Somali NHS scientist wins £60,000 after colleagues gave her offensive nickname

Ubah Jama was one of four senior biochemists within the Clinical Biochemistry department at Queen’s Hospital, Romford (Image: Google Maps) The Mirror By Chiara Fiorillo A senior NHS scientist has been awarded almost £60,000 in compensation after her colleagues replaced her username with an offensive nickname on a work spreadsheet. An employment tribunal heard Ubah

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Somali community mourns deaths of mother, four children in Vantaa fire

Candles outside the apartment building where Sunday morning’s fire claimed the lives of a mother and her four children. Image: Simo Kymäläinen / Yle By YLE News The Somali community in Vantaa is grieving the deaths of a mother and her four children following the outbreak of a fire in an apartment in the early

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Deni, the governor of Puntland in Somalia has been absent for 55 days

File Photo/Somali Times The Puntland governor is scheduled to come back Puntland this week after his longest trip while he was away from Puntland. The trip of the governor of Puntland was unique and related to his personal affairs, as there was no one from his government accompanying him on the trip. Read: Why is

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US stocks slip, oil surges on Middle East conflict

By Reuters U.S. stock futures slid on Monday as the military conflict in the Middle East lifted oil and Treasuries, while the sizzling September U.S. jobs report raised the rate stakes for inflation figures later in the week. Holidays in Japan and South Korea made for thin conditions but the initial bid was for bonds

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2 Israeli tourists killed in Egyptian shooting

By Anadolu Agency At least two Israeli tourists were killed in a shooting in Egypt’s Alexandria city on Sunday, according to Hebrew media. The Israeli Foreign Ministry also confirmed that a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. The Cairo 24 news channel, citing a security

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Kenya paid $17m for Somalia security mission

By The East African Kenya has received Ksh2.5 billion ($17 million) in the past five years for its contribution to the Somalia peacekeeping mission (now known as the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) whose mandate is set to end in December next year. Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale told parliament this week that the

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At least 750 Israelis missing since fighting broke out early Saturday: Local media

By Anadolu Agency At least 750 Israelis have been missing since fighting broke out on Saturday morning, local media reported early Sunday. “According to an unofficial report, approximately 750 Israelis are currently missing,” the daily Jerusalem Post said on X. Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Saturday and said the surprise attack was in response

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Somali prime minister meets SSC Khatumo leader

The Prime Minister of the federal government of Somalia, Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre, today held a special meeting with SSC-Khatumo leader Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali who arrived yesterday in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The sensitive meeting took place at Villa Somalia, especially the prime minister’s office, where several issues were discussed. Read: Somalia government failed

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Hamas kills 22 in unprecedented, wide-ranging incursion into Israel. Netanyahu says ‘we are at war

Police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The rockets were fired as Hamas announced a new operation against Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) By The Associated Press The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza

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Russia says hit Ukrainian UAV workshops, depots of Storm Shadow and HIMARS systems

By Anadolu Agency Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said Friday that the country hit assembly workshops of Ukrainian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and depots housing Storm Shadow and High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in missile strikes on Ukraine. “Ammunition depots, missile and artillery systems, military-technical equipment, production workshops of enterprises producing weapons and

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