news-admin

According to scientists, self-medication by gorillas could provide leads for future drug development. Researchers in Gabon studied tropical plants eaten by wild gorillas – as well as by local human healers – and identified four with medicinal properties. Laboratory studies have shown that the plants contain many antioxidants and antimicrobial substances. One of them showed […]

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked Egypt for its role as a mediator in the war in Gaza during his visit to the country on Wednesday. In a joint statement with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi in Cairo, Steinmeier also called for further efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A forest fire in the Harz Mountains in northern Germany has been completely extinguished after days of firefighting efforts in rugged terrain, local authorities reported on Wednesday. The fire broke out on Friday on the Königsberg, a side peak of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the predominantly flat north of Germany. Officials in the

Newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wanted to deepen ties with neighboring Iraq during his first foreign trip, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Wednesday. Government representatives of both countries signed 14 agreements on cooperation in the fields of economy, culture and religion at the start of Pezeshkian’s three-day visit, IRNA reported.

The financing will support critical response and prevention efforts for 9.9 million refugees and host communities in 35 countries across the continent. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that can be transmitted through physical contact with an infected person, animal, or contaminated objects. Read our explanation here. New virus strain The disease

by Oritro Karim (United Nations) Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 (IPS) – Human practices such as unsustainable fishing, pollution, coastal development and fossil fuel use have pushed the Earth’s oceans to their limits, resulting in warmer, more acidic waters. As global temperatures rise annually due to climate change, oceans

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 11 (IPS) – Economically marginalised and dominated by the Global North, developing countries urgently need to work together to better advance their shared interests and achieve world peace and sustainable development. Jomo Kwame SundaramRivalry in the

Floodwaters gusting from a bursting dam in northern Nigeria inundated a zoo and swept animals including crocodiles and snakes into villages, leaving the region reeling from its worst flooding in years. In the northeastern state of Borno, one of the areas in the region hardest hit by flooding, officials at a state-run zoo said Tuesday

The controversial former leader of the recently banned Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) in northern Germany filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a deportation order, just hours before the deadline to leave the country. In late August, authorities in Hamburg ordered Mohammed Hadi Mofatteh to leave the country within two weeks and banned him from returning.

Nigeria has been facing a shortage of petrol in recent months, leading to long queues at petrol stations. Reports based on a news item published in August claimed that “new” pump prices had made a litre of petrol suddenly 200 naira cheaper. But this is misleading; thanks to the shortage, prices have fluctuated by as