East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
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East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her. Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony. Winfridah Kwamboka never even made it back home. East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly…

Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Domestic Worker Abuse in Saudi Arabia
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Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Domestic Worker Abuse in Saudi Arabia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror story: Young, healthy…

Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers had become so loose that he had to hold them up as he inched around his small farm…

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out…

Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling
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Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted the Trump administration’s dismantling of the government’s main foreign aid agency. Interviews with people working on…

Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
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Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, money that was used to feed starving children, supply lifesaving drugs and provide wartime humanitarian assistance. In a few short weeks, President Trump…

Brunch Is Best With Some Surprises. Try This Edamame and Yuzu Dip.
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Brunch Is Best With Some Surprises. Try This Edamame and Yuzu Dip.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 1895, the British journalist Guy Beringer — who is commonly credited with introducing the “brunch” portmanteau in print, in the short-lived periodical Hunter’s Weekly — praised the meal because “it renders early rising not only unnecessary, but ridiculous.” The argument was not…

IMF Urges Kenya to Align Crypto Regulations with Global Standards

IMF Urges Kenya to Align Crypto Regulations with Global Standards

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Kenya to prioritise creating a more predictable regulatory framework for its cryptocurrency sector. The IMF also recommended aligning Kenya’s crypto guidelines with global standards. Officials from Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) had sought the IMF’s input…

Shipwreck Off Kenya’s Coast Could Be Galleon Linked to Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage

Shipwreck Off Kenya’s Coast Could Be Galleon Linked to Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage

A shipwreck near Malindi, Kenya, is being studied by an international team of archaeologists who believe it could be the remains of the São Jorge, a galleon linked to Vasco da Gama’s final voyage. The vessel, discovered in 2013 on a coral reef 500 metres off the Kenyan coast, is…

UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’ | United Nations News

UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’ | United Nations News

The United Nations has ordered the evacuation of its staff from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince as clashes between armed gangs, the police and civilians armed with machetes intensified in recent days. A UN helicopter on Monday ferried evacuees – 14 at a time – from the capital to the northern city…