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Gaza City, Gaza Strip – In the stifling heat of Gaza City, Dr Rizq Sufyan Abo Halima sits in a small tent pitched in an alleyway, waiting for his next patient.The tent was a last resort for the doctor, given that the high demand and low supply of properties in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s genocidal war have made finding an affordable surgery impossible.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The stifling rise in temperatures was my first challenge,” he told Al Jazeera. “I had to adjust the corners of the tent and lift it at the…

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Key events19th over: England 132-4 (Kemp 26, Gibson 6) Murray lets slip a full toss that is pummelled for four by Gibson. These two love batting together in T20 internationals and, though this is their first partnership in this format, they are going to be a key part of Charlotte Edwards’ ODI team as they build towards the Ashes and then the 2029 World Cup.ShareUpdated at 18.55 CEST18th over: England 124-4 (Kemp 23, Gibson 1) Back comes Jane Maguire, who started well with the new ball before taking some punishment from Maia Bouchier. Kemp shows there’s more to her game than…

Leading figures from politics, entertainment and wider society led glowing tributes to Gloria Steinem on Thursday, with Hillary Clinton hailing the American feminist icon who died at 92 at home in New York as “one of the architects of the entire structure of women’s equality”.Clinton, a former US secretary of state, presidential candidate and first lady, was among the first to jump in with praise early on Thursday when she appeared on the CBS Mornings TV show to share her respect and gratitude for Steinem.Clinton urged younger generations to use Steinem as a role model in supporting each other in…

For somebody whose children recently learned how to crack open a tinnie, this week’s tasting was a perilous one. Cans covered in seductive, brightly coloured pictures of parasols, palm trees and their favourite fruits filled the kitchen, and both the seven- and the five-year-old tried to take a swig. Premix cocktails are disproportionately marketed to young drinkers – gateway booze, if you will, as the likes of Bacardi Breezer pineapple was for me – and often have a one-note, cloying taste. Absolut’s passionfruit martini and Malibu’s piña colada are cases in point: both have sugary, synthetic fruit flavours that mask,…

The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has questioned Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela’s interim government, declaring that the country’s natural resources do not belong to “an illegitimate regime”.In her first public comments since Trump announced what he called “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela last Friday, Machado walked a diplomatic tightrope between challenging the controversial agreement and trying not to rile the White House.In a video posted on social media, the Nobel peace prize winner said: “Of course the United States is the principal partner Venezuela needs to fully develop its strategic potential. This is…

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt  No fewer than 37 people are feared dead following an incident involving suspected petroleum product inhalation at Okari Jetty in Okrika Mainland area of Rivers State. The incident reportedly occurred around midnight on Thursday, September 3, 2026, while petroleum products were allegedly being transferred from a pipeline tapping point into boats in the area. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), in a statement by its Executive Director, Dr Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface, said it received reports from its network of youth volunteers and human rights defenders in the Niger Delta that no fewer than 37…

The Federal Executive Council’s approval of an amendment to decriminalise attempted suicide marks the latest and most significant step yet in Nigeria’s effort to move from punishment to prevention. Instrumental to this outcome has been the National Taskforce on the Decriminalisation of Attempted Suicide, inaugurated in October 2024 and chaired by Professor Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, working closely with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and civil society organisations. The amendment was developed by the National Taskforce and further refined through consultations with the Ministries of Health and Justice, the Attorney General’s office, and mental health advocates. It is now…

For an AI assistant to become truly useful, it first has to know a lot about you. Ollie, a personal assistant for everyday life, is betting that doesn’t mean you have to hand over all your data and sacrifice your privacy in the process. While some enterprise-focused AI assistants have data privacy protections in place, Ollie is among the first mainstream, family-focused AI to achieve SOC 2 compliance — a framework that allows a company to demonstrate, through an independent audit, that it has formal controls in place to protect customer data and operate its systems securely. Achieving this was…

Making Families Surrogacy Limited says cost, speed and cultural care are driving diaspora and international patients back to Nigeria in 2026 For years, the story of fertility treatment in Nigeria was simple: if you could afford it, you flew out. To London,  Dubai and India. In 2026, that story is changing. World-class fertility care is now available in Nigeria, attracting Nigerians at home, Diaspora Africans, and International Intended Parents who are choosing to start their families closer to culture, community and considerate care. “For so long people believed you had to leave Africa to get proper IVF,” said Fertility Counselor…