‘It’s back to drug rationing’: the end of HIV was in sight. Then came the cuts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute This year the world should have been “talking about the virtual elimination of HIV” in the near future.
NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
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Reading Time: < 1 minute NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off…
Russia agrees to 30-day pause in attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure
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Reading Time: < 1 minute President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed during their call Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire against energy and…
Trump-Putin phone call on Ukraine ceasefire ends, White House and Kremlin say
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Reading Time: < 1 minute US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have ended a more than hour-long phone call as the White House…
Why maids keep dying in Saudi Arabia
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On any given day in Kenya, dozens, if not hundreds, of women buzz around the Nairobi international airport’s departures area. They huddle…
UN tells Afghan rulers: no peace and prosperity until they reverse bans on women and girls
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.N. Security Council told Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Monday that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they reverse their bans on women…
Congo and Rwanda presidents discuss east Congo conflict in Qatar
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held face-to-face talks on Tuesday mediated by the emir…
The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects around the world and firing staff following an “unprecedented” 30% cut in funding led mainly by the United States.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects around the world and firing staff following an “unprecedented”…
Gang guilty over £4.8m gold toilet heist
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A gang has been convicted over the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace. Read…
Inside Lagos airports where racketeering threatens passenger safety
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Reading Time: < 1 minute From ticket racketeering to sale of fake yellow cards, Nigerian airports have become ideal places for all forms of illegal business. Read…