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Mogadishu — Somalia’s Council of Ministers convened its weekly meeting on Thursday, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama, where two key legislative proposals were approved to bolster economic growth and youth employment. The cabinet endorsed the Regulatory Framework for Private Employment Agencies and the Draft Mining Bill, measures aimed at enhancing job creation and promoting investment in the country’s underdeveloped natural resources sector. During the session, the Council also received a briefing from security agencies, focusing on intensified operations against extremist insurgents in various parts of the country. Ministers praised the recent gains made by Somali security forces…

20. Anything to Be With You (2023)Carly Rae Jepsen loves to squirrel away killer songs for her now-standard B-side collections. The opener to The Loveliest Time (the companion to 2022’s The Loneliest Time) evinces several CRJ trademarks: a love of odd production in the drily funky guitar and playful percussion, breathy falsetto – and obsessive, intense lyrics about being willing to do anything for love.19. This Kiss (2012)You can plot Jepsen songs on a spectrum of “laser-eyed intensity” to “dreamy reverie”. This Kiss, from her first pop album Kiss (after her dreary post-Canadian Idol debut, 2008’s Tug of War), epitomises…

The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the floor, MSF said, as the country’s two-year civil war aids the spread of the disease.Sylvain Penicaud, MSF project coordinator in Tawila, North Darfur state, said families in displacement and refugee camps often had no choice but to drink dirty water, the main cause of cholera.“Just two weeks ago, a body was found in a well inside one of the camps. It was removed,…

Amid recurring activities of unruly passengers at the airport, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Monday said the recent incident has exposed vulnerabilities in the security response by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security (AVSEC). The association stated this against the backdrop of placing Ibom Airlines’ unruly passenger, Comfort Emmanson, on its ‘No Fly’ list indefinitely, calling on FAAN to review and tighten security procedures at all airports nationwide. The association’s public relations officer, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo, said airline operators condemned the violent incident involving Emmanson on Ibom Air flight Q9 303 from Uyo to Lagos…

Israel has imposed man-made starvation on the population of Gaza since the aggression against the enclave began in October 2023. This campaign intensified drastically after March 2025, when the Zionist occupation implemented even harsher restrictions on the already scarce aid allowed into Gaza. Since then, hundreds of men, women, and children have died from severe malnutrition. Doctors survive on meagre crumbs of bread and oil each day, often resorting to seawater to ingest much-needed electrolytes. Journalists have become too weak to carry out their duties, and men are too frail to risk their lives at GHF sites. The population now…

The US State Department has issued an updated travel warning for Americans visiting Mexico, citing risks of “terrorism, crime, and kidnapping”.The move follows months of intense pressure from President Donald Trump over issues such as immigration and the activities of criminal gangs involved in drug smuggling and human trafficking.Here is what we know:What happened?On Tuesday, the United States government issued a new travel alert for Mexico, warning of “terrorist” violence in 30 of its 32 states. It’s the first time Washington has ever sounded the alarm on Mexico for terrorism risk.The advisory paints a grim picture: soaring rates of homicide,…

Australia should adopt US-style copyright law to allow artificial intelligence to suck up all creative content or risk harming investment in the industry in Australia, according to the Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar.Farquhar, the Tech Council of Australia chief executive, told ABC’s 7.30 program on Tuesday: “All AI usage of mining or searching or going across data is probably illegal under Australian law and I think that hurts a lot of investment of these companies in Australia.”This was because, he said, Australia doesn’t have fair use exemptions coded into copyright law like the US does.Farquhar’s claim overlooks that this is not…

NewsFeedIsrael’s far-right finance minister has approved plans for thousands of illegal homes in the occupied West Bank — saying it ‘buries the idea of a Palestinian state’. Bezalel Smotrich announced 3,401 illegal housing units will be built in the controversial E1 settlement project.Published On 14 Aug 202514 Aug 2025

Every NHS hospital in England has been told to improve patient waiting times for planned treatment as the government has made hitting the 18-week target one of its key priorities for this parliament.By March 2026, the government wants to see at least 65% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks.To get there, every NHS trust has to either get to 60% or improve on its November 2024 figures by five percentage points – whichever is greater.That is just a stepping stone towards the ultimate goal of achieving 92% by July 2029.Use your postcode to find out whether waiting lists…

President Donald Trump’s administration wants to overhaul the nation’s visa programme for highly skilled foreign workers.If the administration does what one official described, it would change H-1B visa rules to favour employers that pay higher wages. That could effectively transform the visa into what one expert called “a luxury work permit” and disadvantage early-career workers with smaller salaries, including teachers. It could also upend the current visa programme’s lottery system used to distribute visas to eligible foreign workers.“This shift may prevent many employers, including small and midsize businesses, from hiring the talent they need in shortage occupations, ultimately reducing America’s…