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09/11/2024

Electrical generator explosion at Beirut’s Hamra district torches cars, building

An explosion in an electric generator sparked a fire in a parking garage on Hamra Street, central Beirut, engulfing parked cars in flames and spreading to a nearby building.

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/dark-times-eskom-to-cut-johannesburgs-electricity-supply/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:Loadshedding may be over Johannesburg’s journey through a dark tunnel is not. Eskom intends to cut the city’s electricity supply over a multi-billion Rand bill.Eskom plans to interrupt electricity supply to some areas from 14 December. The power utility says the City

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/economic-recession-grips-botswana-as-its-diamond-industry-falters/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:Botswana's economy is technically in recession, as the southern African country's diamond sector is faltering on the global market, an official said on Thursday.Innocent Molalapata, director of the research and financial stability department at the Bank of Botswana, the

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/its-not-close-israel-committing-genocide-concludes-wikipedia-ending-editorial-debate/2024/11/09/

Sat 08 November 2024:Wikipedia has officially added “Gaza genocide” to its “List of Genocides” page, marking a major shift in how Israel’s aggression on the besieged enclave is being documented on the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.The addition, which now appears as the first e

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/ransomware-attacks-on-hospitals-are-issues-of-life-and-death-warns-who-chief/2024/11/09/

Sat 09 November 2024:The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that cyberattacks targeting hospitals are not merely security breaches, but "issues of life and death.""Let's be clear at the outset that ransomware and other cyberattacks on hospitals and oth

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/blood-markers-linked-to-long-covid-heart-issues-study/2024/11/09/

Sat 09 November 2024:An Australian study has discovered inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients that could explain why many suffer from heart issues.Published on Thursday by the University of Queensland (UQ), the study identified escalated levels of cytokines, a type of prot

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/japans-nissan-motor-plans-9000-job-cuts/2024/11/09/

Sat 09 November 2024: Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday announced a plan to cut 9,000 jobs globally and slashed its operating profit outlook for the year ending March by 70 percent.The Japanese carmaker cut its fiscal 2024 operating profit forecast by 70 percent to 150 billion yen (about 975 mil

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/bitcoin-hits-record-high-above-77k-on-trump-election-optimism/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:Bitcoin hit another record high on Friday amid continued optimism about the election of Donald Trump and a potentially more crypto-friendly Congress.The largest cryptocurrency by market cap moved as high as $77,300 Friday afternoon, just days after creating other price miles

09/11/2024

SINGLE CURRENCY WITHIN BRICS ‘NOT POSSIBLE’ AT THE MOMENT

https://independentpress.cc/single-currency-within-brics-not-possible-at-the-moment/2024/11/09/

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/close-to-70-of-those-killed-in-gaza-are-women-and-children-un-rights-office/2024/11/09/

Sat 09 November 2024:The UN Human Rights Office on Friday said nearly 70% of those killed in the ongoing Gaza conflict are women and children, calling it "a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law."The office published the figures in a 32-page r

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/explosion-rocks-quetta-railway-station-in-pakistan-killing-26-people/2024/11/09/

Sat 09 November 2024:At least 26 people were killed and many others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta city railway station in southwestern Pakistan early Saturday, police said.So far 26 people have been killed and 46 others injured, Muhammad Akram, a local police official, told Anadolu o

09/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/us-charges-man-allegedly-tasked-by-iran-to-plot-trump-killing-pre-election/2024/11/09/

Sat 09 November 2024:Iranian citizen tapped to create plan to assassinate former president, DOJ alleges, although he never followed through.The United States Department of Justice has unsealed criminal charges against a man allegedly tasked by Iran with “surveilling and plotting to

09/11/2024

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08/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/major-job-cuts-expected-across-europes-struggling-sectors/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:Thousands of job cuts are on the way in several struggling sectors across Europe, with French grocery chain Auchan being the latest to announce redundancy plans.Staff representatives, summoned by Auchan management are feeling the pinch: 2,389 of the 54,000 jobs in France

08/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/horn-of-africa-is-home-to-over-20-million-internally-displaced-people-iom/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Horn of Africa reached 20.4 million in October, up from 19.9 million in August, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday.The rise was primarily driven by increased displacement in Burundi an

08/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/fruit-flavored-e-cigs-harm-lungs-study/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:According to a study conducted in Canada, fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, particularly blackberry-flavored ones, have been found to have the most harmful effects on the lungs. The research, led by Ajitha Thanabalasuriar from McGill University, discovered that fruit flavors we

08/11/2024

https://independentpress.cc/german-parliament-approves-controversial-anti-semitism-resolution/2024/11/08/

Fri 08 November 2024:The German Parliament on Thursday passed a controversial anti-Semitism resolution, which critics argue will stifle any criticism of Israel, Anadolu Agency reports.The non-binding motion titled “Never Again is Now: Protecting, Preserving, and Strengthening Jewish Life