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Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing Right

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The South Texas school district said it would delay a decision on terminating the chief who led the schools’ response to a school shooting.
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He Built a Home to Survive a Civil War. Tragedy Found Him Anyway. July 22, 2022
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Kenya election: shifting alliances and economic woe to fore August 8, 2022
Raila Odinga is leading William Ruto in the polls but the latter hopes his ‘hustler’ image will win him votes among the poorKenyans are heading to the ballot box on Tuesday after a campaign season marked by a shift in ethnic alliances and two big-ticket issues: the cost of living crisis and high unemployment.The race pits presidential frontrunners Raila Odin […]
London museum to return 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria August 7, 2022
Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897A London museum is to return 72 treasured artefacts, including its collection of Benin bronzes, to Nigeria in what experts described as an “immensely significant” moment.The Horniman museum said it would transfer the ownership of the historic objects […]
Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war August 7, 2022
Mercenary group does not officially exist but is playing a more public role and openly recruiting in RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThree billboards in the Ural city of Ekaterinburg shine a light on what was once one of Russia’s most shadowy organisations, the private military contractor Wagner.“Motherland, Honour, Blood, Bravery. WAGNER”, one of t […]
Uganda’s suspension of LGBT charity a ‘clear witch-hunt’, say campaigners August 6, 2022
Country’s government says Sexual Minorities Uganda ‘operating illegally’ in east African nationThe Ugandan government has suspended the country’s leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of operating illegally in the east African nation, in a move campaigners condemned as “a clear witch-hunt”.The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) – […]
Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president August 6, 2022
Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960sBritish cold war propagandists smeared Kenyan vice-president Oginga Odinga in the 1960s in “black” propaganda operations, newly declassified files reveal.The Foreign Office’s propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD), targeted th […]
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With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region Fears of a new wave of violence in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are growing after weeks of deadly protests against UN peacekeepers and rising regional tensions.Thirty-six people, including four UN peacekeep […]
Colombia’s first leftist president says war on drugs has failed August 8, 2022
At his swearing in Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla, says the country is getting a ‘second chance’ to tackle violence and povertyColombia’s first leftist president has been sworn into office, promising to fight inequality and bring peace to a country long haunted by bloody feuds between the government, drug traffickers and rebel groups.Gustavo Petro, a form […]
Fire in Cuban oil depot leaves 121 injured and 17 firefighters missing August 6, 2022
Body found after 800 people evacuated as smoke billows towards Havana following lightning strike at Matanzas supertanker baseFire started by a lightning strike has engulfed an oil storage facility in the Cuban city of Matanzas, setting off explosions and injuring 121 people. Seventeen firefighters were missing and one body had been found, Cuban authorities s […]

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Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a Egyptian-mediated truce that took effect late on Sunday.
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The newborns fighting for survival in Afghanistan August 7, 2022
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Leandro Lo: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu great shot in São Paulo club August 7, 2022
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Qantas asks executives to work as baggage handlers for three months August 8, 2022
The airline's head of operations has asked for 100 volunteers to fill the roles for three months.
Taiwan: US hits out at 'irresponsible' China amid attack rehearsal claims August 7, 2022
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