BITCOIN JUMPS 4.5% WITHIN 24-HOUR BEFORE TRUMP’S ‘HISTORIC’ SPEECH

Fri 26 July 2024: Before Donald Trump’s “historic” speech in Bitcoin Conference on Sunday, the price of Bitcoin jumped by 4.5% within last 24 hours from $64,000 level to over $67,000 as of 0730GMT. Trump’s keynote speech in Nashville, US is expected to be “historic” by event organizer Brandon Green, saying that no one knows […]

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TALIBAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE SAYS AFGHANISTAN WILL CLAIM ‘SOVEREIGNTY OF AIRSPACE SOON’

Fri 26 July 2024: The acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid (son of Mullah Mohammad Omar) said Thursday just as there is terrestrial sovereignty, airspace sovereignty will be secured soon. Addressing an “appreciation ceremony” for security forces, Yaqoob said that if anyone looks at Afghanistan with disrespect, the Islamic Emirate will respond using available […]

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WATCH | THE APARTHEID KILLER: EXPOSING THE GHOSTS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S PAST

Fri 26 July 2024: One of worst mass killers in South Africa’s history is free from prison – and he is ready to speak. Thirty years since his atrocities, his victims are still fighting for closure and justice. In the late 1980s, private security guard Louis van Schoor fatally shot dozens people in the South […]

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SWITZERLAND TO SOON USE PORTABLE SUICIDE PODS AMID LEGAL AND ETHICAL DEBATES

Fri 26 July 2024:  An assisted dying group anticipates the first use of a portable suicide pod in Switzerland within months, offering a method of death without medical supervision. The space-age Sarco capsule, unveiled in 2019, induces death by hypoxia through nitrogen replacement and costs $20 per use. The Last Resort organization sees no legal […]

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NASA WARNS OF 880FT ASTEROID THAT WILL COME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO EARTH ON JULY 26

Fri 26 July 2024: An asteroid as large as a stadium is moving towards Earth and will soon fly by our planet. Its massive size and the distance at which it will travel mean that it is considered potentially dangerous. The latest warning has been issued by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as part of its […]

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EXTREME HEAT ESTIMATED TO KILL ALMOST 500,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY: UN CHIEF

Fri 26 July 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres drew attention Thursday to the growing danger of heat to the world. “Heat is estimated to kill almost half a million people a year, that’s about 30 times more than tropical cyclones. “We know what is driving it — fossil fuel-charged, human-induced climate change. And we know […]

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RISE IN UK MORTGAGE RATES HAS FORCED 320,000 ADULTS INTO POVERTY

Fri 26 July 2024: A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reveals that official statistics on British housing costs from 2022 to 2023 may have led to a significant underestimation of poverty rates. The mismeasurement could mean the actual poverty rate is one-third higher than reported. Impact of Inflation and Mortgage Interest on […]

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MORE THAN 3,000 FILMS WILL BE SCREENED AT TANZANIA’S ZANZIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Fri 26 July 2024: The forthcoming Tanzania’s Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), also known as the Festival of the Dhow Countries, will feature more than 3,000 films from across the globe, according to organizers. The festival, Zanzibar’s most significant cultural event that will be held on Aug. 1-4, will attract filmmakers from 100 countries, including […]

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ELON MUSK ACTIVATES INTERNET SERVICE IN UAE-RUN HOSPITAL IN GAZA

Thu 25 July 2024: Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Wednesday said that his internet service has been activated in a UAE-run field hospital in the war-torn Gaza Strip. “Starlink is now active in a Gaza hospital with the support of” the UAE Government Media Office and Israel, Musk wrote on his X account. Starlink is a network of satellites in low Earth orbit […]

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