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Rise, an annual tech conference whose recent speakers have included executives from Uber (UBER), Alibaba (BABA) and Stripe, said Thursday that it would return to the city next year, with plans to stay for the next five years. Organizers had announced in late 2020 that they would move the event …

It is the first time Buhari would be reshuffling his cabinet, since he was elected for a first term in office in 2015. “Change is the only factor that is constant in every human endeavour and as this administration approaches its critical phase in the second term, I have found …

Scores of healthcare workers have protested in the Philippine capital to demand an end to what they called government neglect and unpaid benefits, as Delta variant cases continue to surge, putting more pressure on hospitals fighting one of Asia’s longest-running coronavirus epidemics. Protesters wearing protective medical gear gathered on Wednesday …

Joe Rogan, the host of the hugely popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said on Wednesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus after he returned from a series of shows in Florida, where the virus is rampant. Mr. Rogan, who was rebuked by federal officials last spring for …

CNN’s Barbie Nadeau speaks with activists who worked in Afghanistan before the Taliban’s takeover. They say hope for the Afghanistan they worked for is gone.

Hawon Jung Opinion by Hawon Jung (seoul, south korea) Wednesday, September 01, 2021 Inter Press Service SEOUL, South Korea, Sep 01 (IPS) – A strong movement of feminism is sweeping South Korea. While women feel empowered to stand their ground, the men are retaliating. When South Korean archer An San won …

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the agency had announced 460 new infections on Monday, Aug. 30. It gave the total number of deaths from the pandemic as 2,469, with the total haul of active cases rising from 10,858 reported on Monday, to 11,203 on Tuesday. It added that …

Conservation group says the number of threatened tree species is double the number of threatened mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles combined. Almost a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out, according to a new report. The …

WASHINGTON — For more than a week, Samiullah Naderi, a U.S. legal permanent resident, waited days and nights with his wife and son outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, hoping to be let in so that they could leave on one of the dozens of daily flights headed to America. …

by Marty Logan (kathmandu) Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Aug 31 (IPS) – Do you know if midwife services are available at the Saupia Health Centre in Paunangisu, on the island of Efate in Vanuatu, in the Pacific Islands? I do, and I’ve never been within 1,000 kilometres …