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Gaza: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases

“People in Gaza are facing yet another peril: Hepatitis A is spreading including among children,” Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, wrote on social media. Since the start of the war last October, UNRWA shelters and clinics have reported 40,000 cases of the disease, he said, compared to only […]

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France – Yoga: Disproportionate widescale police raids with abuses starting from a personal settlement of scores

The starting point was a personal revenge by an academic who got a suspended sentence of four months in prison for harassment On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m., a SWAT team of around 175 policemen wearing black masks, helmets, and bullet proof vests, simultaneously descended on eight separate houses and apartments in and […]

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Israel/Gaza, Vice-president Josep Borrell talks to the press on “Implementing the Two-State Solution”

Israel/Gaza: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-president Josep Borrell to the press following the Ministerial meeting on “Implementing the Two-State Solution” Remarks by EU Vice President Borrell Thank you for being here, at a somewhat late hour. I wanted to comment to you, from my point of view, as an observer that I was today, at the […]

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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests

“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,” the update noted, highlighting the far-reaching impacts on women and girls’ bodily autonomy, freedom of expression and religion, as well as a wide range of economic, social and cultural rights. The heightened […]

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EU treading Dangerous Waters: The Perils of Psychedelics in Therapeutic Use

The European Commission is getting ready to review citizens’ proposals and one controversial idea on the table is the ‘PsychedeliCare’ initiative that supports the exploration and implementation of psychedelic treatments for mental wellbeing issues. Advocates of this initiative highlight the advantages of using psychedelics in addressing mental health concerns; however it’s crucial to carefully assess […]

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Dozens of Bulgarian Roma families are moving out of their homes in Duisburg

Dozens of Bulgarian families from Duisburg have received letters from German municipal authorities with a notification that they must leave their apartments by mid-September 2024. This was reported by the organization “Stolipinovo* in Europe”. From there they also state that all those affected are tenants from the streets Gertrudenstraße, Diesterwegstraße, Pestalozzistraße, Wilfriedstraße, Halskestraße and Wiesenstraße, […]

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Russian Orthodox Church calls on mass culture to abandon ‘images promoting alcoholism’

On the occasion of the Day of Sobriety celebrated in the country today, the Russian Orthodox Church called on mass culture not to promote alcoholism, TASS reported. The agency recalls that the All-Russian Day of Sobriety is celebrated on the initiative of the Russian Orthodox Church on September 11 to remind people of the harm […]

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Community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria

By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, Centre for Faith and Community Development, Nigeria (eivorgba@gmail.com) 1. INTRODUCTION Crime prevention – whether at the societal, community or individual level – is a much sought-after goal in contemporary societies across the globe today, particularly among the developing poor nations (Cornish & Clarke 2016). Law enforcement agencies and security departments are […]

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Russians or Russian companies have shares in nearly 12,000 companies in Bulgaria

Russian citizens or Russian companies participate in 11,939 companies in our country. This is clear from the answer of the Bulgarian Minister of Justice Maria Pavlova to a question posed by the parliamentarian Martin Dimitrov. He asked about the number of companies in Bulgaria in which Russians participate or Russian companies with a share of […]

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Three hundred Moldovan priests went on a “free pilgrimage” to Russia

More than three hundred Moldovan priests went on a “pilgrimage” to Moscow, with all their expenses covered. The organization of the clergy took place on Viber, and as the sponsor of the entire event, Moldovan media named Ilon Shor – a former Moldovan politician and banker, sentenced to fifteen years in prison for major fraud, […]

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The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on mission in Pakistan

The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Mr Frans van Daele, is on the eve of carrying out a fact-finding mission in Pakistan. The dates announced two months ago were 8-11 September and it was quite recently confirmed that he would be in Islamabad this week. At this stage, it is not […]

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Ancient Scythian mounds in Ukraine destroyed: Another violation of the Geneva Convention

Russian forces have destroyed ancient burial mounds on the front line in southern Ukraine. In doing so, they potentially violated the Hague and Geneva Conventions, according to a study by the Ukrainian Conflict Observatory published on September 4, the Kyiv Independent reported. In Ukraine, there are many ancient graves known as kurgans – up to […]

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The sounds of the soil makes reveal the secrets of biodiversity

Scientists at Australia’s Flinders University have found that healthy soil is a surprisingly noisy place. And deforested places or those with poor soil “sound” much quieter. Experts draw this conclusion thanks to a new field in science – ecoacoustics, which studies soundscapes. They listened to sounds made by ants, worms and other creatures living underground […]

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Sudan famine: Emergency response must include more than food, urges top UN aid official |

The head of UN aid coordination office OCHA in the war-torn country Justin Brady said the famine conditions which already prevail in Zamzam camp, in North Darfur, are “very dire” and access has become increasingly difficult. The UN-partnered IPC Famine Review Committee (FRC) announced last week that famine conditions are ongoing in the Zamzam Internally Displaced Persons […]

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UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism

This comes just a day after the UN human rights office (OHCHR) issued a statement expressing horror over the reported summary execution of six Israeli hostages who were among those abducted by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups during the 7 October terror attacks. Their bodies were recovered by the Israeli military over the weekend, from a […]

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Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria was outraged by the “deafening silence” of the Orthodox superiors

Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria sent a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, who are currently gathered in Istanbul. The Patriarch again calls for support against the anti-canonical actions of the Russian Church in Africa, which has launched a “mission” on the continent, consisting of creating a schism, taking away […]

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