South Sudan government and rebel groups sign 'commitment' for peace in ongoing peace talks in Kenya Pagan Amum Okiech, leader of the Real SPLM, walks after addressing the launch of high-level peace talks for South Sudan at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. High-level ... 05/16/2024 - 3:49 am | View Link
US issues new Sudan sanctions as bloody battle looms In addition to ethnic violence, aid agencies say the country could face a famine, with half of the population needing humanitarian assistance. 05/15/2024 - 8:02 am | View Link
US sanctions RSF commanders as violence intensifies in Sudan's El Fasher The sanctions come after a senior US official warned that the city of El Fasher in North Darfur is on the "precipice of a large-scale massacre." ... 05/15/2024 - 6:05 am | View Link
South Sudan YouTubers piggyback on Uganda, Kenya digital space Despite raking in forex dollars, South Sudan YouTubers are compelled to seek digital refugee in Uganda and Kenya in order to monetise their content and build online presence that translates into m ... 04/14/2024 - 9:21 pm | View Link
Inside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in pictures Jacklyn (fourth from right), 12, at the border at Joda after fleeing Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, 400km (250 miles) north. Around her, sheltering under a tiny tree, are 16 members of her family. 04/14/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s wealthiest person, is less than thrilled about a recent painting of her being exhibited at one of Australia’s largest art museums. But her reported attempts to get the unflattering portrait taken down is backfiring: the piece, part of a collection of portraits by an acclaimed indigenous artist, has been defended by the museum, the arts industry, and—perhaps worst for her—social media users, who have given it more attention than ever.
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The portrait features Rinehart, who is 70 years old, with a misshapen head, downturned lips, and a double chin.
For the last decade, with the support of our partners at Rolex, TIME has made a study of emerging leadership in all its many forms—not just statesmanship and intellectual achievement, but also cultural prominence and athletic triumph. The latest class of Next Generation Leaders, spanning eight countries and six continents, is no exception to that tradition of variety.
And yet amid such rich diversity, this cohort finds commonality in the way their leadership is expressed.
Last year, an internet shutdown in the state of Manipur, India, lasted a staggering 212 days when the state government issued 44 consecutive orders to switch off access across all broadband and mobile networks. The shutdown affected a population of 3.2 million, and made it more difficult to document rampant atrocities committed against minorities during bloody violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes, which included murder, rape, arson, and other gender-based violence, says Access Now, a digital rights watchdog that publishes an annual report on internet shutdowns around the world.
THE HAGUE — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear who will become prime minister.
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The “Hope, courage and pride” agreement introduces strict measures on asylum seekers, scraps family reunification for refugees and seeks to reduce the number of international students studying in the country.
“Deport people without a valid residence permit as much as possible, even forcibly,” the 26-page document says.
Wilders cried victory on what he called “a historic day,” claiming he had made sure the three other coalition parties, including the one of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, had accepted the core of his program.
“The strictest asylum policy ever,” Wilders exulted.
(DALLAS) — Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery.
Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet.
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Warm-blooded creatures — including birds, who are descended from dinosaurs, and humans — keep their body temperature constant whether the world around them runs cold or hot.
(SAO PAULO) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
Among fake postings that have stirred outrage: That official agencies aren’t conducting rescues in Brazil’s southernmost state.