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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, causing strong shaking in parts of the country, including the capital, Kabul, officials and witnesses said. The quake struck at a depth of…

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced the lifting of the ban on political rallies that her predecessor John Magufuli imposed in 2016 on the opposition. “I am here to announce that the ban on political gatherings has now been…

Arbitrary detention must end “once and for all”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday in an appeal to governments everywhere. “At the start of this year – the 75th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights –…

At least eight countries in Europe are experiencing record high January temperatures, according to meteorologists. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, who studies extreme temperatures, has collated data from around Europe. His findings show that countries including Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and the…

Meta isn’t the only tech heavyweight making tools to help root out terrorist content. The Financial Times has learned Google’s Jigsaw is developing a free tool to help smaller websites detect and remove extremist material. The project, built with the…

China’s state-run bodies that oversee legally recognized religions are complicit in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violation of religious freedom by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says the latest report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The…

Oncologists from the Netherlands have discovered new glands within the human face which they’ve dubbed tubarial glands. The research is published in the peer reviewed journal Radiotherapy and Oncology. Seeking to learn more about cancer processes in the head and…

World health officials are worried that they are not getting enough information from China as the country ends its severe COVID-19 restrictions. China removed many restrictions in December, causing a sharp rise in cases. Chinese state media is not reporting…

A third of the global economy will be in recession this year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Kristalina Georgieva said 2023 will be “tougher” than last year as the US, EU and China see their…

A potent winter storm is expected to dump heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain in the Central US while threatening powerful tornadoes in the South. More than 15 million people are under winter weather alerts Monday from Utah to Wisconsin.…