Bloody Feast of Sacrifice: How Gaza war turned usually joyous Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday into misery
Muslims around the world will celebrate the four-day Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, early in the week. It commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, as recounted in the Quran. In the Jewish and Christian traditions, Abraham is called to sacrifice his other son, Isaac.
WFP to refugees in Kenya: We provide free food, free water, free health and education, so you should accept cut food rations
The cuts to both food and vouchers were imposed with little warning, people in Dadaab – Kenya’s largest refugee settlement – complained. They also came on the heels of heavy flooding in April, which displaced 20,000 people and drove up prices in local markets, deepening everyone’s despair.
Asthma omena therepy: Patients flock Hyderabad city in India to swallow live sardines as medicine
Legend has it that in 1845 a wandering saint presented a secret formula of miracle herbs to Veeranna Goud, a man living in the old city of Hyderabad, and instructed him to give it to asthma patients for free. Since then, Goud’s descendants, known as the Bathini family, have preserved the tradition and kept the herbal formula under wraps, shared only among male descendants.
Food slaves: Since AGRA’s launch, African biodiversity has been severely lost, farmers tricked into dumping nutrient-dense, drought-resistant crops
In 1999, Monsanto’s CEO Robert Shapiro bragged that the company planned to control “three of the largest industries in the world – agriculture, food and health – that now operate as separate businesses. But there are a set of changes that will lead to their integration.” Today these chemical manufacturers control a huge percentage of the world’s food supply.
Birth of rare white buffalo in Dakota rekindles ancient religion and prophecy of better times among American Indians
The birth of the sacred calf comes as after a severe winter in 2023 drove thousands of Yellowstone buffalo, also known as bison, to lower elevations. More than 1,500 were killed, sent to slaughter or transferred to tribes seeking to reclaim stewardship over an animal their ancestors lived alongside for millennia.
Nativisation: South Africa ‘recalls’ isi-Zulu names to bolster protection of indigenous birds
IsiZulu is one of about 2,000 languages spoken in Africa, the overwhelming majority of which have been ignored by modern science. This can hamper research in many disciplines, including conservation science. Monitoring wild birds is a good way to gauge ecosystem health.
Elite Chinese scientists reveal how they engage in fraud cheat to keep jobs as they have ‘no choice’
In 2015, the Chinese government introduced the Double First-Class Initiative to establish “world-class” universities and disciplines. Universities selected for inclusion in the programme receive extra funding, whereas those that perform poorly risk being delisted, says Wang.
New study in Kenya’s Samburu national park finds African elephants call each unique names
Researchers tested their results by playing recordings to individual elephants, who responded more energetically, ears flapping and trunk lifted, to recordings that contained their names. Sometimes elephants entirely ignored vocalizations addressed to others.
Mass murder: Vaccinated coronavirus patients died at twice the rate of the unvaccinated – study
A review article published in the journal Vaccine in January discussed the potential role of IgG4 antibodies in the non-specific effects (NSEs) of vaccines. The authors noted that people who received two or more Covid-19 mRNA vaccines were reported to have unusually elevated concentrations of IgG4 antibodies.
New probe unearths how 47 countries in Western world hide data on Covid lockdowns and vaccines excess deaths
The Norwegian authors found “significant” excess mortality in 2021 and 2022 for all causes (3.7 per cent and 14.5 per cent), for cardiovascular diseases (14.3 per cent and 22.0 per cent), and for malignant tumours in 2022 (3.5 per cent).
