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When Will Genetically Modifying Our Children Go Mainstream?
In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call for a 10-year moratorium on using CRISPR and related technologies to pursue human heritable germline...

FIFA World Series participation on cards for Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan are likely to get a rare opportunity to play opposition outside Asia in next year’s FIFA World Series with team’s possible participation coming under discussion when FIFA chief Gianni Infantino met recently-elected Pakistan...

International Conference Calls for Education in Dialogue and Non-Violence
(MENAFN- HWPL) Paris, June 12, 2025 – In a global context marked by social tensions, armed conflicts, and identity fractures, the voice of education has risen, strong and resolute, in support of peace. An international online conference was...

Trump Fulfills 2018 ‘S-Hole’ Nation Ban Vision With New Immigration Proclamation
By Felicia J. Persaud NEWS AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 13, 2025: June marks both Caribbean American Heritage Month and Black Music Month in the U.S., but for many Black immigrants, the month continues with another harsh blow – a proclamation...

Critics Say New U.S. Travel Restrictions Amount to a “Black Ban”
Get More of the Stories That Matter! Stay informed with the latest in politics, community news, entertainment, and more – delivered straight to your inbox Sign up now! A sweeping new U.S. travel policy has ignited backlash from immigration...

Trump’s Foreign Student Crackdown Puts These 16 Struggling Colleges At Risk
St. Francis College is trying to turn things around. After operating in a deficit since fiscal year 2017, the 166-year-old Roman Catholic college in Brooklyn, New York, ended fiscal 2023 with $66 million in net income, thanks largely to the $160...

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Scouting Haiti
The 18th edition of the Concacaf Gold Cup is well underway, with 16 nations vying to take home the trophy at the region’s premier competition, an honor currently claimed by a mere three programs. The United States Men’s National Team opened the...
Why do African leaders flee to foreign hospitals instead of fixing theirs at home?
Tendai Ruben Mbofana Once again, Africa finds itself watching in stunned silence as one of its most powerful monarchs, King Mswati III of eSwatini, reportedly battles a deteriorating health condition that has stirred growing concern within and...

Kenya to host CHAN 2024 Final as Tanzania opens match
Nairobi -The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed Kenya will host the final of the 2024 delayed African Nations Championship (CHAN) on August 30 at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. This follows an agreement reached...

Ukraine Seeks Auctioneer to Sell Seized Turkish Cargo Ship
Ukraine’s National Agency for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA) is calling for proposals to manage the sale of a Turkish cargo ship it seized in 2024 on charges that it looted grain from Crimea. It is the latest step in efforts by Ukraine to...

ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and donor fatigue have...

Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, 20th June, 2025
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 20th June, 2025 The Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed that more than 35 aircraft have been acquired and over 13,500 terrorists...

African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and borders tighten. The number of displaced Africans has doubled...

Nigeria ready for US deals but travel ban a challenge -Minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says Nigeria is ready for business deals with the United States but travel restrictions remain a challenge. Tuggar stated this during the 54th ordinary session of the mediation and security council at...

Identity of Indian national, who was handcuffed and pinned to the ground at US airport REVEALED, he is from...
A video of an Indian national, handcuffed and pinned to the ground by officials at Newark Airport in the US, was shared by an Indo-American on social media. However, now the real identity of this man has been revealed. The Indian embassy has...

Tanzania seeks travel truce with US to avoid visa ban
Tanzania has opened negotiations with Washington in an attempt to circumvent the latest restrictions imposed by the Donald Trump administration on citizens of African countries planning to travel to the US. This followed the State Department’s...

African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Upstream E&P Track To Foster Dialogue And Deals Amid African Exploration Surge
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Amid Africa's ongoing exploration and production surge, this year's African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference will host a dedicated Upstream E&P Track. The track - taking place as part of...

Trump invites China to make itself at home in Africa
Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump’s Africa ‘strategy’ has been even more short-sighted and tin-earned than his most trenchant critics might have feared. Never one to show much of an interest in the continent, Trump appears...

Denying People Freedom of Movement Is a Form of Global Apartheid
In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: A person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.Let me offer my own version. We might summarize the entire history of...

Viral video of handcuffed student: India formally raises matter with US Embassy
New Delhi/New York: The government has reacted strongly to a social media post claiming that an Indian national has been detained at Newark Airport in New Jersey, formally raising the matter with the US Embassy in New Delhi, top sources revealed...