New Zealand said Wednesday that it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected. The step comes amid growing global debate about the number of adolescents seeking to change gender, dividing those concerned about hastiness in prescribing such...
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Food For Thought: British-Nigerian Medical Doctor Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya Seek Answer On The Correlation Between Terrorist Apologists And Islam As A Religion
In the face of ongoing insecurity in Nigeria and Christians persecution, a lot of Nigerians are more vocal and are calling for accountability, condemning government irresponsiveness to its citizens’ out cry, querying the stand of Muslim religion scholars, leaders, terrorist apologists and so forth on the incessant attack on innocent lives and endless human slaughtering....
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Indonesia Evacuates Stranded Climbers After Semeru Volcano Erupts
Indonesian authorities evacuated more than 900 people and were facilitating the safe return on Thursday of 170 climbers stranded after the eruption of its Semeru volcano, one of the country’s tallest mountains. The alert level was maintained at its highest after Semeru on Java island erupted 10 times on Wednesday, emitting massive plumes of ash...
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An Anti-Migrant Group In South Africa Is Blocking Foreigners From Health Clinics
It’s 6 a.m. and Tholakele Nkwanyana is one of the first people to arrive at the Diepsloot public health clinic in Johannesburg, not to seek medical attention but to stop foreigners from getting care. She and fellow members of South Africa’s anti-immigrant group Operation Dudula — which means “to get rid of by force” —...
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Meta Alerts Young Australians To Download Their Data Before A Social Media Ban
Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect. The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three Meta platforms plus Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube...
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Ukraine Asks Vatican To Formalize Mediation Role For Return Of Citizens Taken By Russia
Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the request in a letter to Pope Leo XIV ahead of an audience Friday between the pope and...
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One Dead And 170 Homes Damaged As Fire Burns In Japan
A man in his 70s has reportedly died after an out-of-control fire on Wednesday morning burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate. According to reports, the fire started on Tuesday evening near a fishing port in the city of Oita on the southern main island of Kyushu, with the...
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Rapper Falz And Skitmaker Mr. Macaroni Urge President Tinubu To Resign
Popular rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, aka Falz, and Skit maker and activist Adebowale Adedayo aka Mr. Macaroni has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resign over his inability to tackle the escalating insecurity in the country. Reposting a tweet made by Tinubu on 6 November 2014, demanding for the resignation of then President Goodluck...
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Zelenskyy, US Envoy Will Visit Turkey In A New Bid To End The Russia-Ukraine War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will travel to Turkey this week in an attempt to jump-start negotiations on ending Russia’s invasion, which began nearly four years ago. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will join Zelenskyy in Turkey, a senior Turkish official told The Associated Press, but the Kremlin said that Russia won’t be sending anyone....