Mayeni Jones
BBC News, Johannesburg
ReutersGugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg.
But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other…
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Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says
At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, have been killed in an Israeli strike near a medical point in central Gaza, a hospital there says.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the strike hit people queueing for nutritional…
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Your Brain’s Hidden Defenses Against Alzheimer’s
It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau — a protein known to misbehave — plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps stabilize neurons, but in Alzheimer’s…
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US funding cuts could reverse decades of gains in AIDS fight: UN
The halt to US foreign aid is a “ticking time bomb” that could reverse decades of hard-fought gains in the fight against AIDS, the United Nations warned Thursday.
Around 31.6 million people were on antiretroviral drugs in 2024 and deaths from…
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Video shows second Houthi attack in Red Sea within days | Gaza
NewsFeed Yemen’s Houthis have released video of a second attack within days that ended with a commercial ship sinking in the Red Sea. At least four crew members from the Eternity C were killed and 15 others are missing.
Published On 10 Jul 2025
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Secret Service suspended staff for failings over Trump assassination attempt
Watch: Donald Trump ducks after loud bangs heard during Pennsylvania rally The US Secret Service issued suspensions for six personnel over failings at one of Donald Trump’s rallies last year, during which a gunman attempted to assassinate the…
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Cooperation with IAEA Depends on End to Double Standards: Iran’s President – Politics news
In a phone conversation with European Council President Antonio Costa on Wednesday evening, Pezeshkian said Iran has a long record of principled cooperation with the IAEA, but continuation of this engagement requires an end to double standards…
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Iran’s threat to UK on a par with Russia’s, security report finds | UK security and counter-terrorism
Iran’s intimidation, including the fear of physical attack and assassination of Iranian dissidents living in the UK, is comparable in scale to the threat posed by Russia, parliament’s intelligence and security committee has found.
In a report…
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‘Physical threat’ from Iran on people living in UK has ‘increased significantly’, watchdog says | UK News
The threat of physical attacks by Iran on people living in the UK has increased “significantly” since 2022, according to a new report by parliament’s intelligence watchdog.
Iran poses a “wide-ranging, persistent and unpredictable…
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Hamas says it killed Israeli soldier during failed capture attempt in Khan Younis – Middle East Monitor
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Wednesday that it killed an Israeli soldier in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, after field conditions prevented his capture.
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