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BBC Israel’s destructive military campaign in Gaza has released a silent killer: asbestos. The mineral, once widely-used in building materials, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that can cling to the lungs and – over decades – cause cancer. Nowadays, its use is banned across much of the…

King Mohammed VI of Morocco approved a $10.3 billion plan to expand its rail system, including a new high-speed line to Marrakesh, as the country gears up to develop its national transport services ahead of the 2030 World Cup. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original…

Thousands of people, including Holocaust survivors, have taken part in the annual “March of the Living” through former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. The march follows a 3km (1.86 miles) route to the crematorium of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as participants pay tribute to the millions of Jews who died in the Holocaust and…

Global aid funding cuts, led by the United States, are disrupting efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases almost as much as the COVID-19 pandemic did, the United Nations said on Thursday. Lawrence Gostin, Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University and Director of the WHO Center on Global Health Law, says that “many people will die and…

Pretoria says it is ready to cultivate peace efforts over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine… as well as welcoming Vladimir Zelensky to South Africa, President Ramaphosa has been busy talking to key players in the Eastern European conflict, including the US’s Donald Trump. Check out our Latest News and Follow us…

The health of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has worsened after intestinal surgery earlier this month, according to his medical team. The 70-year-old remains in intensive care and will undergo new tests. Bolsonaro was visited in hospital by a court official on Wednesday, who delivered a summons giving him five…

Israel’s military has admitted killing a United Nations (UN) worker with tank fire, having previously denied responsibility, in an incident in the Gaza Strip last month. After a UN staff member was killed when a UN compound in Deir al-Balah was damaged on 19 March, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)…

Nissan has announced it now expects a record net loss of up to 4.6 billion euros for the fiscal year that ended in March, around 9 times larger than its previous forecast only two months ago. The Japanese carmaker says this is due to imparement charges as part of its…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented Donald Trump with a portrait by a well-known Russian artist depicting the US president in the moments following the attempt on his life in July. In doing so, Putin may have found a way of playing to the vanity of the image-obsessed occupant of the…

France’s pledge to confront its colonial legacy is being tested in Madagascar, where historic grievances are clashing with modern geopolitics over the Scattered Islands – tiny, uninhabited territories that carry vast strategic and symbolic weight in the Indian Ocean. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original…