIV, Ukraine — The director of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said on Friday that Russia was trying to convince Ukraine to divert soldiers from the combat zone in the southeast with a flurry of military activity to the north in Belarus, dismissing the activity as routine maneuvers or feints intended …

Aerial view of the 5000 square meter roof full of solar panels, in one of the pavilions of La Rural, the busiest fair and exhibition center in Buenos Aires. It is the largest private solar park in the capital of Argentina and required an investment of almost one million dollars. …

Over the past fifty years the world’s life expectancy at birth increased by 16 years, i.e., from 56 in 1970 to 72 in 2020. Credit: Maricel Sequeira/IPS by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Friday, December 23, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Dec 23 (IPS) – Despite the objections, resistance and protests …

The Osun State government enjoined the newly-appointed monarch to work with other royal fathers to sustain peace in the state. The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Dr. Adebayo Faforiji as the new Alamuye of Amuye Faforiji in the Atakunmosa East Local Government Area of …

Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Friday, December 23, 2022 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) – A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis …