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WASHINGTON — Right-wing extremist groups in the United States have been influencing French groups, spreading antigovernment conspiracy theories in Europe, the top French intelligence official said on Wednesday. The official, Laurent Nuñez, France’s national intelligence and counterterrorism coordinator, has been in Washington this week for meetings with American officials such …

Tuvalu’s farmers have watched their crops destroyed by extreme tropical weather. They are now using Funafala ‘food cubes’ to have greater control over their harvests. by Catherine Wilson (canberra, australia) Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Inter Press Service CANBERRA, Australia, Oct 13 (IPS) – Tuvalu, a small atoll island nation in the …

The Group of 20 (G20) has agreed to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, even if it means having to coordinate efforts with the Taliban, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said after hosting an emergency summit. The European Union opened the talks on Tuesday by pledging one …

WASHINGTON — The State Department is investigating new complaints of brain injuries linked to the so-called Havana Syndrome at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, a week before Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is scheduled to visit the country. It was not clear …

Zhang, who worked as a data scientist at the tech giant for almost three years, wrote a lengthy memo when she was fired by Facebook last year detailing how she believed the company was not doing enough to tackle hate and misinformation — particularly in smaller and developing countries. Zhang …

The group said the action followed failure of the state government to heed to its numerous ultimatums issued over its demands. A statement jointly signed by Chairmen of the affiliate unions listed 14 issues in contention which included nonpayment of gratuities to retirees of both state and local government councils’ …

Sabina Alkire. Credit: Kiara Worth IISD/ENB Opinion by Sabina Alkire (london) Tuesday, October 12, 2021 Inter Press Service LONDON, Oct 12 (IPS) – During the pandemic, we learnt a new word – at least I did: comorbidity. It means that one or more additional conditions co-occur (all happen at the same …

The news platform also reports that a naval female rating escaped being kidnapped on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, with her bag containing ID card and other valuables snatched off her by kidnappers. There have been a spate of kidnappings and sporadic shootings in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, in …

Myanmar is battling a plunging local currency amid an unprecedented dollar shortage, driving up the cost of imports and worsening the economy’s struggle with dual challenges of the pandemic and post-coup financial isolation. The kyat has tumbled about 50% since the military seized power in February that triggered a freeze …

Severely or moderately immunocompromised people who have been vaccinated should be offered an additional dose of the seven coronavirus vaccines the World Health Organization has authorized, an advisory committee recommended on Monday. People whose immune systems are diminished should get another shot if they initially received vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech, …