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Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank amid a sharp escalation of violence, following the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call this week to take over most of the territory.The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead man as Ahmed Shehadeh, 57, saying he was killed on Friday by “occupation bullets” near the al-Murabba’a checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPalestinian news agency Wafa cited Amid Ahmed, director of the Red Crescent’s Emergency and Ambulance Centre in Nablus, as saying Israeli soldiers prevented his crew from reaching…

106 Zimbabwe has unveiled a massive agricultural investment package worth $1.4 billion, a bold step the government says will transform the sector and secure the country’s place in global food markets. The announcement was made during the African Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Dakar, Senegal, where Zimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Obert Jiri, presented the country’s new strategy to international investors and development partners. The investment plan is part of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Food Systems and Rural Transformation Strategy (AFSRTS), a broad policy framework designed to modernise agriculture, increase exports, and improve livelihoods in…

Child sexual abuse in the United States remains at crisis levels, with new research showing that every nine minutes, child protective services substantiates a case of sexual abuse against a child. Despite prevention programs and years of advocacy, the scale of the problem is staggering. Current estimates reveal that one in four girls and one in thirteen boys will experience sexual abuse before the age of 18, yet as many as 30% of incidents go unreported, leaving thousands of cases hidden. Abuse at a National Scale After neglect and physical abuse, sexual abuse is the third most common form of…

In the largest cinema at the Venice film festival, guests gather for the premiere of Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish account of a man who dared to play God and created a monster. When the young scientist reanimates a dead body for his colleagues, some see it as a trick while others are outraged. “It’s an abomination, an obscenity,” shouts one hide-bound old timer, and his alarm is partly justified. Every technological breakthrough opens Pandora’s box. You don’t know what’s going to crawl out or where it will then choose to go.Behind the main festival venue sits the small ruined…

Israel targeted a prominent local landmark, the Mushtaha Tower, a day after a military spokesman said it was in control of almost half the city.

It has been hailed as the most important TV show of the second Trump presidency. It’s currently in the form of its life and clocking up record ratings. Not bad for a cartoon about four potty-mouthed Colorado schoolboys.NSFW sitcom South Park might have been been on air since 1997, but it has never been more relevant. In an era when satirical talkshows are being axed, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s creation fulfils a vital function as it mercilessly mocks both sides of the political spectrum. Written and made the week of transmission, it has been able to incorporate topical stories…

World Boxing has rejected the criticism, saying it “made it clear that testing will be the responsibility of national federations as they have the closest links and most access to their boxers and are best placed to manage the testing process”.It said all federations had been warned on 21 August that the processing of results for sex-testing can take 48 hours and that any tests completed later than 1 September “would jeopardise your athlete’s entry into the official draw and competition”.Teams were told to consider their arrival time if they required testing once in the UK.Nigerian officials said Oraekwe and…

Washington, DC — The global trade landscape is full of competing countdown clocks that are quietly challenging U.S. competitiveness as they tick down. In the chaos of today’s trade environment, it’s difficult for American business owners and legislators to know what to address first. But there are two trade agreements whose ringing alarms can no longer be put on snooze. With the September 30 deadline fast approaching, Congress has less than one month remaining to renew two crucial trade preference programs that it should have renewed long before this urgent countdown began. For more than 23 years, the African Growth…

Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has undergone successful eye surgery performed by a predominantly young team of medical professionals at St John Eye Clinic in Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg. Yesterday, the Department of Health announced that the Minister had been experiencing ongoing vision problems that required surgical intervention and had spent several months on the waiting list before undergoing the procedure. According to the Department of Health, the St John Eye Clinic is one of the country’s public eye clinics, which provides treatment for various eye conditions, including retinal issues, glaucoma, and corneal problems. Following his surgery,…

Fear is spreading that an Israeli strike on a Gaza City high-rise signals a new stage of ethnic cleansing of the north.