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DUT fake social media posts lead to campus invasion Students swamped Durban University of Technology (DUT) seeking help with online registration following several fake social media posts. The Durban University of Technology (DUT) has denounced fake social media posts instructing students to report to its Berea campus for registration which resulted in a massive influx of registrants on Tuesday.  DUT management said in a statement released on Tuesday night that it appeared that “there were a number of unauthorised social media posts inviting all applicants to come to the campuses today, 6 A...

A REFUGEE has spoken of his family’s escape from war in Syria and resettlement at their new home in Colwyn Bay. Omer Safer and wife Shirrin fled their home in Aleppo in 2013, two years after the violent campaign by ISIS began in the capital Damascus and would spread to nearby towns and cities. Last month marked 10 years since the multi-sided civil war started with the armed suppression of Arab Spring protestors. An estimated 100,000 people are still living in refugee camps, including Omer’s brother, Awaz, in Northern Iraq. “We moved to Kobani in 2013 but then ISIS came and we h...

Explosive violence in February 2021 Format In February 2021, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 1,127 casualties from 199 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians accounted for 47% (525) of the deaths and injuries recorded. When explosive violence was used in populated areas 76% of all casualties were civilians, compared to 16% in other areas. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) accounted for 38% (202) of civilian casualties in February, with manufactured weapons accounting for 62% (323). Of the manufactured launch methods, groun...

Share this article Share this article BRECKSVILLE, Ohio, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is conducting tree trimming and other vegetation management work in communities across its northeast Ohio service area as part of its ongoing efforts to help enhance electric service reliability. This year's $15.5 million tree-trimming program will help keep power flowing to customers around the clock by preventing tree-related outages, such as those that can occur during the spring and summer storm season. On the ground, contractors ...

A war of crossings between the regime and the SDF: Who loses?  April 7, 2021 Dozens of Syrians walk through the al-Salihiyah crossing that links the Assad regime and Autonomous Administration areas in the eastern Deir e-Zor province, 3/31/2021 (Syria Direct) AMMAN — On March 23, the Syrian regime closed four of the five crossings with the Kurdish-dominated Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (AANES)-administered areas. However, trade between the two sides had effectively stopped on March 19 after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which maintain military control over most of...