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just now (95+ words) [People rally to mark the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 24, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/SHANNON VANRAES)]Introducing the exhibit just two years after the October 7 Hamas attacks "raises further alarm," says AGPI, warning the display risks emboldening extremist rhetoric. Antisemitism group urges halt to "Nakba' exhibit at Canadian Museum of Human Rights Introducing the exhibit just two years after the October 7 Hamas attacks "raises further alarm," says AGPI, warning the display risks emboldening extremist rhetoric....

just now (70+ words) People cannot even access the lands that they used to cultivate in order to maintain livelihoods." 95 percent of agricultural land" destroyed in Gaza People cannot even access the lands that they used to cultivate in order to maintain livelihoods." Ubai Al-Aboudi, of the Bisan Center for Research & Development discusses Gaza's economy and Israel's destruction of agricultural land and fishing boats, which Palestinians rely on....

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1+ min ago (158+ words) A 53-year-old van driver has died after his vehicle left the road and hit a wall, police have said. The crash happened on the A375 at Sidbury near Sidmouth in east Devon at about 14:30 GMT on Wednesday, the Devon and Cornwall force said. It said the driver, a local man, sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash and his next of kin had been informed. Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash which happened as the van travelled from the Honiton direction towards Sidbury. A nonagenarian from east Devon cycles 25 miles in a month for charity. Volunteers are discovering the joy of community composting in Devon. Business owners and workers say the new budget could make or break certain sectors. Alan Harris is standing trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of 30 separate charges. Officers want to hear from…...

1+ min ago (705+ words) Chancellor defends budget and insists she will grow the economy and continue to defy forecasts Rachel Reeves has admitted working people will need to pay more after her budget but insisted she had kept that to an "absolute minimum" by increasing taxes on betting firms, mansions and landlords. The chancellor vowed to carry on in her role and "defy" economic forecasts as she defended her tax and growth measures. Pressed on whether the budget was designed to ensure her own political survival and that of Keir Starmer by mollifying a restive Labour party, Reeves said this was "my budget, delivering on my priorities", one she was proud of. "Lots of people have tried to write me off over the last 16 months. And you're not going to write my obituary today," she told Times Radio. "There's plenty more that I'm going…...

1+ min ago (187+ words) Anticipating African Compliance Before It Becomes Mandatory By understanding the trajectory of the Soil Monitoring Law, we recognized that Africa would not be exempt from future soil governance, especially under: Rather than waiting for regulation to be imposed on African farmers with little preparation, we chose to innovatively act early. To build a decision-intelligence soil health platform for Africa using the geospatial cloud platform Google Earth Engine designed by African realities, for African farmers, enabling: This project followed a formal project management life cycle, aligned with policy implementation, risk management, stakeholder needs, and sustainability goals. The developers began by scoping the project to focus on African countries in the initial phase, with built-in scalability for future multi-regional deployment. With this scope, we targeted direct impact for the following core beneficiaries: All integrated into a single intelligent dashboard. The full system…...

2+ min ago (190+ words) Lenovo ranks #1 on the Top500 Supercomputers and Green500 lists Neptune systems deliver up to 100% heat removal achieving 1.1 PUE Warm-water cooling operates up to ~45 "C, eliminating chilled-water requirements A Cooling Approach for the AI Era The IDC & Lenovo CIO Playbook 2025 highlights improving sustainability as a top business priority. As organizations accelerate AI adoption, data centers are facing unprecedented thermal and performance pressures due to soaring compute density and energy use. Traditional air cooling is no longer sufficient to manage the heat generated by modern AI systems. Driven by soaring demand for AI, cloud, and advanced digital services, data centers across Asia Pacific are expanding rapidly " and so is their need for power. Electricity consumption in the region is expected to rise from 320 terawatt-hours in 2024 to 780 terawatt-hours by 2030. Sustainable Performance at Scale The technology is already deployed in several of the world's most energy-efficient…...

2+ min ago (292+ words) The price of uranium: how the EU sacrificed the security of the Sahel for its own interests The EU'African Union Summit in Luanda allowed Antonio Costa to declare that the EU is Africa's main security partner. For the countries of the Sahel States Alliance (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger) It sounds like a joke. Reality: Violence in the Sahel has increased 7-fold since 2019, with more than 10,000 deaths per year (ISS, 2025). Operation Barkhan (2014-2022) protected primarily French assets: the Orano uranium mines in Niger and gold mines in Mali and Burkina Faso. When anti-Western governments came to power in 2020-2023, the new authorities reviewed bonded contracts (Niger increased the state's share in uranium mining, Burkina Faso introduced mandatory 30% state participation under the 2023 code) and expelled European troops. In response, the EU and France have scaled back their military presence and reduced aid, although jihadists…...

2+ min ago (465+ words) Cyclone Ditwah formed on November 27 over the southwest Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka. It is expected to travel towards Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and southern Andhra Pradesh by November 30. IMD warns of possible rapid intensification, with wind speeds up to 100 km / h. Cyclone Ditwah formed on November 27, 2025, becoming the fourth tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean region for the current season. The storm system that is currently over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lankan coast intensified quickly from a deep depression to a cyclone because of favourable factors in its path. Its track may be along the Tamil Nadu coast, bringing rainfall to the coastal areas of the state." According to the latest tropical weather outlook from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the depression intensified into a deep depression in the early morning hours of November 27 and lay…...

2+ min ago (173+ words) Godrej Capital announced on Wednesday that Aarohi, its women-focused lending initiative, has surpassed "1,116 crore in total loan bookings within one year of its launch in November 2024. The programme has built an asset base of "552 crore and onboarded over 1,600 customers. The financial services arm of Godrej Industries said Aarohi has already achieved its FY26 target of 10 per cent penetration by customer count. The initiative offers tailored credit products to women across home loans, loans against property, and business loans. Karnataka led customer acquisition with over a quarter of the total, followed by Delhi and Andhra Pradesh. The company plans to increase penetration to 16 per cent in FY27 and 22 per cent in FY28, targeting over 10,000 customers by 2028. Manish Shah, MD and CEO of Godrej Capital, said the initiative aims to address structural barriers women face in accessing credit, noting that NITI Aayog data shows only…...