What you eat affects what you remember: Fast-food addiction vacuums memory, turns adult into junk
In the US, an estimated five million teens aged 12 to 17 – or 20 per cent of the overall age group – have experienced at least one episode of depression, with symptoms of a loss of interest in daily activities and struggling with sleep, energy and appetite.
WHO ignores or knowingly misrepresents its own data on Covid to protect drug makers’ interests
Funding for essential sanitation and nutrition programmes has dropped as the WHO pushed for a shift in funding to mass vaccination in countries with young populations for a disease of the elderly to which they were already immune, supported with frankly idiotic slogans with more to do with advertising than public health, such as “No one is safe until everyone is safe.”
Gaza war: Brazil’s President Lula moves envoy to Geneva from Tel Aviv as relations with Israel sour
Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, the latest repercussion from a South American nation over Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian territory. The move was announced in Brazil’s official gazette. Israel’s foreign ministry said no...
Ex-Haiti PM Conille tapped to steer the island nation back to stability, root out violent gangs
Garry Conille’s naming underscores progress in Haiti’s political process and follows Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s resignation in March after he left Haiti to seek support for the Kenyan security mission and was unable to re-enter the country.
Polish man sentenced to life in Congo for espionage released, flown to Europe within hours
Last week, Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Paweł Wroński said without elaborating that Majewski “is not a spy, he is a member of a travellers club” and was just following his “passion in life.” Wroński said his “behaviour was the result of a lack of knowledge of local customs.”
Iran leads world in number of people executed worldwide but China’s secrecy buried truth on death penalty
The group said the spike in recorded executions was primarily driven by Iran, where authorities executed at least 853 people last year, compared to 576 in 2022. Those executed included 24 women and five people who were children at the time the crimes were accused of committing, Amnesty said, adding that the practice disproportionately affected Iran’s Baluch minority.
Sudan’s descent into chaos provides fertile ground for al-Qaeda gestation, spread terror
Sudan’s civil strife predates the current fighting by decades. It ignited in 1989 when al-Bashir seized power, aligning the nation with radical Islamist ideologies. He imposed Sharia law and in 1991 sheltered al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Under al-Bashir’s regime, bin Laden established training camps and expanded al-Qaeda’s financial network, laying the groundwork for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
How science and religion are finally co-existing as faith and work complement each other
Sociologist Christopher Scheitle surveyed atheism’ more than 1,300 graduate students about their experiences and their attitudes to religion. He found that many religious people studying science struggle to be open about their faith, reporting a culture of ‘assumed that often led them to conceal their religion for fear of being judged or discriminated against.
Smartphone companies scramble for growing market in Africa, but put at risk users personal data
Literacy rates that are below the global average, and lack of services in many African languages – some 2,000 are spoken across the continent, according to The African Language Program at Harvard University – are other reasons why a smartphone isn’t a compelling investment for some.
How River Nile migrated eastward: Long-lost branch of the Nile finally located near Egypt’s Giza pyramids
River Nile is prone to migrating, and in the past, populations have had to relocate to keep up. Over the past few hundred years, the Nile has moved several kilometres to the east, possibly owing to shifting plate tectonics.
