Agriculture fair opens in drought-hit Morocco with focus on sustainability/in /by
This event in Morocco coincides with the country reeling from the detrimental impact of drought on its agriculture sector.
U.S. court upholds R. Kelly’s 20-year prison sentence/in /by
Kelly's attorney called the decision disappointing and says they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review Friday's decision by the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Premature infant rescued from mother’s womb in Gaza dies after 5 days/in /by
Sabreen al-Rouh Jouda, named after her mother, died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to save her, according to her uncle Rami al-Sheikh.
WHO raises concerns about overuse of antibiotics/in /by
Data was collected from some 450. 000 patients admitted to hospitals for COVID-19 in 65 countries over a three-year period between January 2020 and March 2023.
UN calls for de-escalation as fighting intensifies for control of North Darfur state capital/in /by
For now, civilians who haven't fled El-Fasher live in exruciating anguish: “[they] are trapped in the city, the only one in Darfur still in the hands of the SAF," the spokesperson for the UN Human Rights chief told reporters Friday (Apr. 26).
Plastic pollution: High expectations in Kenya as global treaty talks underway in Canada/in /by
Negotiators and observers from around the world are meeting in Canada until April 29th to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution.
Basketball: Phildalphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid suffering from Bell’s palsy/in /by
Phildalphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid set his individual best at the NBA playoffs on Thursday despite a diagnosis of Bell's palsy.
Kenya: 44 people die due to flooding/in /by
As a result of the deluge, Kenya's domestic railroad operations have been suspended and highways in some areas have been temporarily closed.
British police charge two men after Channel migrant deaths/in /by
Two individuals have been charged with immigration offences following an inquiry into the devastating loss of five migrants, including a child, in the English Channel.
Nine African migrants buried in secular ceremony in Brazil/in /by
The 9 corpses likely Mauritanian and Malian migrants were found by Brazilian fishermen, on April 13, on a boat adrift. Authorities said the manner of the burial would allow for subsequent exhumations in case families of the deceased were located and wished to transfer the bodies back home.