WHO IS ON TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN AI FOR 2026?

Sat 29 August 2026: TIME has published its 2026 TIME100 AI ranking, identifying 100 people the magazine considers most influential in shaping artificial intelligence around the world. Now in its fourth year, the list mixes chiefs of major AI firms with researchers, startup founders, policymakers, labor organizers, and people from the arts, reflecting wider argument […]

WHAT DOES HAARETZ INVESTIGATION REVEAL ABOUT ISRAEL-BACKED MILITIAS IN GAZA?

Sat 29 August 2026: Five Palestinian armed groups operating in the Gaza Strip receive Israeli financial and military support and carry out operations on behalf of the Israeli military and intelligence services, according to an investigation published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday. The investigation, based on accounts from Israeli soldiers and officers, Palestinian sources, UN […]

AMERICANS OPPOSE WAR WITH IRAN AS TRUMP’S APPROVAL SINKS TO NEW LOW: POLL

Sat 29 August 2026: A Reuters/Ipsos poll indicates that U.S. support for the war against Iran has declined while President Donald Trump’s approval rating stays at a historic low. The survey, released Monday, finds public backing for the conflict at its weakest since the early days of the fighting, driven in part by slipping support […]

NEPAL TELLS META, TIKTOK TO REMOVE GRAPHIC AI-GENERATED FLASH FLOOD CONTENT

Sat 29 August 2026: Nepal’s government has urged Meta and TikTok to take down graphic photos, AI-generated videos, fake donation QR codes, and other misleading posts that have spread after deadly flash floods, local media said Friday. Officials met with the companies’ Nepal-based representatives and pressed for faster takedowns of content that could confuse the […]

NIGER GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS THWARTED ‘AN ATTEMPT’ TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT

Sat 29 August 2026: Niger’s defense minister said Saturday that military activity in the capital Niamey had been brought under control and security forces had regained control of critical sites that were targeted. Gen. Salifou Mody’s remarks were broadcast on national television after heavy gunfire and explosions were reported around Diori Hamani International Airport and […]

GREENLAND FORCED BIRTH CONTROL PROGRAM VIOLATED RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN, EXPERTS FIND

Sat 29 August 2026: Greenland will set up a truth and reconciliation commission to examine a long-running campaign of forced contraception imposed on Indigenous girls and women, after two expert reviews could not agree on whether the practice amounted to genocide. A joint Danish-Greenlandic investigation last year found that from the 1960s through the 1990s, […]

ONE IN EIGHT GIRLS, WOMEN RAPED OR SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BEFORE AGE 18, UNICEF SAYS

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 […]

WHO IS ON TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN AI FOR 2026?

Sat 29 August 2026: TIME has published its 2026 TIME100 AI ranking, identifying 100 people the magazine considers most influential in shaping artificial intelligence around the world. Now in its fourth year, the list mixes chiefs of major AI firms with researchers, startup founders, policymakers, labor organizers, and people from the arts, reflecting wider argument […]

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFERS $100M IN AID TO CUBA IN EXCHANGE FOR REFORM

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 […]

BUTTER OR MARGARINE? A FOOD SCIENTIST DESCRIBES THEIR SUBTLE CHEMICAL DEVIATIONS AND HOW THEY CAN AFFECT YOUR BAKED GOODS

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 […]

JALEBIS

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 […]

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