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Israeli impunity: SA leads global fight for justice
Israel’s impunity in its actions against people in Gaza and other Occupied Territories, its neighbours and now Iran is an attack on international law. Being South African can be depressing sometimes. The tremendous highs of our world-beating rugby and cricket teams show what we can do. But our economy doesn’t grow, mass unemployment continues, our
House of impunity: Chaos as MPs shout over Majority and Minority status
National Assembly's Speaker Moses Wetangula heads toi the chambers during the Special Parliamentary Sitting on January 16, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The first day for MPs back from recess yesterday was marked by chaos and impunity as lawmakers tussled over the high court ruling that annulled an earlier verdict declaring the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition as
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Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said
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Focused on Work, Needed at Home: A Federal Caregiving Policy Might Help
(Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) Jill Woodrow reached a tipping point as a caregiver when her mom began struggling to communicate information about her latest doctor appointments. Woodrow’s mother, a uterine cancer survivor, was seeing specialists to get to the bottom of several new, concerning symptoms. “When she would try to tell
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How digital platforms and policy shifts reshape GLP-1 affordability
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Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.
When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700-square-foot home in Terryville, a village just outside Bristol, Connecticut. “I don’t understand it.” Wood, 52
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Former Angels Top Prospect Jordyn Adams, 26, Commits To SMU Football
The 2018 wide receiver recruiting class was spearheaded by top prospects Amon-Ra St. Brown and Ja’Marr Chase. Both elite talents lived up to the immense hype and have since become All-Pro receivers in the NFL. Lost in that group was the player who sat between Brown and Chase in the rankings — a once highly-touted