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HealthAug 16, 2026 · 1 min

Inside Lagos communities where poverty steals children’s futures

The Punch

Inside Lagos communities where poverty steals children’s futures

Children in Lagos slums like Ijora-Badia and Ago-Egun face extreme poverty, displacement, and poor health, stealing their futures. Discover the harsh reali Read More…

The Punch

‘Systemic racism at work’: Sydney council plan for compulsory English shop signage condemned as ‘kind of crazy’

HealthAug 16, 2026 · 1 min

‘Systemic racism at work’: Sydney council plan for compulsory English shop signage condemned as ‘kind of crazy’

Strathfield council plan ridiculed for making life harder for small business and failing to consult local communities Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Along…

TAXILA: A female TikToker was gunned down while her teenage sister was critically injured when an assailant showered…

Dawn

TAXILA: A female TikToker was gunned down while her teenage sister was critically injured when an assailant showered…

TAXILA: A female TikToker was gunned down while her teenage sister was critically injured when an assailant showered them with bullets in broad daylight on GT Road near the Taxila bypass, within the limits of Taxila Police Station, police…

Dawn

Experts warn H5N1 bird flu spread to the Northern Territory 'inevitable'

Experts warn H5N1 bird flu spread to the Northern Territory 'inevitable'

The Northern Territory is one of the last places in Australia still free of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, but experts say it's only a matter of time before it arrives. Now they're enlisting the help of local birdwatchers and…

Tasmania reviews voluntary assisted dying laws as demand increases

Tasmania reviews voluntary assisted dying laws as demand increases

Voluntary assisted dying gave former Tasmanian midwife Gaye Crick agency, at a time when her terminal illness had stripped much of that away. The state's VAD laws are being reviewed three years after they came into effect.

Gardening is about more than food for young people learning English

Gardening is about more than food for young people learning English

A school for new migrants partners with local health organisations to get students' hands in the dirt.

Corgi high fashion and at the races: in pictures

Corgi high fashion and at the races: in pictures

Lithuania’s capital Vilnius has been billed as the ‘European corgi capital’. Corgi Race Vilnius began during the pandemic as a friendly bet between two owners, and now features sprint heats, a costume parade, a loudest bark contest and new…

Birnin Gwari: 9 of 11 Wards Without Reliable Electricity — Chairman

Daily Trust

Birnin Gwari: 9 of 11 Wards Without Reliable Electricity — Chairman

Nine of the 11 wards in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State do not have reliable electricity, the council chairman, Dr Salisu Isah, has said. Isah made this known while appealing to the Federal and Kaduna State governments…

Daily Trust

RNZ

Hamilton knife attack puts four people in hospital

A 23-year-old man is in custody, police say.

RNZ

Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill 11 people in another test to truce

South China Morning Post