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Mass fish deaths threaten Iraq’s Karbala livelihoods
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Shafaq News
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2025-10-16T10:41:19+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Karbala Thousands of fish are dying each day in floating cage farms across the Tuwairij district of Karbala, where breeders warn that oxygen-depleted waters and recurring...
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Pope denounces use of hunger as weapon of war as he urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. During an address on World Food Day at...
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Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look other way’ in fighting global hunger
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. Addressing the World Food Day global ceremony that also...
Owner: The Tribune Trust
Zoom Africa: Solar panels light up African future
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Xinhua News Agency
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Villagers celebrate after the official inauguration of the "Rural Solar" project built by a Chinese company in Songmimbias, the Central Region of Cameroon on Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua) YAOUNDE, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- In early October,...
Owner: Chinese Government
NPFL kick off delays on card …amid club licensing, unpaid referee wages
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New Era
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The much-anticipated start of the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) seems to be in jeopardy, with several challenges risking delaying the 2025/2026 season even before it kicks off. The league probably will not start soon, as some newly...
Owner: Namibian Government
Screen Grabs: UN Film Fest brings human rights ‘Messages for the Future’
If ever an entire film festival merited being put in a time capsule to provide evidence for coming generations, that would probably be UNAFF, the annual United Nations Association Film Festival (Thu/16-October26). Its 28th edition puts that role...
The Mozart of pan
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Trinidad Express
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When one talks about pan wizardry, they can be referring to none other than iconic Phase II Pan Groove Steelband arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. The late musicologist Pat Bishop anointed him with the famous title. The “boy from Benares Street”, St...
Owner: One Caribbean Media Ltd (Dawn Thomas CEO)
UNTCC Chiefs Conclave showcases India’s technological prowess and cultural heritage in advancing global peacekeeping
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs Conclave, hosted by the Indian Army in New Delhi from 14 to 16 October, continued on Wednesday with the Chiefs witnessing an Integrated New Age...
Owner: The Tribune Trust
Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. Addressing the World Food Day global ceremony...
Owner: Stanley S. Hubbard
Investornewsbreaks Nanoviricides (NYSE American: NNVC) Featured In Analyst Report Highlighting Dual-Track Clinical Strategy For NV-387
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American: NNVC) announced that Proactive Investors published an analyst research report detailing the Company's dual-track clinical development strategy for NV-387, its broad-spectrum...
Owner: Abdel Rehim Ali & Hani Jabsheh
Lode Gold Appoints Bill Fisher as Chair of Gold Orogen Technical Committee
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – October 15, 2025) – Lode Gold Resources Inc (TSXV: LOD) (OTCQB: LODFF) (the “Company” and “Lode Gold”) is pleased to announce Bill Fisher, a current...
Owner: Anthony Melchiorre
Africa’s challenges aren’t about race and culture, they’re about geography and policy: Ivo Vegter
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BizNews
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Now I don’t consider these views to be representative of the Daily Friend’s readership. While some commenters make valuable contributions to the discussion, many are just there to tell me how much of a Marxist I am. These comment-section regulars...
Owner: Alec Hogg
Protecting the Rare, Precious Red Colobus Will Safeguard Africa’s Forests
Very few people have heard of the rarest primate in #Africa – The Red Colobus. Featuring funky hairstyles and expressive faces they daringly leap between trees to search for food. Every species of red #colobus is under threat from hunting and...
Owner: Lisa Hickey
Pieces of Performance: Backstage Shade Festival quotables
Be sure to pay attention and learn your history. That blood, sweat, and tears ended slavery. As we watch abroad, we see the desecration of soil. While millionaires live in spoil. Now we fight once again to protect our rights. Through rallies and...
Owner: Camosun College
Things to do in Greater Sudbury, Oct. 16 to Oct. 18
Breadcrumb Trail Links Entertainment Local Entertainment Sloan, shown in this file photo, plays The Grand, 28 Elgin St. Oct. 16, 7 p.m.; for tickets, go to www.showpass.com/sloan-sudbury. Postmedia file photo Oct. 16 Music: Sloan The Grand, 28...
Owner: Anthony Melchiorre
Habitat for Humanity to host 15th build with Kelley School, Whirlpool Corporation
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Indiana Daily Student
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Starting Thursday, student volunteers will build houses in the Osage Place neighborhood in southwest Bloomington for the 15th annual Whirlpool Habitat Build. The event is a collaboration between IU Kelley School of Business, Habitat for Humanity...
Owner: Indiana University Bloomington
Avian flu kills thousands of chickens in Iraq
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Shafaq News
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2025-10-15T19:38:45+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Nineveh About 20,000 chickens died on Wednesday in Bashiqa near Mosul, after local authorities confirmed cases of avian influenza at two poultry farms. Ghazwan al-Dawoodi,...
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French Group Wagas Plans to Build 1.5 Million Homes in Cameroon by 2035
(Business in Cameroon) - Wagas Group signed an MoU with Cameroon’s government to build 1.5 million homes by 2035. The project will rely on green bonds and sustainable financing mechanisms — a first in the Cemac region. A pilot phase in Ebolowa...
Owner: Yasmine Bahri-Domon
Spotlight: YC-backed Bujeti is building Africa’s financial control centre
When Bujeti made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 cohort, it joined a rare club, one of just a handful of African startups to break through that year, even as the famed accelerator quietly scaled back its presence in emerging markets. For...
Owner: David Afolayan
Copper producer Aurubis held talks with US on support for new smelter
Germany's Aurubis is exploring US government support for a new copper smelter, following its recent recycling plant launch. Germany's Aurubis has held preliminary talks with the US government about support for a new copper smelter in the United...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family