Thu 08 October 2026: OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens poses an “unacceptable risk” to children despite recently introduced safety measures, according to an assessment by the Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute. The organization urged OpenAI to restrict ChatGPT to users aged 18 and older until it addresses shortcomings researchers identified in parental alerts, crisis […]

Wed 07 October 2026: The widespread emergence of data centers across the US amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is sparking massive backlash from residents nationwide, who suffer from the environmental impact of these computational hubs, primarily in the form of depleted or muddied water resources and constant noise pollution. Communities living near data centers […]

Thu 08 October 2026: A few days before 7 October, the US National Security Adviser said “the Middle East was quieter than it had been for two decades”. That sentence now sounds like a full summary of the American illusion. Washington was looking at the region from above. Normalisation was moving forward. Israel felt secure. […]

Thu 08 October 2026: India on Thursday denied Elon Musk’s claim that “certain oligarchs” were blocking Starlink’s satellite communication services in the country to maintain their monopoly, terming it baseless. Without directly naming Musk, India’s Communications Ministry said in a statement that the government has put in “place a fair and non-discriminatory authorisation framework for […]

Thu 08 October 2026: The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration has moved to quell widespread confusion and misinformation surrounding the Constitutional Court judgment on asylum applications, stressing that the ruling does not automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence to people entering South Africa.    The clarification follows an urgent IMC meeting on Wednesday night […]

Thu 08 October 2026: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a “RADICAL Extremist”, while endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. “Mohammed El-Sayed is a terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats. While his opponent, Mike Rogers, is an extremely good one, Mohammed goes back to the days of the Jihad,” […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Thu 08 October 2026: The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration has moved to quell widespread confusion and misinformation surrounding the Constitutional Court judgment on asylum applications, stressing that the ruling does not automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence to people entering South Africa.    The clarification follows an urgent IMC meeting on Wednesday night […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]