Sun 04 October 2026: Installations rose 11% to more than 600,000 units last year, with China accounting for nearly three-fifths of new deployments Worldwide factory automation reached historic levels last year as advances in artificial intelligence and shifts in supply chains lifted the global stock of active industrial robots above 5 million, a new report […]

Sun 04 October 2026: Nearly 40% of the world’s population has been exposed to harmful levels of ground-level ozone in 2026, according to a new analysis by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). The analysis, published Wednesday, shows how extreme heat and human-caused air pollution combined to drive ozone pollution across large parts of the […]

Sun 04 October 2026: The expansionist Zionist project has entered its terminal, self-devouring phase. What the global community is witnessing in the aftermath of the devastating campaign in Gaza is not the consolidation of an invincible regional power, but the structural, compounding decay of an aggressive settler-colonial enterprise. Blinded by decades of unchecked ideological hubris, […]

Sun 04 October 2026: Afghanistan on Sunday officially opened a road linking the country to China through the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Badakhshan province. Construction of the 121-kilometer (75-mile) unpaved road began two years ago, according to Tolo News. The road connects Afghanistan to China’s Xinjiang region. The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of […]

Sun 04 October 2026: Rights group says DGST combined Pegasus with hidden microphones and pre-infected phones; Rabat has long denied the claims Amnesty International has accused Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency of conducting “unlawful surveillance” of journalists and human rights defenders through spyware, concealed microphones and phones already loaded with malware. In a report released on […]

Sun 04 October 2026: Voting began Sunday in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general elections, with more than 3.4 million registered voters eligible to choose new leadership and lawmakers at several levels of government. Polling stations opened at 7 am local time (0500GMT) and are scheduled to close at 7 pm, according to the Central Election Commission […]

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 […]

Sun 04 October 2026: Afghanistan on Sunday officially opened a road linking the country to China through the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Badakhshan province. Construction of the 121-kilometer (75-mile) unpaved road began two years ago, according to Tolo News. The road connects Afghanistan to China’s Xinjiang region. The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of […]

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 […]