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  • Singapore votes as city-state prepares to mark 60 years of independence | Elections News

    Singapore votes as city-state prepares to mark 60 years of independence | Elections News

    Singapore – David Wee has lived in the same terrace house with his family in the east of Singapore his entire life.

    But over more than 40 years, the Wee family have been a part of five different electoral constituencies.

    Singaporean electoral boundary changes occurring shortly before every general election have led government critics to raise accusations of gerrymandering – deliberately manipulating constituency boundaries to favour a particular political party.

    According to…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News

    Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News

    Former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and the opposition Ennahdha party have denounced the trial as politically motivated.

    A Tunisian court has sentenced former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh to 34 years in prison over accusations he facilitated the departure of fighters to Syria – a charge the opposition figure strongly denies.

    “I was neither sympathetic, nor complicit, nor neutral, nor lenient towards violence, terrorism,” Larayedh told the judge on Friday, rejecting what he and his…

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  • How cellular quality control contributes to insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes

    How cellular quality control contributes to insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes

    Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial dynamics and quality control mechanisms in skeletal muscle influence insulin sensitivity in patients with Type 2 Diabetes, or T2D. The study, titled “Deubiquitinating Enzymes Regulate Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Quality Control and Insulin Sensitivity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes,” was recently published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.​

    The research…

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  • Process driving evolution and major diseases

    Process driving evolution and major diseases

    Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material (genomes) of humans. The virus-like insertions, called “transposable elements,” are snippets of genetic material even simpler than viruses that also use host cell machinery to replicate.

    Nearly all these inserted elements have been silenced by our cells’ defense mechanisms over time, but a few,…

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  • Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Cities, One Civilian Killed

    Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Cities, One Civilian Killed

    Damascus (Quds News Network)- Israeli warplanes bombed several areas across Syria on Saturday evening, killing one civilian and wounding others. Local sources reported multiple airstrikes targeting different regions, including the capital Damascus and the provinces of Homs, Hama, and Latakia.

    At least seven Israeli strikes hit areas around Damascus. Loud explosions echoed across the capital. One airstrike struck near the 41st Brigade close to Harasta Military Hospital,…

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  • Israeli Forces Target Policemen in Gaza, Allowing Thieves to Loot Humanitarian Aid

    Israeli Forces Target Policemen in Gaza, Allowing Thieves to Loot Humanitarian Aid

    Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces on Friday targeted a group of policemen in Gaza who were pursuing thieves attempting to loot humanitarian aid. The attack occurred as the officers were actively chasing the armed robbers, enabling the thieves to carry out their heist without interference. This incident underscores the chaotic environment in Gaza, where armed gangs exploit the situation to steal essential supplies meant for the population, under Israeli cover.

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  • Trump administration designates two Haitian gangs as ‘terrorist groups’ | Donald Trump News

    Trump administration designates two Haitian gangs as ‘terrorist groups’ | Donald Trump News

    The United States has labelled the Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif gangs in Haiti “foreign terrorist organisations”, a move that follows a trend under President Donald Trump of issuing terrorist designations against criminal groups in Latin America.

    As part of Friday’s announcement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that the two gangs have spread violence and chaos in Haiti, where armed groups exert substantial control over much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

    “The age of impunity…

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  • Palestinian children face starvation under Israel’s total Gaza blockade | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Palestinian children face starvation under Israel’s total Gaza blockade | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    UNICEF says children face ‘growing risk of starvation, illness and death’ as Israel bars food and other aid deliveries.

    Thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip are facing an increased threat of starvation, the United Nations has warned, as Israel’s continued blockade of food, water and other critical supplies to the besieged and bombarded coastal territory enters its third month.

    The UN’s child rights agency (UNICEF) said on Friday that more than 9,000 children had been…

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  • White House lied about ceasefire efforts – Mondoweiss

    White House lied about ceasefire efforts – Mondoweiss

    There were many disheartening moments during the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign for progressives who support Palestinian rights. Yet few were quite as deflating as that moment when the ostensibly progressive, leading member of The Squad, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood at the podium at the Democratic National Convention and told the audience that then-Vice President Kamala Harris was “working tirelessly to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and bring the hostages home.”

    We knew she was…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net

  • US man sentenced to 53 years for the murder of a Palestinian American child | Crime News

    US man sentenced to 53 years for the murder of a Palestinian American child | Crime News

    The death of six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a Palestinian American, has shone a light on instances of anti-Arab hate.

    A United States man has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old Palestinian American boy, after being found guilty of hate crime charges and murder.

    Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak announced the sentence on Friday in the case of 73-year-old Illinois landlord Joseph Czuba.

    On October 14, 2023, just days after the start of Israel’s war in Gaza,…

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