Several tents have gone up on McGill's downtown campus in what students are calling an act of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, joining a wave of similar protests taking place across U.S. campuses amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Jane Ansah has joined the 2025 parliamentary race but has distanced herself from any possibility of standing on the ticket of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Ansah has openly declared her interest in contesting for the newly demarcated Ntcheu North West Constituency in the 2025 polls.   A video […] The post Former MEC Chair, Jane Ansah, distances herself from opposition DPP: “I am standing as Independent.” appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Scores of Civil Society Organizations leaders on Saturday, toured Salima Sugar Company to appreciate challenges and efforts the company is making in addressing sugar prices and scarcity. The Civil Society Organizations visit follows a shortage of sugar which the country has been experiencing. On top of that the price of sugar has skyrocketed for no […] The post Salima Sugar courts CSOs to appreciates its efforts   appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

On Saturday, Silver Strikers, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets and Mzuzu City Hammers all claimed three points after winning their TNM Super League matches. At Silver Stadium, the Central Bankers scored five goals against MAFCO which opened a scoreline through Marshal Maluwa in the 13th Minute before Binwell Katinji, Ediel Kaduya scored twice, as well Takondwa […] The post Silver Top TNM Super League Table, Mzuzu City Hammers Second appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Presidential Advisor on general duties Ephraim Chivunde has challenged churches in the country to be self-independent financially. Chivunde made the call in Blantyre on Saturday night when he graced a fundraising dinner which was organized by Zambezi Evangelical church ZEC under Mitsidi synod.   “Most churches in the country were constructed by the missionaries it […] The post At a church fundraising event, presidential advisor Chivunde advise churches to be self-independent appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

And if there is a political solution, agency can phase out, Philippe Lazzarini said

During the day, the mission received reports about three injured civilians, four damaged houses and two civilian infrastructure facilities

There are no casualties and no destruction

According to Philippe Lazzarini, currently, no other agency can quickly and efficiently replace UNRWA

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Jowhar (HOL) - The Director of the Somali National Security and Intelligence Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbaloolshe, has called upon traditional elders in the Middle Shabelle region to collaborate in ending deadly inter-clan conflicts along the Hiiraan-Middle Shabelle region border.

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An elderly woman lost $270,000 to a love scammer within two months after meeting the fraudster online.  The ruse was discovered after she posted on Facebook about the transfers made. According to Shin Min Daily News' report on Saturday (April 27), $150,000 of the money was handed over to a runner, who received a jail sentence on Friday.  The retiree had got to know the suspect, named 'Chenghan' (transliteration), on Facebook last July, the Chinese evening daily reported. The two then exchanged phone numbers and began chatting on WhatsApp. 'Chenghan' began telling the victim that he hoped to settle down in Singapore so that he could be with her. He then asked her to help him pay a 'warehouse fee' of $23,800, which she did. He also told her later on that he wanted to set up a business and asked the woman for $150,000 in cash. After withdrawing the amount and putting them into two envelopes, the victim handed the money over to the intermediary on Sept 7.

