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More than 2 million Nigerians kidnapped in one year, survey finds

Voice of America 

Abuja, Nigeria — Security officials in Nigeria are raising concerns after a National Bureau of Statistics survey revealed that more than 2 million people were kidnapped in the West African nation between May 2023 and April 2024, and that Nigerians paid a cumulative $1.42 billion to kidnappers within the same period. The NBS released its Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024 on Tuesday. The report said some 600,000 Nigerians were killed and 2.2 million others abducted across the country between May 2023 and April 2024. Читать дальше...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024

Times Union 

Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott acknowledged $2 billion in 2024 donations in a blog post on Wednesday, bringing the total she’s given away since 2019 to $19.2 billion. In five years of major giving, Scott has moved big grants with no strings attached to over 2,450 nonprofits. She also gave repeat gifts to several organizations — something of a new development in her giving. Scott also revealed some new information about how she was managing her wealth, saying she had directed... Читать дальше...

More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight

Nasa.gov 

NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firefly will target landing in the Gruithuisen Domes on the near side of the Moon in 2028. As part of the agency’s […]

Lion dance

Japan Today 

An artist performs the traditional lion dance at Sensoji Buddhist temple at Asakusa district in Tokyo on Wednesday.