Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across much of the country, however, are still unable to pursue an education and remain unsure what the future holds for them. Two years ago, on…
Keerthi Subramanian, a shop clerk in South London, earns 10.42 pounds ($13.15) an hour. From Monday that will go up by 1.02 pounds ($1.29) to 11.44 pounds ($14.44) as a new United Kingdom minimum wage kicks in. That is not much help, she says. “At just over 10 pounds, I…
In Sudan’s war, even making food for the poor is dangerous. On March 23, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrested activists from the Sharq al-Nile neighbourhood in the war-torn capital, Khartoum, while they were supervising soup kitchens feeding thousands of hungry people every day. The recent arrests in Khartoum…
Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched in Jerusalem, calling for increased efforts to free captives held in Gaza and the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Demonstrators on Sunday evening blocked a main city highway, after earlier rallying in front of the Israeli parliament, lighting fires and waving the…
Yoon pledges not to back down on plans to increase medical school admissions. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged not to back down on plans to increase medical school admissions as he accused striking doctors of operating as a “cartel”. In an address to the nation on Monday, Yoon…
ChatGPT creator says Voice Engine can replicate a person’s voice based on a 15-second audio sample. OpenAI has unveiled a tool for cloning people’s voices but is holding back on its public release due to concerns about possible misuse in a key election year. Voice Engine can replicate a person’s…
New York – In the early 1990s, a mysterious illness began to spread rapidly among villagers across several provinces in central China. At the time, HIV/AIDS had already emerged in other parts of the world, including Europe and the United States, where cases were transmitted mostly through sexual contact. In…
Protesters say Jerusalem rally is the biggest anti-government protest since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October. Tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the Israeli parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest anti-government protest since Israel launched its assault on Gaza. The protesters on Sunday demanded the…
Partial results in local elections show CHP candidates ahead of their AK Party rivals in Ankara and Istanbul. Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) appears set to retain its control over key cities, according to preliminary partial results from the country’s local elections. With 49 percent of…
The commander, Ismail Al-Zin, worked in the anti-tank missile unit of Hezbollah’s Radwan forces. Israel has killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an air strike in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military has said. An Israeli warplane targeted Ismail al-Zin in a vehicle in the southern Lebanese village of Kounine on…
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