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Video reveals suspected Minnesota lawmaker assassin Vance Boelter speaking at Congo church seminar

Video reveals suspected Minnesota lawmaker assassin Vance Boelter speaking at Congo church seminar

LeBron James, Paul George and Tracy McGrady comparison by ChatGPT leaves AJ Dybantsa shocked: "That's Crazy"

LeBron James, Paul George and Tracy McGrady comparison by ChatGPT leaves AJ Dybantsa shocked: "That's Crazy"

Rising basketball star AJ Dybantsa was amazed during a recent segment with Next Gen Hoops on Instagram when ChatGPT compared him to a few NBA legends. On Monday, footage of a fun game called “Is AI Correct About AJ Dybantsa?” surfaced on social...

Durban High Court imposes life sentence on serial Facebook rapist

The National Prosecuting Authority in KwaZulu-Natal welcomes the Durban High Court’s decision to impose a life sentence on Philani Siyabonga Ndwandwe after the state took his 2023 rape sentence on appeal. Between July 2018 and April 2020, Ndwandwe...

Unprecedented Violence Against Children In Conflict Zones Last Year, Gaza Worst Hit: UN

Unprecedented Violence Against Children In Conflict Zones Last Year, Gaza Worst Hit: UN

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached 'unprecedented levels' last year, a latest report by the United Nations has revealed. The highest number of violations has been reported in Gaza and...

Pakistan reports three deaths from Congo virus

Pakistan reports three deaths from Congo virus

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Three deaths from the Congo virus have been recorded in Pakistan on Thursday, which include two fatalities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Karachi, The Express Tribune reported. The victim in Sindh has been...

Israel on UN blacklist again for violations against children

Israel on UN blacklist again for violations against children

Israel has been been placed on a United Nations blacklist of states committing grave violations against children for a second consecutive year, as its war on Gaza rages on. Alongside Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti, Israel was listed under the...

Inua Advocacy raises alarm over treatment of Congolese Asylum seekers in Malawi

Inua Advocacy raises alarm over treatment of Congolese Asylum seekers in Malawi

As the world observes World Refugee Day, Malawi-based human rights organisation Inua Advocacy has issued a statement urging greater accountability, compassion, and protection for refugees, particularly in light of recent troubling reports...

UN: Violence against children in conflict reached ‘unprecedented levels’ in 2024, with Gaza worst

UN: Violence against children in conflict reached ‘unprecedented levels’ in 2024, with Gaza worst

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached “unprecedented levels” last year, with the highest number of violations in Gaza and the West Bank, Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti, according to...

Los Angeles punk stalwarts Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers make their Chicago debut as Juanita & Juan

Los Angeles punk stalwarts Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers make their Chicago debut as Juanita & Juan

Juanita & Juan is a new band of old pals. Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers, two of the most beloved punks to emerge from Los Angeles, met on the city’s scene in 1977. That was the year Bag started the Bags, her most famous the band; after they broke...

Federal cutbacks threaten fresh food access for Indy immigrant communities

Federal cutbacks threaten fresh food access for Indy immigrant communities

Planting is well underway at the First Baptist Church on the city's north side. Urban farm fields take up a few acres on the edge of the church property. There is a greenhouse where plants are sprouting and an old barn to store equipment. A few...

Haiti as dangerous for children as Gaza, UN report reveals

Haiti as dangerous for children as Gaza, UN report reveals

Haiti is facing a humanitarian crisis for its children on a scale comparable to some of the world’s most violent conflict zones, including Gaza, a new United Nations report has revealed. The UN’s annual report on Children in Armed Conflict shows...

Violence against children in war zones hits record highs in 2024: UN

Violence against children in war zones hits record highs in 2024: UN

Violence against children caught in escalating global conflicts reached unprecedented levels in 2024, with Gaza, the West Bank, Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti among the worst affected, according to a United Nations report released Thursday. The...

5 die of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in 2025 so far in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Three more people have died from Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Pakistan, raising the death toll to five this year so far, provincial health departments confirmed on Thursday. Two of the latest fatalities...

Israel-Iran Conflict: Unprecedented violence against children in conflict zones last year, Gaza worst hit, says UN

Israel-Iran Conflict: Unprecedented violence against children in conflict zones last year, Gaza worst hit, says UN

Israel-Iran Conflict: Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached ‘unprecedented levels’ last year, a latest report by the United Nations has revealed. The highest number of violations has been reported in Gaza...

Violence against children in conflict reached 'unprecedented levels' in 2024: UN

Violence against children in conflict reached 'unprecedented levels' in 2024: UN

Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached “unprecedented levels" last year, with the highest number of violations in Gaza and the West Bank, Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti, according to a United Nations...

Unprecedented violence against children in conflict zones last year: UN

Unprecedented violence against children in conflict zones last year: UN

Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached ‘unprecedented levels’ last year, a latest report by the United Nations has revealed. The highest number of violations has been reported in Gaza and the West Bank,...

New Orleans marks Juneteenth with weighty, joyous festival in Congo Square

New Orleans marks Juneteenth with weighty, joyous festival in Congo Square

The word at the sixth annual Juneteenth Festival in New Orleans on Thursday was heritage. Among the throngs who gathered in the punishing afternoon heat for food and free music at Congo Square, a celebration of the 160th anniversary of the last...

BAJI Condemns Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Muslim Travel Ban, ICE Raids in Los Angeles, and Escalating Authoritarianism

BAJI Condemns Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Muslim Travel Ban, ICE Raids in Los Angeles, and Escalating Authoritarianism

An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation. Credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive escalation of anti-Black,...

From dismantling land mines to sex education for monks: 5 off-radar missions carried out by the UN

From dismantling land mines to sex education for monks: 5 off-radar missions carried out by the UN

The United Nations' vast system has tackled everything from delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to providing crucial peacekeeping operations in conflict zones since it was established in the wake of World War II. Staffers, however, say the...

Op-Ed | To Travel or Not to Travel: Navigating U.S. Border During Heightened Immigration Enforcement

Op-Ed | To Travel or Not to Travel: Navigating U.S. Border During Heightened Immigration Enforcement

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters building in downtown Washington, DC. John M. Chase / Getty Images With increased border scrutiny, many foreign nationals are anxious about traveling to and from the United States. Harris Beach...

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