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August Jobs Report Signals Impending Job Cuts At Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Wonkette’s cat economist Professor Prettypaws has been arrested and presumably deported to Katmandu. Or Mew Zealand. Maybe Pawtagonia. (Original cat mug shot: Bangkok police, via South China Morning Post) A month after Donald Trump shitcanned the...

Goal and Highlights for Angola 0-1 Libya in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match
Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you so much for watching this World Cup Qualifying match, which continues in full swing here on VAVEL! Stay tuned for more matches from the competition throughout the week. Good afternoon, and see you next...

Highlights and goals: São Tomé and Príncipe 2-3 Equatorial Guinea in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
TRANSMISSION ENDS Thank you very much for joining us for our coverage of this African 2026 World Cup qualifier between the São Tomé and Príncipe national team and the Equatorial Guinea national team. Stay tuned for all the latest sports news on...

Cultural expert: Don’t ban, help communities modify cultural practices to preserve heritage
Author: James Atem Kuir | Published: 6 hours ago Prof. Deng Nhial Chioh, the Director of Development of Tangible Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture, Museums and National Heritage - Photo credit: X profile of Prof. Deng Nhial Chioh The...
Building Homegrown Instant Payment Systems to Drive Financial Inclusion in Africa By Dr Robert Ochola
Africa is undergoing a digital transformation, marked by rising mobile phone adoption even in remote regions, rapid fintech innovation, and the steady growth of digital public infrastructure such as interoperable payment systems and digital ID...

Moment man smokes massive 'roll up' outside migrant hotel in 'posh' UK city
A man stood outside a migrant hotel on a posh street in Edinburgh was filmed smoking an 'oversized roll-up'.The male was pictured puffing away dressed in a South Sudan basketball t-shirt outside the Learmouth Hotel in the Scottish capital on...

Lawmakers flagged absence of national carrier
TNLA’s session on Thursday highlighted the need for a domestic airline to ensure reciprocal benefits in UAE air agreement | Courtesy photo By Alan Clement Some lawmakers in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly have raised concerns that...

SSPDF : Captures top rebel commanders
Col. Garang Ateny Alier, Acting spokesperson of the South Sudan Peoples Defense Forces (SSPDF)/ Courtesy photo By Yiep Joseph The Acting spokesperson of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF), Col. Garang Ateny Alier, claimed the capture...

Rights without responsibilities empty
THE discourse of rights generates more heat than light THE discourse of rights generates more heat than light. It is a discourse that is often approached with arguments of relativism depending on one’s location, socialisation, orientation,...

'There Is No Law': Scenes From a Houston Immigration Court in Trump's America
"I'm here because of due process." In June, a Houston immigration attorney was addressing protesters across the street from a prison owned and operated by CoreCivic for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the Department of...

Play It Again Sports General Scoreboard - Friday, Sept. 5, 2025
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS SCOREBOARD BOYS SOCCER Belleville Althoff Catholic 4, Quincy 1 Lebanon 3, Waterloo Gibault Catholic 1 Mascoutah 0, Chicago Von Steuben 0 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Columbia 25-25, Bloomington 14-17 Edwardsville...

The Price of Belonging: Passports, Power, and the Peril of Monetizing Citizenship
Africa By Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma I have always believed that a passport is more than a booklet of paper; it is a key, a symbol, a bridge between where we are and where we dream to be. It is a tangible manifestation of the social contract between...

Mallorca immigration crisis: “If the Balearics wants EU border control help Madrid will have to ask for it not Palma”
N ICK Squires has been the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph correspondent in Rome since 2008 and usually tends to cover events in other countries in Eastern Europe. However, of late he has been posted to Mallorca twice. Last year this was to...

Kiir’s spokesman faces arrest over criminal intimidation
David Amuor Majur, South Sudan Presidential Press Secretary. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – The Press Secretary in the office of President Salva Kiir, David Amuor Majur, is facing possible arrest after the Legal Administration and Public Prosecution...

Rev Bro. Amori installed the third Vice Chancellor of Catholic University
The new Vice Chancellor has committed to strengthening academic excellence and promoting innovative teaching through technology, promising to enhance academic excellence in line with the institution’s identity By Chuol Chanyong The Catholic...

Activist decries shrinking civic space in Jonglei State amidst intimidations
Activist Bol Deng Bol, the Executive Director of INTREPID South Sudan/courtesy By Manas James Okony A renowned civil society activist based in Bor, the capital of Jonglei State has raised concerns over what he described as a shrinking civic space....

Peacekeepers carry pride overseas
Khánh Dương More than 1,000 Vietnamese peacekeepers from the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security have served on missions in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Abyei and at UN headquarters since 2014. With...

Newcastle United players full schedule – September 2025 internationals
A number of Newcastle United players have been called up for international duty this month. NUFC first team squad players flying off in September 2025. The calendar of football pretty much almost non-stop. National squads getting together for...

Football: African 2026 World Cup qualifying tables
African 2026 World Cup qualifying tables after matches on Friday : Football: African 2026 World Cup qualifying tables Group A Egypt 7 6 1 0 16 2 19 Burkina Faso 7 4 2 1 19 7 14 Sierra Leone 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 Guinea-Bissau 7 1 4 2 6 8 7 Ethiopia 7 1 3...

New Graduate Programs Aim to Focus On Addiction Policy, Infectious Disease
The School of Health (SOH) launched several new graduate programs in 2025, including masters’ programs in Global Infectious Disease, Science in Global Health and Science in Addiction Policy & Practice in addition to an executive certificate in...