Online Violence, Fueled by Disinformation and Political Attacks, Deeply Harms Women Journalists
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (IPS) – An alarmingly high number of women journalists are now targets of online attacks associated with orchestrated digital disinformation campaigns....
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Suicide bomb attack targeting Somalia prime minister’s visit kills at least 15
Author: Reuters ID: 1608320564451709100 Fri, 2020-12-18 23:21 MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber attacked a stadium in Somalia’s central city of Galkayo Friday, killing 15 people...
Pakistan warns India planning ‘surgical strike’ against it
Author: By MUNIR AHMED | AP ID: 1608320564481709200 Fri, 2020-12-18 23:08 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister on Friday accused neighboring India of planning a “surgical...
Kashmir’s indigenous people fear India land grab
Author: Sat, 2020-12-19 00:09 NEW DELHI: Communities in Kashmir fear being evicted from their ancestral land following the uprooting of more than 10,000 trees...
Jordan offers jobs to 12,000 Bangladeshi garment workers
Sat, 2020-12-19 00:05 DHAKA: More than 12,000 Bangladeshi garment workers are to be recruited by Jordan next year to help revive the ailing industry...
Bonobos, much like humans, show commitment to completing a joint task
Bonobos display responsibility toward grooming partners akin to that of people working together on a task, a new study suggests. Until now, investigations have...
Unsafe levels of radiation found in Chernobyl crops
Crops grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine are still contaminated with radiation from the explosive 1986 disaster.
More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys rescued, returned to families
Horrific tales of beatings and endurance emerged on Friday as more than 300 boys rescued from captivity in northwestern Nigeria were brought back to...
Lost artifact from Great Pyramid was just found in a cigar tin in Scotland
After a small piece of wood from the Great Pyramid was donated to a museum in Scotland, it vanished for decades. A curator found...
Analysis: Venezuela is quietly quitting socialism
Shantytowns surround Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, like the walls of a bowl. Little houses pile on each other on the steep hills, some reachable only...
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres 
DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands 
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom 
Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?