Wed 27 August 2025: On last Thursday, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities successfully recovered three large artifacts from the Mediterranean Sea near Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria. The ministry’s divers managed to take out three pieces: a colossal quartzite statue of a sphinx bearing the cartouche of King Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC), a […]
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A 102-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji, according to the Guinness World Records. Kokichi Akuzawa reached the peak of Mount Fuji on Aug. 3, the country’s tallest peak at 3,776 meters (12,388 feet), after recovering from heart failure, according to a statement from the Guinness World Records website. Fuji […]
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Wed 27 August 2025: The Republican leader had pledged to ‘restore’ the death penalty upon returning to the White House for a second term. United States President Donald Trump has announced that his government will seek the death penalty in every murder case that unfolds in Washington, DC, as part of his crackdown on crime […]
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Tue 26 August 2025: Valentina Gomez, a Republican congressional candidate from Texas, has sparked renewed controversy online after posting a video on X showing her burning the Quran, the Islamic holy book, Times of India reported. Her actions drew sharp criticism from civil rights groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which denounced her […]
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Tue 26 August 2025: More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere near quickly enough. The UN’s health and children’s agencies said a full one in four people globally were without access to safely-managed drinking water last […]
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Tue 26 August 2025: India’s Supreme Court has mandated a probe into claims of illegal animal imports and financial irregularities at a massive private zoo established by the son of Asia’s wealthiest individual. Vantara, which claims to be the“world’s biggest wild animal rescue centre”, is managed by Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire […]
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Sun 24 August 2025: Pope Francis offered respect. His successor must offer justice for slavery, colonisation, and enduring white supremacy. Late Pope Francis, who came to be known as a strong voice for the poor, oppressed and the marginalised during his tenure as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, had a keen interest in […]
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Sun 24 August 2025: Emojis, as well as memes and other forms of short-form content, have become central to how we express ourselves and connect online. Yet as meanings shift across different contexts, so too does the potential for misunderstanding. A senior colleague of mine recently encountered some commentary about the “slightly smiling” face emoji: […]
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Sat 23 August 2025: Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device, but there are some security risks. The Federal Trade Commission warned again in December 2023 about the danger of […]
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Fri 22 August 2025: AI-generated photos, voice clones, and deepfake videos are becoming some of the most effective and dangerous tools of “information manipulation and fraud” across the world — from battlefields to election campaigns. According to research by AI threat detection platform Sensity AI, during the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian politicians and soldiers have been portrayed […]
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