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When we listen to a voice, we automatically connect it to the person’s personality. But what does the voice actually say about a human’s character? Most people are probably familiar with this: We talk to a stranger on the phone or listen to a podcast and our minds automatically create an image of the person speaking. We imagine their age and gender and whether the person is small and delicate or tall and strong. We also hear whether they are sad, friendly, interested or nervous. And we believe that we can get an impression of the person’s personality just by hearing…

An Indian couple has sued their son and daughter-in-law, demanding a grandchild. They say they invested in their son’s education and wedding, and are therefore owed at least monetary compensation. An Indian couple has sued their son, demanding that he and his wife produce a child within a year, or pay them a compensation of 50 million rupees (€620,000, $646,000), local media reported on Thursday. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad filed a petition at a court in the city of Haridwar, in the northern state of Uttarakhand. “My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a…

Sri Lankans told reporters how they’re struggling with shortages of food, fuel and medicine as the nation faces one of its worst economic crises in decades. “I have a 10-month-old baby. I couldn’t even buy medicines for her when she was sick last week,” said Gunarathna Vaani, who resides in the suburbs of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. “There are no medicine stocks available in the market. Even basic tablets like paracetamol or Benadryl are not there. I had to borrow medicines from my neighbors to treat my baby,” she told DW. Pointing to empty market shelves, Vaani explained how she’s struggling to…

30 years after the emergence of emerging democracies in Africa, the model seems to be under severe strain. Today we talk to Francis Laloupo, journalist and essayist, author of the book “Blues démocratique de 1990 à 2020”, in which he analyzes the reasons for this democratic decline and the threats facing the democratic model. Democratic Blues, the title of your latest book says it all, to what do we owe this melancholy and this decline in the attractiveness of the democratic model? Francis Laloupo: In my book I put in parallel, on the one hand, the crisis of the processes…

At his workshop in Goma, Désiré Kabengela, a young Congolese student, spends his time after college thinking about innovation. This 24-year-old has just made Africa’s first treadmill that conforms with the international standard. His major innovations are strictly made of wood. “This is a place where I am always busy using or making our mechanical treadmills. This is our workshop,” said Desire Kabengela,” said Désiré. This innovative device made of hardwood is designed to meet the expectations and needs of all athletes, be it those who run or walk. It is also meant for amateurs in sports and can enable…

Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers have resigned to run in next year’s election, the information minister announced on Friday. This comes two days after President Buhari asked all ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees including the central bank governor to resign on or by May 16 if they decide to join the 2023 election race. The ministers who have resigned include junior petroleum minister, ministers of justice, transport, labor, Niger Delta, science and technology and women’s affairs. The junior ministers for mines and education also resigned, information minister Lai Mohammed said. President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to replace these…

A Malian judge has summoned French Foreign Minister Jean Yves le Drian, as part of an investigation into an “attack on public property and other offences”. According to a malian judicial source, the investigation follows a complaint from several civil groups gathered under the organization, Maliko. It concerns a “contract award for the manufacture of Malian passports to a French company” to which the son of the minister is linked. An official document indicates the case dates back to 2015 when the evicted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was president. Jean Yves le Drian is expected in Bamako on the 20th of…

The Global coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) vowed to pursue their fight against jihadist groups in Africa and in the Middle East. The meeting brought together over 60 partners and was held in Marrakesh on Wednesday. “Our shared assessment of the dangerous rise of terrorist threat in Africa has led to the emergence of a tailored approach of the coalition’s support to the African continent. This approach is embodied by the Africa Focus Group, co-led by the United States, Italy, Niger and Morocco.”, said Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs co-chairing the meeting…

The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) organized a rally in the capital city, Tunis demanding justice for Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera Palestinian-American correspondent shot and killed in the West Bank on Wednesday, May 11. The 51 year-old veteran journalist was reporting on armed clashes in the city of Jenin in the north of the occupied territory. “There is no trial of the murderers. We insist that there must be a mobilization at the level of international courts to prosecute Shireen’s killers. We think it’s an assassination and a war crime.”, says Mehdi Jlassi, President of the National Union…

In Ukraine, where hundreds of schools have been damaged or destroyed by the ongoing violence, attacks on civilian areas are endangering children’s lives and their futures. It has been nearly two months since classmates Stepan and Yaroslav last stepped foot in their school in Kharkiv. On 23 February, their final lesson was a history class. The next day, the 14-year-old boys woke up not to their alarm clock, but to the sound of explosions. Now, the walls of their school – once a grand three-storey building with the motto “Success in learning – success in life” inscribed above the entrance…