138 million child workers globally in 2024, number down from 2020
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly 138 million children were engaged in child labour in 2024, including around 54 million in hazardous work likely to jeopardize their…
More Gaza aid boat activists ‘deported’ days after Greta Thunberg
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Israel is deporting six more activists who were detained after the seizure of an aid boat bound for Gaza, according to the rights…
Dangerous new Nimbus Covid virus strain now detected in 13 states as doctors warn of unique symptom
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteExperts are warning of a dangerous new Covid variant spreading in over a dozen states. Read More
Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos faces detention hearing
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States faces a detention hearing in Massachusetts on Thursday. Read…
London Gatwick-bound flight crashes with 242 people aboard right after India take-off
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Air India flight AI171, bound for London Gatwick with 232 passengers and 12 crew members, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat, India, at…
Syria orders women to wear burkinis on public beaches
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWomen in Syria must wear burkinis or swimwear that covers their body at public beaches and swimming pools, its tourism ministry has declared….
Ballymena riots latest: Fire started 'after vandalism' at leisure centre as water cannon deployed in third night of disorder in N Ireland
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night, after police said people are “waking up with genuine fear…
Salford riot recap: Police issues major update after 'bricks thrown at officers'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreater Manchester Police in Salford said “behaviour of this nature will not be tolerated and we will respond accordingly”. Read More
Record number: nearly 1.3 million Haitians now internally displaced
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Reading Time: < 1 minute1,287,593. Never before has Haiti recorded this many internally displaced persons (IDPs) within its borders, according to a new report released by the…