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South Africa is home to 7.8 million people living with HIV, with young women aged between 15 and 24 bearing the brunt of new infections. Every year, on 1 December, South Africa joins other countries in observing World Aids Day — a day of remembrance, resilience and renewed commitment to… Read Details ⇢

Protestors listening to the speech by outgoing president Salomé Zourabichvili during the inauguration of the new president, Mikheil Kavelashvili, in Tbilisi, December 29, 2024. DARO SULAKAURI / REUTERS Georgia is pivoting towards authoritarianism at a dizzying speed. After a contested election, pro-Russian Mikheil Kavelashvili is now the president of this former… Read Details ⇢

England’s men’s cricket team is set to face Afghanistan on Feb. 26 in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy group stage. However, women’s rights activists have called for England to forfeit its shot glory out of protest for Afghanistan’s ongoing human rights abuses. The Women’s Rights Network (WRN) put… Read Details ⇢

Odisha, India – Ajay Rout is an Indigenous farmer in a remote village in a southern district of India’s Odisha state. The village is surrounded by forest and hills with the nearest market 10km (6.2 miles) away. The 34-year-old grows sweetcorn and vegetables on his 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres) for both… Read Details ⇢

Watch The Traitors UK season 3 Always the most talked-about show on TV when it’s running, The Traitors UK isn’t just superb, it’s practically essential viewing. There’s nothing quite like watching the Faithfuls’ descent from confidence to paranoia to guilt as they bring the axe down on yet another one… Read Details ⇢

Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso. (OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images) Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso accused King MisuZulu kaZwelithini of acting beyond his powers by suspending members of the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB), saying that authority in fact rested with himself. The Zulu… Read Details ⇢

This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on December 26, 2024 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) standing for the National anthem of Ukraine during an award ceremony in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. HANDOUT / AFP President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, December 31,… Read Details ⇢

In a year of hotly contested campaigns, the NFL MVP race has given fans and pundits plenty to argue about.  The race between Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has ignited a flurry of arguments on social media and sports talk shows in recent weeks.… Read Details ⇢

Meeting comes as new authorities seek to reassure minorities of their safety in post-Assad Syria. Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls for the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month. “The leader of… Read Details ⇢