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East and southern African leaders urge immediate ceasefire after summit newsthirst.

Sammy Awami BBC News Reporting fromDar es Salaam EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Rwandan President Paul Kagame (second from the left) attended the summit in Dar es Salaam Leaders from east and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end the deadly fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At a crisis summit in Tanzania,…

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Spain braces for torrential rain as new weather system reaches Med coast newsthirst.

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Valencia is still recovering from the first “Dana” weather system at the end of October Two weeks after flash floods caused devastation in eastern Spain, several areas of the country are on alert, with a new weather front expected to bring torrential rain and low temperatures. Eastern and southern Mediterranean areas are again the…

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Take a blossom break at work, National Trust urges, as spring warms UK | The National Trust newsthirst.

Employees are being urged to step outside to take time to observe one of the wonders of the natural world: the fleeting but lovely spring blossom season. Research commissioned by the National Trust, which operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, shows that while almost all those polled said they felt better if they took…

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Thousands of women rally nationwide for abortion rights and feminist causes | US elections 2024 newsthirst.

Thousands of women rallied Saturday in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in support of abortion rights and other feminist causes ahead of Tuesday’s election. Demonstrators carried posters and signs through city streets, chanting slogans such as: “We won’t go back!” Some men joined with them. Speakers urged people to vote in the election – not…

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U.S. is unable to replace rare earths supply from China, warns CSIS  newsthirst.

Workers transporting soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Oct. 31, 2010. Stringer | Reuters As China imposes export controls on rare earth elements, the U.S. would be unable to fill a potential shortfall, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies — and this could threaten Washington’s…

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