CRITICAL THINKING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY SKILLS?

Sat 21 June 2025: There is a Fox News headline that goes like this: Transgender female runner who beat 14,000 women at London Marathon offers to give medal back Read about the event elsewhere and it turns out the athlete was also beaten by thousands of people and it was a participation medal. While the Fox News headline […]

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‘THOUSAND SHIP FLOTILLA’ ANNOUNCED TO CHALLENGE ISRAEL’S BLOCKADE OF GAZA

Sat 21 June 2025: A coalition of Malaysian civil society organisations has announced an ambitious campaign to launch a “Thousand Ship Flotilla” to break Israel’s 17-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, in what is being described as the largest maritime mobilisation of its kind. The initiative, led by the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations […]

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AMNESTY URGES INDIA TO STOP UNLAWFUL DEPORTATIONS OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Sat 21 June 2025: The Indian government must immediately halt all deportations of Rohingya men, women and children, recognise them as refugees and treat them with the dignity and protection they deserve under international human rights law, Amnesty International said ahead of World Refugee Day. In just the last month, the Indian authorities allegedly deported […]

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CHINESE RESEARCHERS DEVELOP AI FOR PLANT STUDIES

Sat 21 June 2025: Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant for plant studies, Xinhua News reported on Tuesday, citing China Science Daily. PlantGPT is the first large language model AI assistant that can answer any related question with precise responses and deliver specialized analyses in the field of plant functional genomics, the […]

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16 BILLION PASSWORDS LEAKED IN LARGEST DATA BREACH EVER

Fri 20 June 2025: Researchers have confirmed the largest data breach ever, with almost 16 billion login credentials, including passwords, being exposed. Researchers part of an investigation that started early this year suggest that the massive password leak is the work of multiple infostealers, said a Forbes report. If a password gets compromised, it leads […]

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SHIVAMBU EYES NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENT AFTER MK AXING

Thu 19 June 2025: Ousted uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu plans to consult South Africans on forming a new political movement, following his removal from the party’s leadership In a significant political shift, Floyd Shivambu, who was axed as the secretary-general of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party two weeks ago, has announced his […]

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MESSAGING APPS AS COVERT WEAPONS: WAS WHATSAPP USED IN ISRAELI STRIKES ON IRAN?

Thu 19 June 2025: Tehran’s claims against WhatsApp highlight growing concerns over surveillance and digital independence. Iran has said that WhatsApp leaked sensitive user data to Israeli intelligence services, hinting that this breach of privacy might have helped Israel to carry out pinpoint airstrikes that killed multiple senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists.  Iran’s […]

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