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  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 06:08 UTC

    How Essay Writing Services Help Students Master Scientific Literature

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    By Dora Bryan

    One reason many students look for help with research skills is that reading scientific articles can feel overwhelming.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 06:06 UTC

    Vatican has a long track record of mediation, including Argentina, Chile, Cuba

    Pope Leo XIV walks down to greet journalists at a meeting in the Paul VI audience hall ten days ago 2025.

    Washington, Kyiv and several of its European allies welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s offer to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican. In recent decades, the Holy See has played a key role in helping resolve a number of international conflicts.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 03:33 UTC

    MelBet in Ethiopia: What You Need to Know Before Registration

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    Since mobile internet usage is climbing in Ethiopia, online services related to sports and their respective tools have broadened in recent years. Be it local or foreign football clubs, platforms are now available to stream videos, provide live updates and even give analytics for viewers in Africa.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 03:33 UTC

    Nwankwo Kanu and JJ Okocha: The Golden Era of Nigerian Soccer

    The period from the late 1990s to the early 2000s was very important for Nigerian football. It was a time when two individuals — Nwankwo Kanu and Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha — rose beyond national recognition to become global icons. Their presence symbolized not only skill and technical brilliance but also a new level of professionalism and international influence in African football.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 15:40 UTC

    Israel fires warning shots at diplomats in West Bank; Uruguayan ambassador part of delegation

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later issued a statement saying the diplomats had “deviated from the approved route” and that soldiers fired “warning shots” to keep them away

    A group of 21 diplomats from various countries came under fire Tuesday during an official visit to the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank. The Israeli army fired warning shots at the delegation, which included Uruguayan Ambassador to Palestine Fernando Arroyo, who was unharmed in the incident.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    UK suspends trade talks with Israel

    Tel Aviv's politicians “are isolating Israel from its friends and partners around the world,” Lammy argued

    British Foreign Secretary David Lammy suspended free trade talks with Israel and summoned Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely in response to Tel Aviv's escalated military operations in Gaza. The official aid they were an “affront” to British values.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Lula says Brazil is in debt to African nations

    ”We can not only produce the food and things that people need, but also raise awareness in the rest of the world,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recognized his country's historical debt to Africa, proposing to repay it through solidarity, technological exchange, and agricultural support. Speaking at the 2nd Brazil–Africa Dialogue on Food Security in Brasília, he highlighted Brazil’s expertise in food production as a tool to combat hunger and poverty.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 08:55 UTC

    Following 12-year fisheries access agreement with EU, UK launches £360m Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund

    The Fund will invest in new technology and equipment to modernize Britain’s fishing fleet and train the next generation of fishers and promote the seafood sector to export (Pic EFE)

    British fishing and coastal communities will benefit from £360 million investment to drive growth and boost the sector for the future as the Government launches its Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund.  

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 08:21 UTC

    UK and Chile sign MoU on Cooperation in Gender Equality

    Minister for Latin America, Baroness Chapman and the Chilean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gloria de la Fuente during her visit to London

    The UK and Chile signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Gender Equality earlier this month. The MoU, with the aim of establishing sustained mutual cooperation in promoting human rights and gender equality, was signed by the Minister for Latin America, Baroness Chapman, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gloria de la Fuente, during her visit to London.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 07:59 UTC

    WHO overwhelmingly formally adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement

    Governments adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement in a plenary session of the World Health Assembly, WHO’s peak decision-making body.

    Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from – and more equitable in response to – future pandemics.