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The UN relief agency has reported that ongoing flooding has impacted over 710,000 individuals across 30 of South Sudan’s 78 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area, Xinhua reported yesterday. Heavy rains that began in May have exacerbated an already dire…

A devastating fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri County, Kenya, has resulted in the deaths of at least 21 young children, with 25 others hospitalized, VOA reported on Saturday. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight on Friday, engulfing…

According to a joint statement published today, forty NGOs, including Amnesty International, have called on Saudi Arabia to release individuals arbitrarily detained for expressing their views online ahead of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, scheduled for December 15-19,…

Super Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Hainan Island in a decade, made landfall in Wenchang city with wind speeds of 223 km/h (138 mph). Around 400,000 people were evacuated before the storm, with transportation services halted and schools…

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has approved a plan to introduce solar energy systems for households, aiming to ease the burden on the national electricity grid and address ongoing electricity shortages, Rudaw reported. The initiative involves contracting reputable companies…

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, expressed surprise at his recent arrest in France, labeling the actions of French authorities as “misguided,” Anadolu Agency reported today. In his first public comments since the incident, Durov criticized the approach of…

Journalists in Afghanistan are facing significant challenges due to delayed access to information, which hampers their ability to report effectively, Khaama Press revealed in an article published today. According to the source, the journalists are calling on the Taliban’s Ministry…

In a landmark development, the EU, US, and UK have signed the Council of Europe’s first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at addressing the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI), Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The Framework Convention on artificial intelligence,…

The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has revealed that approximately 2.5 million Afghan girls are currently denied access to education, with 80% unable to attend school due to the Taliban’s ongoing ban, Khaama Press reported yesterday. This situation has persisted for…

Researchers at the University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine have unveiled a groundbreaking gene-editing method that promises safer and more effective treatment for genetic diseases, earth.com reported. This innovative technique utilizes a super-active integrase to insert therapeutic…