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Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple

silverguide.site – Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the country…
Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple

Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City

silverguide.site – Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollution…
Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City

‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

silverguide.site – Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaigners…
‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

Will Mike Waltz lead a ‘full-frontal assault’ on the UN?

silverguide.site – Some fear Donald Trump’s nominee for UN ambassador will damage global development in a bid to rehabilitate his image after the Signal chat scandal…
Will Mike Waltz lead a ‘full-frontal assault’ on the UN?

Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve

silverguide.site – The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stalls…
Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve

Mining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done?

silverguide.site – In Chile’s drought-stricken Atacama desert, Indigenous people say desalination plants cannot counter the impact of intensive lithium and copper mining on local water sources…
Mining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done?

Trust in the US is eroding. Now the question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy: it’s when | Kenneth Mohammed

silverguide.site – De-dollarisation is not a threat to global stability. Countries are simply questioning the rules of a game long rigged in Washington’s favour…
Trust in the US is eroding. Now the question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy: it’s when | Kenneth Mohammed

Diljit Dosanjh is one of the biggest Asian stars in the world. So why can’t Indian cinemagoers see his latest film?

silverguide.site – Sardaar Ji 3 is breaking box office records despite not being released to its most famous actor’s home audience…
Diljit Dosanjh is one of the biggest Asian stars in the world. So why can’t Indian cinemagoers see his latest film?

‘It’s always been some white dude’: how Ethiopia became the world leader in uncovering the story of humankind

silverguide.site – Housed in an unremarkable office block in the capital, the country’s national museum is home to the most extensive collection of the remains of modern humans’ ancestors – and a team of world-leading scholars…
‘It’s always been some white dude’: how Ethiopia became the world leader in uncovering the story of humankind

A chance for Labour to honour its pledge on international development | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Romilly Greenhill says the government must champion debt relief and global economic reforms that would benefit lower-income countries. Plus a letter from Diana Francis…
A chance for Labour to honour its pledge on international development | Letters

‘I didn’t give much thought to the universe’: India’s first astronaut in 40 years inspires next generation of stargazers

silverguide.site – The International Space Station has been flying over the country this week and excited children tracking Shubhanshu Shukla’s every move will be hoping for a glimpse of his temporary home on Saturday night…
‘I didn’t give much thought to the universe’: India’s first astronaut in 40 years inspires next generation of stargazers

One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’

silverguide.site – Abandoned fishing equipment haunts our oceans, killing coral, turtles, sharks and whales. But in Colombia’s Gulf of Tribugá, ‘guardians’ are on call to free entangled marine animals…
One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’

High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws

silverguide.site – Curbs on LGBTQ+ rights and a halt to US funding may reverse decades of progress in fight to end Aids epidemic, warns UNAids…
High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws

Lobbyists linked to Donald Trump paid millions by world’s poorest countries

silverguide.site – Somalia, DR Congo and Yemen among states forced to sign deals and barter their minerals for aid or military support…
Lobbyists linked to Donald Trump paid millions by world’s poorest countries

‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees

silverguide.site – War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely surviving…
‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees

ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women

silverguide.site – Rights activists hail move to arrest Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghan chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanity…
ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women

Saudi Arabia executing ‘horrifying’ number of foreigners for drug crimes

silverguide.site – Hundreds put to death for non-violent drug offences over past decade, with little scrutiny of Saudis, says Amnesty…
Saudi Arabia executing ‘horrifying’ number of foreigners for drug crimes

Exiles from Uganda’s harsh anti-gay laws now fear ‘moral panic’ legislation could follow them

silverguide.site – Gay people who found sanctuary in neighbouring Kenya now fear a new family protection bill could once again threaten their rights…
Exiles from Uganda’s harsh anti-gay laws now fear ‘moral panic’ legislation could follow them

‘They threw us out like garbage’: Iran rushes deportation of 4 million Afghans before deadline

silverguide.site – Thousands of lone women forced to return face extreme repression and destitution under Taliban laws that forbid them to work or travel without a male guardian…
‘They threw us out like garbage’: Iran rushes deportation of 4 million Afghans before deadline

‘We don’t want contact because you are bad’: loggers close in on uncontacted people in Peruvian Amazon

silverguide.site – Logging, drug trafficking and the climate crisis endanger the world’s largest isolated Indigenous group, on the border with Brazil…
‘We don’t want contact because you are bad’: loggers close in on uncontacted people in Peruvian Amazon
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