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new video loaded: Journalist Mariam Dagga Killed in GazaBy Shawn Paik•August 26, 2025Colleagues of Mariam Dagga, the visual reporter who was among the five journalists killed on Monday by Israeli strikes on a southern Gaza hospital, mourned as they held onto her camera.Recent episodes in InternationalInternational video coverage from The New York Times.International video coverage from The New York Times.Show more videos from International

Botswana’s president has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment, as a downturn in the global diamond market and US aid cuts take a toll on the country’s finances.The announcement came after the Ministry of Health suspended non-urgent surgeries on 4 August, stating that the country was short of medicines to treat hypertension, diabetes, cancer, asthma and eye conditions, as well as supplies including bandages and sutures and those for sexual and reproductive health.The president, Duma Boko, said in a televised address on Monday night that the country’s medical supply chain had failed, as…

TLDR Kenya’s technology sector overtook banking, manufacturing, and retail as the leading destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024, Foreign capital inflows into the tech sector rose 71% to KES 64.7 billion ($501 million), accounting for more than a quarter of total FDI of KES 242.6 billion The rise reflects strong investor appetite for Kenya’s digital economy Kenya’s technology sector overtook banking, manufacturing, and retail as the leading destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024, according to new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Foreign capital inflows into the tech sector rose 71% to KES 64.7…

Today’s skincare world offers an enormous variety of products and solutions for different skin concerns, but one of the most common mistakes is not understanding the correct order of product application. An effective skincare routine doesn’t just depend on having the highest quality products, but on how we apply them and the sequence in which we use them. Wrong order can render even the best products ineffective, while correct order can maximize the effectiveness of each product. What Are the Basic Principles of Product Application Order? The golden rule of skincare product application order is simple: from thin to thick…

Aug 25, 2025, 11:41 PM ETST. LOUIS — First baseman Willson Contreras threw a bat that mistakenly hit his own coach and tossed bubble gum on the field after he was ejected in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 7-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol also was tossed during an animated argument with the umpires after a called third strike in the seventh inning.Contreras said he didn’t understand why he was ejected.”I didn’t argue any pitch,” Contreras said. “All I said was, ‘Call the pitches on both sides because you’re missing for us.’ Then, I turned…

Fixing climate change is no small task — just ask carbon removal developers like Mitti Labs. The New York-based startup has developed technology to measure how much methane is released by rice paddies, and then it helps train hundreds of thousands of farmers in climate-friendly practices. It’s the sort of high-touch endeavor that venture capitalists typically avoid. So how has Mitti managed to raise funding from its investors? In short: partnerships. Mitti has started working with The Nature Conservancy on a partnership to promote regenerative, no-burn agriculture, the startup exclusively told TechCrunch, the latest in a string of deals that…

Fact or fiction? Breaking down Gachagua’s US tour claims on bills, education and health Gachagua claimed the government owed long-suffering contractors and suppliers KSh900 billion (US$6.93 billion), but the latest government data places this at KSh684 billion – a still significant, if smaller, burden. He was correct that former president Mwai Kibaki launched free primary education. But the record also shows it was Kibaki, not successor Uhuru Kenyatta as Gachagua claimed, who introduced free day secondary schooling. His claim that health insurance reforms should have cost only KSh800 million is inaccurate as available data shows far higher expenses, including KSh700…

Netflix is ready to tell its subscribers how to get to Sesame Street. The streaming giant has set premiere dates for a slew of its kids and family programming, including the debut of Sesame Street on its service, as well as season two of Ms. Rachel, which has consistently been on the Netflix top 10 list since it debuted earlier this year. Season 56 of Sesame Street will debut on Netflix November 10, with season two of Ms. Rachel dropping Sept. 1. Those shows join a previously announced fall slate that includes new Blippi and Cocomelon shows, Dr. Seuss shows,…

NewsFeedRights groups and legal experts are calling for Israel to be investigated over the ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital which Israel called a ‘mishap’, after killing 21 Palestinians including journalists, medics and rescue workers.Published On 26 Aug 202526 Aug 2025

The medical director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Bida, Dr Abubakar Usman, has said the centre will fully go digital in its operations before the end of this year. Usman spoke in Bida at a stakeholders’ meeting as part of sustained strategies to bolster the centre’s operations. He said the effort to go fully digital is to be in tune with the technology-driven world in all fields of human endeavour. “Nationally, December is the deadline for all federal government institutions to go digital. So, we have no option. Right now, we are not 100 per cent because we don’t have enough…