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Protesters in support of hostages took to the streets of Jerusalem and marched towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence to voice their anger over his government’s plan to fully occupy Gaza City. Former soldier, Max Kresch, marched holding a sign that read “I refused”. “We’re over 350 soldiers who served during the war and were refusing to continue to serve in Netanyahu’s political war,” he told the BBC’s Emir Nader. Protests took place across Israel in cities including Haifa and Tel Aviv.Israel’s decision to expand its war in Gaza – a major escalation in the conflict – sparked condemnation from…

“One Piece” is setting sail once again, with the live-action adaptation of the beloved manga and anime series getting an early Season 3 renewal at Netflix. The news came out of the annual One Piece Day celebration on Tokyo, where it was also revealed that Ian Stokes would be joining Joe Tracz as co-showrunner on Season 3. Stokes was previously a co-executive producer on Season 1. Production on the third season will begin later this year in Cape Town, South Africa. “One Piece” Season 2 does not have a premiere date, but it is slated to return in 2026 on…

EPAThe Martian meteorite found in Niger went on display in New York before it was auctioned”Brazen! It is brazen!” Prof Paul Sereno says down the phone line from Chicago.He makes no effort to disguise his anger that a rare meteorite from Mars discovered two years ago in the West African nation of Niger ended up being auctioned off in New York last month to an unnamed buyer.The palaeontologist, who has close connections with the country, believes it should be back in Niger.This millions-of-years-old piece of the Red Planet, the largest ever found on Earth, fetched $4.3m (£3.2m) at Sotheby’s. Like…

106 The Democratic Alliance (DA) held a street march in Gugulethu, Cape Town, on Saturday morning to protest against gender-based violence (GBV) and the ongoing delays in processing DNA evidence, which the party says is denying justice to many survivors. The march, joined by residents and community activists, saw the party hand over a memorandum calling for urgent government action to address the backlog in police forensic laboratories. The DA argued that these delays are preventing the timely prosecution of offenders, leaving survivors waiting for years for justice. DA Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube, who led the demonstration, stressed that the…

This bridge to peace is between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. It will put an end to Azerbaijan-Armenia’s over three decades of conflict with an impasse to a final peace agreement. Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, nestled in the South Caucasus, foreign policy is based on conducting bilateral relations. Today, August 8, 2025 Azerbaijan and the United States officially entered a trilateral relationship. Today’s event at the White House did not come as a surprise to me. President Donald Trump signs a trilateral joint declaration with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan…

As human-spaceflight missions grow longer and travel farther from Earth, keeping crews healthy gets more challenging. Astronauts on the International Space Station can depend on real-time calls to Houston, regular cargo deliveries of medicines, and a quick ride home after six months. All of that may soon change as NASA and its commercial partners, like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, look to conduct longer-duration missions that would take humans to the moon and Mars. That looming reality is pushing NASA to gradually make on-orbit medical care more “Earth-independent.” One early experiment is a proof-of-concept AI medical assistant the agency is building with…

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, might be preparing his young daughter, Kim Ju-ae, to become his successor. Choe Sang-Hun, the ​Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times, analyzed North Korean state propaganda to find out.

Monrovia — The Chairman of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Clarence Massaquoi, has dismissed as false and misleading widespread claims that commissioners at the institution earn US$10,000 monthly and receive a staggering US$3,600 worth of fuel for generators. Appearing on state radio ELBC Thursday, Massaquoi clarified that the actual net salary of an LTA commissioner stands at approximately US$4,800 after taxes and statutory deductions. “There is no commissioner at the LTA who makes US$10,000,” he stated emphatically. “That figure being circulated is inaccurate, and we welcome anyone who wants to fact-check these numbers to do so.” On the issue of…

  ENDING GRANT ABUSE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order stopping unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from wasting taxpayer dollars on frivolous grants. Going forward, President Trump’s appointees will review funding opportunity announcements and grant awards to verify that each grant dollar benefits Americans instead of lining grantees’ pocketbooks or furthering causes that damage America. Award decisions will undergo more rigorous evaluation by political appointees and subject matter experts to ensure they benefit the American public, align with Administration priorities, and are coordinated across agencies to avoid duplication. The Order also allows for the termination of future grants that do…

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, says fighting corruption in Nigeria is not as difficult as it is generally perceived. Obi stated this at a talk show session on youth and leadership opportunities with students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, on Friday. “We are talking about corruption, but let me tell you, fighting corruption is not as difficult as people make it look. “If you, your wife and children are not stealing, you have reduced corruption by 60 per cent. “I’ve served as chairman of a bank at a time when most people who were…