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South African activist uses history to highlight ongoing injustice | History
Cape Town, South Africa – Lucy Campbell, with her long grey dreadlocks, stands animated in front of the thick stone walls of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town’s city centre, her small frame accentuated by their towering height. The 65-year-old activist-turned-historian has a message for the 10 American students who have come to hear her version of the…
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Fire and Ash” a deep dive – Lehigh Valley Press
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” is a moving picture. Yes, you know that. It’s a motion picture. You knew that, too. Let me explain. The experience of seeing “Avatar: Fire and Ash” is that of seeing a work of art in a museum gallery move in the picture frame right before your eyes. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” moves in front of,…
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Belfast rallies for Palestine hunger strikers as memories of 1981 return | Israel-Palestine conflict
Belfast, Northern Ireland — On New Year’s Eve, as fireworks lit the Belfast sky, the city’s streets were abuzz — and not only in celebration. Hundreds gathered in solidarity with activists from the Palestine Action group who are on hunger strikes in prison. Their chants echoed past murals that do not merely decorate the city, but testify to its troubled…
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KFF Health News: One Big Beautiful Bill Act complicates state health care affordability efforts
By Bernard J. WolfsonStateline As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care. California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and five other states have set caps on health care spending in a…
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A hidden brain problem may be an early warning for Alzheimer’s
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that the brain’s waste removal system often becomes blocked in people who show early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. These blockages interfere with the brain’s ability to clear harmful substances and may appear well before clear dementia symptoms develop. The clogged pathways are known as “enlarged perivascular spaces,” and the findings…
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Telangana Assembly passes bill removing two-child norm for local polls
Telangana Assembly Hyderabad: The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday passed a bill to do away with the two-child norm that disqualifies individuals with more than two children from contesting local body elections. Panchayat Raj Minister Danasari Anasuya Seethakka, who moved the Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, said the two-child norm was introduced in 1994 as a population control measure…
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KKR releases Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman after BCCI ruling
New Delhi: The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have confirmed that Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman has been released from their Indian Premier League (IPL) squad following instructions from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to do so. The call was taken amid excessive controversy and debate surrounding the player’s participation in the cash-rich event. “Kolkata Knight Riders confirms…
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Telangana to launch permanent Eye Care Clinics; Sarojini Devi Eye hospital to serve as hub
Hyderabad: Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Friday announced that the Telangana government will establish permanent ‘Eye Care Clinics’ across the State to improve access to eye health services. Replying to questions during Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the Minister said the clinics will be developed on the lines of the Day Care Cancer Centers. He stated that Sarojini…
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U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured and flown out of the country
6m ago Trump says Maduro was captured and flown out of Venezuela President Trump said in a Truth Social post early Saturday morning that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were “captured and flown out of the Country,” as he confirmed U.S. military strikes in Venezuela. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale…
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Yemen clashes bring Saudi and UAE-backed forces into confrontation
Emir Nader,Jerusalemand Suaad Al Salahi,Yemen Reuters The separatist Southern Transitional Council’s forces launched offensives in eastern Yemen last month Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has called for Yemen’s southern factions to attend a “dialogue” in Riyadh, after a dramatic turn of events in the south brought Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into unprecedented direct confrontation. Both Gulf powers have…
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