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Online threats, insults fuel South Africa’s anti-foreigner hate
Photo credit: Courthouse News Inflammatory social media posts – including of men brandishing a machete or calling foreigners “leeches” – are stoking emotions around an unofficial demand for illegal migrants to leave South Africa by the end of the month, fueling a volatile situation, analysts say. Courthouse News Service reports that thousands of foreign nationals – including from…
Coffee linked to significant side effect, massive study says
Photo credit: Inc. Magazine Your morning cup of coffee might be doing you more good than just waking you up – according to a new study, coffee also has a positive impact on a person’s microbiome, improving the health of the gut-brain axis. Newsweek reports that researchers from the University College Cork in Ireland examined how regular…
Explosions, sustained gunfire at airport in Niger’s capital
Photo credit: Reuters Explosions and sustained gunfire were heard early on Thursday morning at the airport and military airbase in Niger’s capital, Niamey, witnesses said, in what a security source described as an apparent attack on the facility. The Jerusalem Post reports that there was no immediate claim of responsibility for an attack. A Nigerien government spokesperson did not…
“My brother hid in a rice sack”
Photo credit: T24 When Antonio Rudiger entered the first fray as a substitute during Germany’s World Cup opener – a 7-1 victory over Curacao at the Houston Stadium – hee knew his karge extended family would be watching on proudly. BBC reports that the Real Madrid defender’s parents had managed to flee Sierra Leone”s decade-long civil war…
Jonathan David’s hat trick propels Canada to its first World Cup win
Jonathan David scored three goals and Canada won its first World Cup match 6-0 over Qatar on Thursday. The AP reports that Qatar was reduced to nine players because of red cards in the chaotic match. Assim Madibo was handed a red early in the second half after a tackle on Ismael Kone, who was stretchered off…
Ghana, Congo prove their worth
Photo credit: NBC News Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal teammates were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw by Congo on Wednesday in their opening match at the World Cup. The Inquirer reports that Congo, playing its first World Cup game in 52 years, became the second African nation to make a strong start in the…
US transfers immigrants out of Florida Alligator Alcatraz detention centre
Photo credit: Aljazeera The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that all immigration detainees have been transferred out of a Florida detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz, effectively shuttering the controversial facility. Al Jazeera reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday that everyone being held in the state-run facility had…