Month: November 2022

Read MoreAustralia’s 1-0 win sends them through for first time since 2006Mat Leckie’s 60th-minute goal proves decisive in Qatar How good are the Socceroos? For those who were able to sleep through the night and have just woken up, Australia have surprised the world and reached the knockout stages of the World Cup for just…

Read More Advocacy groups for civil rights groups and the homeless criticized mandate: ‘Mayor is playing fast and loose with the legal rights’ The mayor of New York City announced on Tuesday that he is ordering police and emergency services to more aggressively hospitalize those with mental illness who are on the streets, even if…

Read More UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (IPS) – How are the multiple shocks and crises the world is facing changing how we respond to gender-based violence? Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered high levels of violence against women and girls, the recent Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2022 (SVRI) shed some light on…

Read More Pair urge president to withdraw military support to Netanyahu’s coalition government if Palestinians are expelled or land annexed Two former senior US diplomats have made a highly unusual call for the Biden administration to cut weapons supplies to Israel if the incoming far-right government uses them to annex Palestinian land, expel Arabs or…

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Read More More than 50,000 customers in Mississippi and Alabama left without electricity as search and rescue teams go door to door Tornadoes damaged homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi while two people died as a tree hit their…

Read MoreEconomists warned that growth momentum may ease in the December quarter due to higher interest rates, slowing exports.Economists warned that growth momentum may ease in the December quarter due to higher interest rates, slowing exports.

Read MoreTunisia record a remarkable victory over defending world champions France, but it is not enough to seal qualification to the last 16 of the World Cup.Tunisia record a remarkable victory over defending world champions France, but it is not enough to seal qualification to the last 16 of the World Cup.

Read More The volcano erupted for the first time in nearly four decades earlier this week The volcano erupted for the first time in nearly four decades earlier this week

Read More Nov 30 (IPS) – While the world has focused on the COVID pandemic for nearly three years, less and less attention is being paid to HIV. However, HIV is still a global problem. In 2021, according to the United Nations, 38.4 million people were living with HIV, over 650,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses,…

Read More WASHINGTON DC, Nov 30 (IPS) – As a central pillar of African diets for thousands of years, millet has a prized position as one of the continent’s most important crops. And with the onset of climate change, millet offers valuable security to the continent’s smallholder farmers due to the crop’s tolerance for dry…

Read More Jeffries will replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader. Jeffries will replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader.

Read More Nairobi, Nov 30 (IPS) – Up to 1 million species are threatened with extinction – many within decades – this includes nearly one-third of reef-forming corals, shark relatives, and marine mammals. Half of agricultural expansion occurs at the expense of forests, and 85% of wetlands that were present at the beginning of the…

Read MoreWednesday’s data shows that last quarter’s GDP uptick was led by solid gains in exports and consumer spending.Wednesday’s data shows that last quarter’s GDP uptick was led by solid gains in exports and consumer spending.

Read More U.S. Air Force to equip its HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters with additional M240 machine guns for combat rescue. According to a press release from 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs, the 943rd Rescue Group designed a concept to mount four additional M240 machine guns onto the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to provide more firepower…

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Read More Donya Prioleau says company should have acted on the shooter’s pattern of disturbing behavior in the Virginia store A Walmart employee injured in a mass shooting at a Virginia store last week has filed a $50m lawsuit against the company, alleging the gunman exhibited threatening behavior months before he killed six people. Donya…

Read More The U.S. Air Force has performed “Elephant Walk” drill at Kadena Air Base, Japan. “Elephant walk” is a unique term that grew out of World War II and became institutional memory in the new U.S. Forces. The term dates back to the time when the Army Air Forces had a large number of…

Read More Rightwing provocateur says he helped arrange for white supremacist to attend dinner with Trump and Kanye West As fallout from Donald Trump’s meeting with the white supremacist Nick Fuentes continues, a far-right activist has claimed the meeting was a set-up, meant to “make Trump’s life miserable”. NBC News reported that in an attempt…

Read More Democrats hope to use time in minority to unite against Republicans; Congress scrambles to pass government funding bill Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email In a campaign speech earlier this year, Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Georgia, said: “I live in Texas.” Walker…

Read MoreActivists say Mehran Samak was shot by security forces after he honked a car horn as a sign of protest.Activists say Mehran Samak was shot by security forces after he honked a car horn as a sign of protest.

Read MoreThe 19 high-profile defendants are accused of a wide range of financial crimes connected to illicit state-backed loans.The 19 high-profile defendants are accused of a wide range of financial crimes connected to illicit state-backed loans.

Read MoreAt least 10 students are killed after an explosion at a religious school in northern Afghanistan, officials say.At least 10 students are killed after an explosion at a religious school in northern Afghanistan, officials say.

Read MoreThe “phenomenal” finding was something researchers accidentally uncovered while looking at a sample from the world’s ninth-largest discovered meteorite.The “phenomenal” finding was something researchers accidentally uncovered while looking at a sample from the world’s ninth-largest discovered meteorite.

Read MoreBeijing and Moscow appeared to have “engaged in a combined air exercise,” Seoul’s Yonhap news agency reported.Beijing and Moscow appeared to have “engaged in a combined air exercise,” Seoul’s Yonhap news agency reported.

Read MoreAl Jazeera’s Rory Challands, reporting in Kyiv, on how Ukrainians are trying to cope in the dark.Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands, reporting in Kyiv, on how Ukrainians are trying to cope in the dark.

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Read More HSBC is to shut a further 114 branches – more than a quarter of its network. Here is the list of sites to close HSBC to close more than one in four bank branches Scores of communities across the UK will be losing their local HSBC branch from April next year after the…

Read MoreBuckingham Palace says the staff member who made ‘unacceptable’ comments to Ngozi Fulani stepped aside.Buckingham Palace says the staff member who made ‘unacceptable’ comments to Ngozi Fulani stepped aside.

Read MoreLecanemab modestly slows disease’s inevitable worsening, but it remains unclear how much of a difference it will make.Lecanemab modestly slows disease’s inevitable worsening, but it remains unclear how much of a difference it will make.

Read More Ursula von der Leyen had earlier said around 100,000 Kiev troops had been killed to date A claim about the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed during its conflict with Russia has been removed from a speech by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the executive’s official website. “More than 100,000 Ukrainian…

Read More The Foreign Ministry accuses America of clinging to a first-strike nuclear deterrence policy The US is hyping up a supposed “Chinese threat” as an excuse to expand its nuclear arsenal and maintain its military hegemony, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday, calling it a “go-to tactic of the US.” China’s…

Read More The Labour leader accused the prime minister of continually making exemptions for undeserving sectors PMQs live: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over strikes and school spending Keir Starmer has used prime minister’s questions to make a pointed and personal attack on Rishi Sunak over tax benefits for private schools, saying the policy…

Read More“If you’d seen the stuff that was written and you were receiving it… you would feel under threat all of the time,” the former U.K. counterterrorism chief said.”If you’d seen the stuff that was written and you were receiving it… you would feel under threat all of the time,” the former U.K. counterterrorism chief…

Read More Household member apologises after Ngozi Fulani questioned over where her ‘people’ came from A member of the Buckingham Palace household has resigned and apologised after a black guest at a reception hosted by the queen consort was left feeling traumatised and violated after allegedly being questioned repeatedly by a royal aide about where…