‘There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas’ warns Russia after meeting with Ukraine president at Pope Francis burial

‘There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas’ warns Russia after meeting with Ukraine president at Pope Francis burial

Trump’s post was a departure from his usual rhetoric, which has seen the toughest criticism directed at Zelenskiy, while he has spoken positively about Putin. In a post on social media platform Telegram, Zelenskiy wrote: “Good meeting. One-on-one, we managed to discuss a lot. We hope for a result from all the things that were spoken about.”

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Nearly 250,000 mourners at People’s Pope’ funeral mass as world bids Pope Francis farewell

Nearly 250,000 mourners at People’s Pope’ funeral mass as world bids Pope Francis farewell

Applause rang out as Francis’ coffin, inlaid with a large cross, was brought out of the basilica and into the sun-filled square by 14 white-gloved pallbearers at the start of the Mass. The Vatican estimated more than 250,000 people attended the ceremony, cramming the square and the roads around.

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Reports: Cybercriminals fleeced record-breaking Americans and businesses, Trump’s defence minister was a statistic

Reports: Cybercriminals fleeced record-breaking Americans and businesses, Trump’s defence minister was a statistic

Pete Hegseth got a second internet line installed that connected directly to the public internet rather than through the Pentagon’s secured connection, according to sources.

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Resetting humanitarian journalism: There’s need to shift from extraction mindset to revering humanity

Resetting humanitarian journalism: There’s need to shift from extraction mindset to revering humanity

Further, there is a real cost to being offered up as part of the news buffet prepared by an industry that rewards speed and spectacle. Spectacle flattens complexity. It replaces solidarity with voyeurism. And while journalists may move on to the next assignment, the people whose stories were mined are left with the consequences of being exposed, misunderstood or reduced to symbols.

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Study in Sweden reveals sexual harassment is still a taboo subject even in gender-equality hotspots

Study in Sweden reveals sexual harassment is still a taboo subject even in gender-equality hotspots

The Lund findings echo those of a 2022 study2 of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in European research settings, which found that the prevalence of gender-based violence was fairly uniform across 15 nations.

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Top scientists flee US following Trump’s research funding cuts; the academics prefer to work in Europe, Asia – even Africa!

Top scientists flee US following Trump’s research funding cuts; the academics prefer to work in Europe, Asia – even Africa!

More than 200 federal grants for research related to HIV and AIDS were abruptly terminated last month. Cuts to grants from the US National Institutes of Health for Covid-19 research were revealed, and the government began a $400-million reduction in research grants at Columbia University in New York City, because of campus protests supporting Palestinians in the conflict with Israel.

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‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan

‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan

The Shirika Plan has been lauded as a major step forward in securing durable solutions for Kenya’s 800,000 refugees, the majority of whom are from neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.

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Tales of boats sinking with migrants across the Gulf of Aden are common but Ethiopian youth would rather that than the poverty at home

Tales of boats sinking with migrants across the Gulf of Aden are common but Ethiopian youth would rather that than the poverty at home

Boats carrying migrants across the Gulf of Aden regularly sink. In March, the IOM reported that four boats had capsized off the coast of Yemen, with more than 180 migrants feared dead. Even for those who survive the crossing, traversing war-ravaged Yemen is itself fraught with danger.

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‘I’m going to Saudi Arabia or to my grave: How hope became frustration, then despair among Ethiopia’s Oromo youth under PM Abiy

‘I’m going to Saudi Arabia or to my grave: How hope became frustration, then despair among Ethiopia’s Oromo youth under PM Abiy

The government or its militias “can accuse anyone of being OLA and try to get money from them. If you don’t pay, you’ll be put in prison, and unless you pay you won’t get out,” Østebø says. “There is so much discontent and hopelessness.”

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WHO recommends social and psychological support for school girls to address adolescent pregnancy

WHO recommends social and psychological support for school girls to address adolescent pregnancy

Reasons for early pregnancy vary, but are interrelated including gender inequities, poverty, lack of opportunity and inability to access sexual and reproductive health services, with also a strong correlation with child marriage; and in low- and middle-income countries.

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