WHY THE PRICE OF YOUR FAVORITE CHOCOLATE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE

Mon 17 February 2025: Valentine’s Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this indulgence faces an existential threat. Regions like northeastern Brazil, one of the world’s notable cocoa-producing areas, are grappling with increasing aridity – a slow, yet unrelenting drying of the land. Cocoa is made from the beans of […]

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IRAQ RECOVERS STOLEN ARTEFACTS FROM JAPAN AND SWITZERLAND

Mon 17 February 2025: Iraq has successfully recovered a collection of stolen artefacts from Japan and Switzerland, marking a significant step in its ongoing efforts to reclaim looted cultural heritage. The official handover ceremony took place at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad yesterday, attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Minister of […]

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DON’T RELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA USERS FOR FACT-CHECKING. MANY DON’T CARE MUCH ABOUT THE COMMON GOOD

Sun 16 February 2025: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg fired the fact-checking team for his company’s social media platforms. At the same time, he reversed Facebook’s turn away from political content. The decision is widely viewed as placating an incoming president with a known penchant for mangling the truth. Meta will replace its […]

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NEW FUNGUS SPECIES DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN IRELAND ALTERS SPIDER BEHAVIOR

Sun 16 February 2025:  A new species of fungus has been discovered in Northern Ireland, inhabiting the body of a spider in a way reminiscent of horror films. The rare Metellina merianae cave spider, found by BBC’s Winterwatch documentary team, had its body covered in coral-like protrusions. The sample was sent to a team led by mycologist Harry […]

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70-MILLION-YEAR-OLD DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR FOSSILS UNCOVERED IN SOUTHERN CHINA

Sat 15 February 2025: Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in southern China belonged to duck-billed dinosaurs from over 70 million years ago, expanding the region’s fossil record of these large, toothy creatures that likely migrated from North America. The bones were found in May 2009 by a Chinese amateur fossil […]

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UAE BEGINS MAPPING CORRIDORS FOR AIR TAXIS AND CARGO DRONES

Sat 15 February 2025: The United Arab Emirates has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in a statement on Thursday, Reuters has reported. The oil and gas-rich country has sought to distinguish itself in the Middle East as a high-tech, forward-looking society, with Dubai starting to test two-seater, […]

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ONLINE ROMANCE SCAMS: WHO NIGERIA AND GHANA’S FRAUDSTERS ARE, HOW THEY OPERATE, AND WHY THEY DO IT

Fri 14 February 2025: People find love in many ways and through diverse mediums. Online platforms have become popular meeting places for people looking to find intimate partners, making them a prime target for cybercriminals. Online romance fraud has become a global phenomenon. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US, romance scams accounted for losses to […]

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NEW HOPE FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: AUSTRALIAN STUDY REVEALS PROMISING TREATMENT

Fri 14 February 2025: Australian researchers have developed a new treatment for deadly childhood cancer using engineered immune cells. In a research published on Wednesday, researchers led by a team from the University of Queensland (UQ) developed a new therapeutic strategy for pediatric sarcomas. Sarcomas are cancers that develop in the bones and soft tissues, […]

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