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  • International Women’s Day: Honouring the resilience and leadership of women living with HIV long-term

    International Women’s Day: Honouring the resilience and leadership of women living with HIV long-term

    On International Women’s Day, we honour the resilience, leadership, and lived experiences of women who have lived with HIV for decades. Their stories challenge stigma and shape the future of HIV advocacy.

     

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  • Women’s Basketball Earns Two-Seed at the CUSA Basketball Championships

    Women’s Basketball Earns Two-Seed at the CUSA Basketball Championships

    MIAMI – With a program record 12 wins in…

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  • Explosion at US embassy in Oslo may have been terrorism, Norway police say

    Explosion at US embassy in Oslo may have been terrorism, Norway police say

    Speaking to NRK later on Sunday, Larsen stressed that “we have to be open to the possibility that there may be other causes behind what has happened”.

    In an earlier statement, Norway’s police said that “large resources” were sent to the area…

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  • Punjab to build 358 underground water tanks for irrigation – Pakistan Today

    Punjab to build 358 underground water tanks for irrigation – Pakistan Today

    The Punjab government will construct 358 underground water tanks and install wastewater treatment plants to improve irrigation and water management, aiming to address water scarcity for farmers across the province.

    LAHORE: The Punjab government…

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  • Lenovo Advances Smarter & Adaptive AI for All

    Lenovo Advances Smarter & Adaptive AI for All

    Lenovo is launching faster laptops and bridging the gap between human intent and hardware. With the rollout of Lenovo Qira and a suite of “adaptive” concepts, the message is the future of tech is invisible, modular, and deeply personal.

    Meet…

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  • JIT told US marine fired as protesters stormed Karachi consu – Pakistan Today

    JIT told US marine fired as protesters stormed Karachi consu – Pakistan Today

    A JIT was informed that a US marine fired in retaliation after protesters stormed the US consulate in Karachi, resulting in 12 deaths and 49 injuries. Sindh police had fired aerial shots to deter the crowd, according to police officials.

    KARACHI:

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  • NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other

    NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other

    Roughly 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller companion orbiting them. These paired objects are known as binary asteroid systems, and they are surprisingly common in our region of the solar system.

    A research team led by the…

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  • NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other

    NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other

    Roughly 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller companion orbiting them. These paired objects are known as binary asteroid systems, and they are surprisingly common in our region of the solar system.

    A research team led by the…

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