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To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

Senegalese Youth are Standing Up for the Environment On World Wetlands Day Tuesday, Senegalese environmental protection NGOs mobilized several dozen volunteers, as well as water and forestry officials, to clean up parts of the mangrove swamps and surrounding coastline in the Joal-Fadiouth marine protected area, a biodiversity sanctuary noted for its sea turtles. Due to adequate waste collection system, the sea current creates piles of debris which endanger the biodiversity in the area. Elhadj Thiecouta, a student volunteer, provides some context to the situation. “There are many families who live off the mangrove swamp or the sea. In order to…

Covid-19 cases in Malawi are on the rise. Local hospitals are now on the edge as the country is hit with a second wave of the pandemic. In Blantyre, south Malawi, the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital has turned at least five wards for treating other illnesses into Covid-19 wards. “These tents are not meant for people to be admitted. People are supposed to be admitted in 1A, ENT, 3A or pediatric but because of the increasing of numbers, people are being admitted here”, Linley Kaneka, senior nurse at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital said. It’s a stretch for frontline health workers…

Nine troops were killed in Mali’s troubled central region early Wednesday when their camp came under attack from jihadists, security sources said. Their position at Boni, located between Douentza and Hombori in the Mopti region, was attacked by “heavily armed individuals in armored vehicles,” one source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Several soldiers were injured, the source said, an account confirmed by another security official and a local government official. An initial toll gave four dead and 10 injured, two of them seriously. The source said the camp had been seriously damaged and the assailants had made off with…

Former European bank chief Mario Draghi looks set to be Italy’s next prime minister, following the resignation of Giuseppe Conte. Draghi agreed on Wednesday to try to form a non-political government to steer Italy through the COVID-19 pandemic after last-ditch negotiations among political parties failed to produce a viable governing coalition. Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella met with Draghi, who is credited with having saved the euro during Europe’s debt crisis, and gave him a mandate to try to form a new government to replace caretaker premier Conte’s coalition of the 5-Star Movement and Democratic Party. Draghi told reporters he accepted…

Scottish lawmakers are looking at whether to issue an unexplained wealth order against former US President Donald Trump over his purchases of two golf courses in Scotland. Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s son, has called the move an attack based on “personal agendas” which ignores the economic benefits of the resorts in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. But Scottish Green Party leader Patrick Harvie said there were “serious concerns” over the source of the money that Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used to buy them. Unexplained wealth orders require individuals to explain the source of wealth used to acquire property and other…

Between January and August 2021, it is estimated that 194,000 people, representing 17% of the population analyzed, are likely facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). During the current period of October to December 2020, most of the country’s rural areas were classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3). During this period, 155,000 people, or 14% of the analyzed population (out of a total of 1.17 million people), were estimated to be facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), of which 26,000 people (2% of the analyzed population) were estimated to…

The UK’s Oxford University has released a study showing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine cut transmission of the virus by two-thirds and prevented severe disease. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed yet, also suggested that a single dose of that Covid-19 vaccine provided a high level of protection for 12 weeks. Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday (local time) that the study “backs the strategy that we’ve taken and it shows the world that the Oxford vaccine works effectively”. The UK has been following a contentious strategy of delaying the second shot so it can protect more people quickly with…

The United Nations Secretary-General, on Tuesday, voiced grave concerns over the crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and underscored the need for urgent efforts to protect populations at risk. According to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres remained “seriously concerned” over the situation in the region, where hundreds of thousands of people are in need of humanitarian assistance. In the statement, the Mr. Guterres “attached strong importance to the partnership between the Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations, through its Country Team, in addressing the acute humanitarian needs of all affected populations.” The UN chief “underlined the need for continued urgent…