ESSAYMost people were asleep when Israel’s bombs made a three-storey-deep crater and started a large fire.I’m Tala Herzallah, 22, from northern Gaza. I’m currently displaced and staying in al-Mawasi. This is what I saw on September 10, the day of the explosion: We were all asleep. Then suddenly, everything was turned upside down – the colour of the sky changed. The explosion hit about 200 metres (about 220 yards) away. The scene was like one of my nightmares, but it was real life. The sound, … the huge damage the bombs caused, made us realise that these were meant for…
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It was spring 2023, and Dr. Irene Stafford had been called to the ER for what should have been a routine delivery. But Stafford, a maternal-fetal medicine physician at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, quickly realized something was wrong: She couldn’t find a heartbeat. The unborn baby boy had already died in the womb. Soon after, the mother’s syphilis test — given to all women before delivery — came back positive. The infection had been silently passed from mother to son. It’s a death, Stafford said, that could’ve been prevented with early detection and a shot of…
Only 5% of banks are ready to lead the instant payment acceleration Account-to-Account (A2A) instant payments could impact card transaction growth by 15-25% PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Capgemini Research Institute’s World Payments Report 2025, published today, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary edition, the report predicts instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally. Since the inaugural World Payments Report in 2004, the payments industry has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two decades. Digital technologies, such as wallets, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments and contactless…
Ali Mohamed Kibao, a senior opposition figure from Tanzania’s Chadema party, was found dead a day after he was abducted by two armed men while traveling from Dar-es-Salaam to Tanga. According to the party’s chairman, Freeman Mbowe, the preliminary post-mortem revealed that Kibao was beaten and doused with acid before he was killed. He called for the president to form a judicial commission to investigate the incident, as well as the abduction of other party members. Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan condemned the killing and extended her condolences to Kibao’s family, friends, and party leaders. She said she had ordered…
Former Chelsea player Victor Moses has completed a permanent move from the Russian side Sparktar Moscow to join Luton Town in the Championship as a free agent.The Nigerian international completed his move to the Premier League after spending almost four years with Spartak, having initially joined them on loan from Chelsea in 2020. Luton confirmed the news on its official website on Tuesday, September 10, 2024Luton Town confirmed the news on its official website on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. According to reports, Victor Moses featured for the Haters in a match behind closed doors last week.Moses was part of the…
The Los Angeles Chargers are 1-0 on the season after defeating the Las Vegas Raider 22-10 on Sunday. Things feel different this year for the Chargers with head coach Jim Harbaugh at the helm. Key players have signified their appreciation for what Harbaugh’s already done that deserves respect. “To have a guy leading the charge like that and a locker room that buys in and follows him, it’s a special day as well for him to get his first win,” quarterback Justin Herbert said, per ESPN’s Kris Rhim. The Chargers finished the 2023 season with a 5-12 record and have goals exponentially…
Islamabad, Pakistan – The arrest of several legislators and leaders of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party in overnight police raids could trigger yet another showdown between the opposition and the government, analysts have said. The politicians belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party were arrested on the premises of Pakistan’s parliament late on Monday, a day after the PTI held a rally on the outskirts of capital Islamabad to demand Khan’s release from prison. Khan was imprisoned in August last year on several charges. Though his conviction in most cases has either been overturned or suspended, the 71-year-old…
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off in their first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign on Tuesday. The debate, hosted by ABC News, will air live on NBC New York and our streaming and digital platforms. Here are the moderators of the presidential debate “World News Tonight” anchor and managing editor David Muir and “World News Tonight” Sunday anchor and ABC News Live “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis will moderate the debate. Muir joined ABC News in August 2003. Davis joined ABC News in June 2007. Where and when is the presidential debate? The first 2024…
MIAMI, USA – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $54 million in Port Everglades, Monday. Coast Guard crews, working alongside interagency and international partners, seized the illegal drugs in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea during three separate interdictions. The following assets and crews were involved in the interdictions: Royal Navy ship HMS Trent (P 244); US Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific (PAC-TACLET); US Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier (WPC 1115); US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (CBP-AMO); Joint…
Nigeria’s largest labor union, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has reported that its president, Joe Ajero, was arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) on Monday. Ajero was arrested at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to the UK. His arrest follows his recent criticism of the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices by 39% and his threats to lead a strike if the price hike wasn’t reversed. High fuel prices were one of the reasons for last month’s cost of living protests. The United Action Front of Civil Society condemned the arrest,…