Since the beginning of the year, the coral reefs at the Aldabra Atoll, one of the Seychelles' UNESCO World Heritage sites, are experiencing a severe bleaching event. A marine researcher on Aldabra working for the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF), Dr Anna Koester, said the bleaching event is even more severe than the one in 2016. Seychelles witnessed a mass coral-bleaching event from February to August 2016 after a particularly hot season coupled with an intense El Niño caused water temperatures to rise and exceed season averages by 1 to 2°C for several weeks, triggering the phenomenon of coral bleaching on the reef. «It is still too early to say anything specific about the scale of the damage as we are only now approaching the time of the year when water temperatures peak. However, already in February, the heat stresses the corals have experienced were by far higher than during the last bleaching event in 2016,» Koester told SNA. She said, «This heat stress is measured by adding up the weeks during which water temperatures have exceeded the usual maximum water temperature – this measure is called Degree Heating Weeks (DHW). The higher the DHW value, the higher the accumulated heat stress over the past weeks. For example, during the 2016 coral bleaching event, Aldabra's reefs experienced heat stress of a maximum of 6 DHW. Right now, they have experienced 3 DHW already.» Aldabra's reefs are an essential habitat to fish communities. (Fotonatura, Seychelles Islands Foundation) Photo License: All Rights Reserved  Koester said the heat stress «exceeds anything we have measured at Aldabra before, which clearly shows the severity of the current bleaching event. We have also observed some mortality already, however, we will only see the full scale of the mortality in a few months.» She added that they first began to see signs of bleaching at Aldabra at the beginning of January and emphasised the importance of reducing other stressors that affect coral reefs such as pollution, overfishing and physical damage through construction or anchors. «Marine protected areas, if well enforced, and appropriate coastal management are ways to address this. Nevertheless, we do have to be realistic about what can be achieved on the local level. Coral bleaching events such as the current one are triggered by global warming, which further and further reduces the time periods between severe bleaching events, leaving essentially no time for reefs to recover in between. Addressing climate change therefore remains the primary solution to safeguard coral reefs in the long term,» said Koester. She also talked about building more resilience in corals, especially concerning heat, and said, «There are no immediate options to mitigate the effects of this bleaching event, but we can utilise it to study the processes that make some corals more resilient than others. In the long term, this information can help to better conserve coral reefs and promote their resilience to heat stress.» Recently, the Minister for Blue Economy and Fisheries, Jean-Francois Ferrari, described Aldabra as being a living laboratory when talking about the preliminary results of the Monaco Explorations expedition and how experts at the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco had stated that about 82 percent of corals found elsewhere in the region could originate from Aldabra. During the Monaco Explorations expedition in November 2022, samples of corals from Aldabra were collected to be studied and preserved, and Ferrari said the samples are flourishing in several institutes. He said, «It's good that apart from the Oceanographic Institute, they are also being stored in three other laboratories in Europe. If one day we lose the corals at Aldabra because of a bleaching event, these samples will be crucial for their rehabilitation.»

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania has pledged to continue supporting Somalia in various areas, including defense and security, to ensure sustainable peace in the new Eastern African member state.

Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week.

Kenya has allocated 4 billion shillings (about 30 million U.S. dollars) for immediate response to the devastating flooding caused by heavy rains in several parts of the country, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said Friday.

The police have significantly dented the incidence of motor vehicle thefts at shopping centres in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, with the aid of the JamaicaEye closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system. Sub-Officer in charge of the...

SINGAPORE - Singaporeans who find themselves involuntarily unemployed will be able to receive more support under a new scheme due to be unveiled by the year end. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng pointed to the scheme in his May Day message on April 27, noting: «The pace of change in the economy is accelerating, and we know that more workers will likely be thrown curveballs. »We have heard and heeded the call to further support our workers who find themselves displaced through no fault of their own.« The re-employment support scheme, which was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech in 2023, will help retrenched workers get back on their feet. PM Lee said then that the Government will provide individuals with temporary financial support so that they can focus on upgrading their skills for a better long-term job. »It will be a temporary safety net to help you meet immediate needs to free you to upskill and train, as you prepare yourself for a good long-term job," he added.

SINGAPORE - Some $100 million will be pumped into more than 200 active ageing centres from April 2024 to March 2025, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. This is up from the $60 million provided from April 2023 to March 2024, Mr Ong said on April 27. The $100 million set aside for active ageing centres in the coming year forms part of the $800 million being funnelled over five years into active ageing centres to expand their outreach and increase the range and quality of programmes. There are now 208 such centres in Singapore, up from 157 in the last financial year, and 60 in 2021 when such drop-in centres were first rolled out to engage seniors with social and recreational activities, as well as to provide them with befriending and referrals for care services. Mr Ong had said earlier that the goal is to have 220 such centres by 2025, serving around 80 per cent of the senior population here. The minister was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a community mass brisk walk event in Sembawang Central, where he joined 800 residents on the 4.4km route.

Out of more than 9,000 entries from over 2,000 breweries in 50 countries, a handful of B.C. brews landed on the podium at the World Beer Cup this week.

ITV News at Ten viewers were left concerned for the presenter after he began to struggle with his words during an item on weekend leisure time near the end of the programme on Friday.

Lady Cameron's fashion brand Cefinn sells floral dresses and smart trouser suits for up to £500.

A new version of the NHS Constitution will ban trans women from women-only wards, under plans announced by ex-Health Secretary Steve Barclay at the Tory Party's conference last year.

Emergency services were called to McConnel Street in Kelloholm, Dumfriesshire, at around 6.25pm.

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