Sun 30 August 2026: A programme focusing on Turkish television series’ contribution to Türkiye’s global brand began in Istanbul on Friday, bringing together senior officials and representatives of the industry. The event, The Global Narrative of the Türkiye Brand: Turkish TV Series, was organised by Türkiye’s Communications Directorate. Türkiye’s Head of Communications Burhanettin Duran said […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: Egyptian authorities announced Saturday that archaeologists have discovered a tomb more than 4,000 years old at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, along with a linked system of burial shafts holding human remains and grave goods. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the finds came during the first season of […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a covert visit to Moscow earlier this week, Axios reported Saturday. The visit was also aimed at assessing whether Russia’s intelligence chiefs could help persuade Putin to move toward […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez said a newly reached oil deal with the United States will las t 25 years and is intended to lift the country’s daily crude output above 1.5 million barrels. In remarks on state television channel VTV on Saturday, she called the pact “historic.”Rodríguez repeated that the […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: Israel has funded a fake US think tank and a network of apparently independent websites designed to game artificial intelligence systems and push pro-Israel narratives into chatbot responses, according to an investigation by the Guardian. The operation is part of a multimillion-dollar Israeli campaign to manipulate the online information environment as the […]
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Khethukuthula Dlame distributes aid to members of his community in Nquthu [Qaanitah Hunter/Al Jazeera] Sun 30 August 2026: Online anti-Muslim rhetoric is growing, but life on the ground tells a more complicated story. Nquthu, South Africa – When Zwelibi Jack Ngubane died at the age of 105, he had already made one thing clear to […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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