India and South Africa will lock horns on Sunday in a mouthwatering top-of-the-table clash in Group 2. With both teams looking to edge closer to sealing their spot in the semi-finals, all eyes would be on the weather forecast in Perth with rain playing spoilsport in many matches during the T20 World Cup this year.New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 29, 2022 08:22 ISTIndia and South Africa will lock horns in a mouthwatering clash on Sunday (Courtesy: AP)By India Today Web Desk: India and South Africa have gotten off to the perfect start in the T20 World Cup 2022 and will be heading…
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Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations plan to hold a session involving African countries when they meet next week in Germany. Japanese Foreign Ministry sources say Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa aims to work more closely with governments in Africa as part of efforts to counter Russia. The G7 foreign ministers’ meeting will start on November 3. The sources say the agenda will likely include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and China’s increasing maritime assertiveness. The talks with African countries may cover conflict resolution and responses to the food crisis. The…
By Dana Malcolm Staff Writer #Africa, October 28, 2022 – Vladimir Putin, president of Russia says he is seeking closer ties with African countries according to Russian state controlled media and the push seems to be working. TASS says, in a recent meeting with Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Putin described the trade volume between ECOWAS and Russia as “rather hefty” citing the regions 400 million inhabitants. The renewed and ‘up-scaled’ interest in Africa comes as the Kremlin is frozen out of Western relations because of the Ukraine invasion. Russia now…
ANN ARBOR – Pediatric patients have been celebrating Halloween early at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.From NICU babies dressed up in tiny costumes to big kids enjoying their treat bags, festivities are in full swing for kids of all ages.Each year, the nonprofit Spirit of Children brings reverse trick-or-treating to the hospital, where patients are visited by Mott Child and Family Life staff who deliver special packages including treats, crafts and donated costumes to their bedside.A patient poses in costume with her treat bag at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. (University of Michigan)“It’s wonderful to see the kids so…
The domed ceiling of SF State’s Charles F. Hagar Planetarium dazzled with the image of the San Francisco night sky on Thursday as part of “Noche de Estrellas,” a bilingual astronomy event. The family-friendly event was designed to be accessible for a diverse range of ages and educational backgrounds. Some attendees had very little experience in astrology, but enjoyed the star-studded experience nonetheless. It began with research presentations in Spanish by SF State student Joselyn Espinoza Lopez and in English by SF State professor John Brewer. After that, attendees walked down the hall to the planetarium, where they were led…
Clear some space on your bookshelves because the next big Quincy Friends of the Library book sale is almost here!Mark your calendar forThursday, Nov. 3rd, 2-6p.m. (Friends’ Members only)Friday, Nov. 4th, 10-5 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 5th, 10-2 p.m. Just in time for the holidays, the sale will feature a large selection of gently used books, CDs, and other media perfect for gift-giving, for help with entertaining, or for your own fireside enjoyment.AdvertisementThe sale will be held as usual in the Community Room of the Plumas County Library in Quincy and there are many new and interesting books for you to choose…
GENEVA — The U.N.’s refugee agency said Friday that destruction from flooding has displaced more than 3.4 million people in west and central Africa.The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday that Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade have killed hundreds, displaced 1.3 million residents and affected over 2.8 million people in the West African nation of 218 million. Survivors had to scurry for higher ground as water submerged farmland and infrastructure. Many have been living in camps for the internally displaced that were set up in part to help people fleeing simmering violence in the region, among other troubles.“The climate…
Parents, the next time your child wants to play one more level of a video game, it might be a good idea to let them. Children who play video games every day show improved cognitive skills compared to children who don’t play video games at all, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.”Video gaming may be associated with improved cognitive abilities involving response inhibition and working memory and with alterations in underlying cortical pathways,” the study reads.Researchers with the University of Vermont in Burlington looked at brain activity data of about 2,000 children between…
Giganta Moles – A New Beginning (Austin Macauley, £8.99) is written by Chris Best, of Backwoods Lane, and illustrated by Ashleigh Best from Hailsham.Chris, 63, said his daughter came up with the idea in the mid-2000s at just eight years old.He said: “She was living with her mum in Hailsham and I was in Haywards Heath at the time. It was during our journeys backwards and forwards. We’d just come out of Newick and there were these fields on the left with these huge mounds that looked like soil.”Chris and Ashleigh Best with their recently published book, Giganta Moles –…
(Alliance News) – Airtel Africa PLC on Thursday said it saw strong interim revenue growth, but profit was held back by the devaluation of certain African currencies. In the half year ended September 30, the Africa-focused telecommunications firm said revenue grew 13% year-on-year to USD2.57 billion from USD2.27 billion. In constant currency, it rose 17%, with appreciation in Zambian kwacha offset but devaluations in several other currencies. Mobile Money revenue saw the strongest growth, rising 28%, with Voice revenue up 7.5%, Data revenue up 18% and other revenue rising 7.9%. “Revenue growth in the half was impacted again by the…