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Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio enacted a law banning child marriage, with penalties including jail terms and fines. Issued on: 03/07/2024 – 01:57 1 min Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday promulgated a law banning child marriage in a country where hundreds of thousands of girls are married before turning 18.”Freedom has come for our women,” Bio said during a ceremony organised by feminist groups and west African first ladies in the capital Freetown.Sierra Leone’s parliament approved the law last month, passing a bill that criminalises marrying girls below 18 with jail terms of at least 15…

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If you’re buying a new house, I bet your excitement is beaming over the roof. However, it’s important to make sure it’s a safe home. Believe it or not, one of the main steps to at-home buying is not the property businesses’ integrity, plumbing, and aesthetic aspects. It is the electrical inspection that many people need to pay more attention to. Getting a home electrical inspection done helps to rule out any issues with the property. In this article, we’ll explore why it is crucial. Let’s begin! Safety ConcernsTo begin with, one of the goals of electrical inspection is to guarantee the safety…

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In power since 2019, President Kais Saied announced on Tuesday that Tunisia will hold a presidential election on October 6. He did not specify whether he would run for re-election. Issued on: 03/07/2024 – 02:10 1 min Tunisia will hold a presidential election on October 6, the office of President Kais Saied announced Tuesday, though he has not indicated if he will seek a new five-year term after his 2019 election.Saied, a constitutional specialist, took full control of the country in 2021, ruling by decree after dismissing his prime minister and parliament, with many of his opponents now behind bars.He had a…

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In this charming and heartwarming Aussie-mation, The Sloth Lane, Laura and her kooky sloth family move to the big city with their prized family recipe book and a rusted old food truck – but will they adapt to life in the fast lane? The Sloth Lane, from Brisbane-based production company, Like A Photon Creative, opens in cinemas on 25 July 2024 with a delightfully fun and heartwarming story, encouraging its audience to appreciate the delicious, funny, and wonderful parts of life, and ‘season the moment’! After a terrifying storm destroys their home, a speedy sloth named Laura and her kooky…

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More than two dozen soldiers, including two captains, were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo Wednesday on charges of “fleeing the enemy” during fierce fighting with Tutsi-led M23 rebels. Issued on: 04/07/2024 – 02:44 1 min Twenty-five soldiers accused of “fleeing the enemy” while fighting M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to death Wednesday during a one-day trial, according to their lawyers. A total of 31 defendants, including 27 soldiers and four of their civilian wives, appeared before the Butembo garrison military court in North Kivu province, near the front line. They had faced several…

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Fourteen months of intense conflict have left Sudan facing the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis. That’s according to the International Rescue Committee’s country director. Eatizaz Yousif told us there has been a huge displacement of people as they flee the fighting between the army and the RSF paramilitaries, and that the number of safe places people can escape to continues to shrink. In the last few weeks alone, it’s estimated that more than 55,000 people have fled the Sinja region in southeastern Sudan. In all, tens of thousands of people have been killed across the country since war broke…

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Some 280 million years ago, a large predator glided through the chilly waters of a supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere. The eight-foot-long hunter had tiny limbs, an eel-like body and a flat head full of jutting fangs. And according to existing ideas about vertebrate evolution, it shouldn’t have existed.“It was displaced in time, displaced regionally and also far too big,” said Claudia Marsicano, a paleontologist at the University of Buenos Aires and an author of a paper describing the animal in the journal Nature on Wednesday. “There were a lot of things that made it unique.”The giant salamander-like creature, which…

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What Determines Fetal Fraction?Fetal fraction varies for each woman and is determined by multiple factors, including:What if my NIPT Results Indicate Low Fetal Fraction?If your NIPT results indicate that there was a low fetal fraction, this does not mean that there is a health concern for the fetus. A low fetal fraction measurement in NIPT testing simply means that there was not enough placental cfDNA to obtain accurate results. In this case, your doctor may recommend that you repeat the test a little later on in your pregnancy when fetal fraction is more likely to be higher. If you receive…

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