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Rescuers worked through mud and debris Friday in areas devastated by a flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China. They searched for hundreds of people still missing as the death toll rose and Nepali and Chinese authorities warned of further flooding from a lake that formed upstream after Wednesday’s disaster and was already overflowing. They urged people in potentially affected areas to move to safer ground. Police […]

KAMPALA, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom announced.  Uganda is a republic, ruled by an elected head of state, but it has several traditional monarchies that still preside over their kingdoms as they were constituted in the pre-colonial period. Their political power is […]

Do Jews Still Have Safe Spaces for Healing? StandWithUs posted on Instagram: “Jewish psychologists report feeling pressured to hide their identities, stay silent about October 7, 2023, or distance themselves from Israel simply to be accepted by their professional peers.” By Maayan Hoffman / The Media Line Shortly after October 7, 2023, an Israeli-American graduate student at Columbia University went to see her therapist after friends threatened to end their […]

NAIROBI, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas to disperse small-scale traders protesting against an import duty hike, a Reuters witness saw on Friday, while hundreds of businesses closed in central Nairobi. The Kenya Revenue Authority said its decision to raise the duty with effect from August 20 aimed to curb under-declaration and undervaluation of imports, which it said disadvantages compliant businesses and local manufacturers. Traders say the change […]

Syria Licenses First TV Channel Bearing Turkmen Community’s Name Rizik Alabi / The Media Line [DAMASCUS] Turkmen TV has received official accreditation from Syria’s Ministry of Information to operate in the country, according to the channel’s management, in a move it says makes it the first officially registered television channel to carry the name of Syria’s Turkmen community. The channel announced that it had formally received accreditation from the Ministry […]

Ben-Gvir Rejects Joint Election Ticket With Smotrich’s Religious Zionism Party By The Media Line Staff Itamar Ben-Gvir said Thursday that his Otzma Yehudit party would not join Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism Party on a joint electoral ticket, rebuffing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public appeal for the two far-right factions to reunite ahead of Israel’s upcoming Knesset election. Netanyahu issued a video message Thursday urging the two party leaders to overcome […]

What Will Happen If Iran, Egypt, or Bangladesh Joins the Mecca Pact?  Ofir Winter, senior researcher at INSS told TML: “There are many open questions, especially whether this defense alliance is directed against anyone, and if so, against whom. Is it supposed to deter Israel, Iran, or both?” By Giorgia Valente / The Media Line Less than three weeks after Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defense […]

By Field Level Media Aug 28 (Field Level Media) – Chris Sale struck out 11 on Thursday while throwing his first complete game in seven years, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to complete a three-game sweep. Sale (13-9) allowed just five hits and walked none on a season-high 109 pitches, going the distance for the first time since June 5, 2019. […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joan Rubinger built a prominent sports medicine practice treating some of the biggest names in professional sports. The nurse practitioner’s website touts a client list that includes 169 NFL Pro Bowl selections, 29 NBA and WNBA champions and 15 Olympic medalists. But behind the scenes, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration alleged in court filings, Rubinger secretly doled out illegal prescriptions for hundreds of thousands of highly […]