Thu 17 July 2025: Syrian state media reports that Druze anti-government militias have committed “massacres” against Bedouins in Sweida’s al-Maqous neighborhood, including killings of women and children and field executions, following the withdrawal of government forces on Thursday. The retreat came after days of violent clashes involving Druze, Bedouins, and forces loyal to President Ahmad […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: A new report on Muslim women in the media has revealed alarming rates of discrimination, Islamophobia and exclusion in the industry. The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) has just published a rare glimpse into what a career in media is like for Muslim women, from systematic discrimination to unfair representation. The anonymous survey […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: Chinese researchers have developed 30,000+ artificial intelligence-induced climate mitigation scenarios, according to a study published on Nature Climate Change journal’s July issue. The published study covers the potential of deep learning (DL) merged with integrated assessment models (IAMs), offering a base for handling climate mitigation scenario generation. “IAM based scenarios often face challenges such […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: NoName057(16) had carried out thousands of attacks on Ukraine and its supporters. An international operation spanning North America and Europe has taken down a pro-Russian cybercrime group linked to thousands of attacks on Ukraine and its allies. In recent days, law enforcement working together in 19 countries jointly dismantled the operations […]
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Eswatini’s King Mswati III Thu 17 July 2025: The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries allegedly will not accept them. The government of the tiny, landlocked African country of Eswatini has confirmed that it received five individuals deported from the United States under President Donald Trump. In a statement on […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: ‘A tragedy and a calamity have befallen us,” the Wasit province governor says. At least 61 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said on Thursday that 14 charred […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: A Delaware court has begun hearing an $8 billion class action lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders over alleged violations of Facebook users’ privacy tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, press reports said on Wednesday. The trial stems from claims that Meta failed to inform investors about […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: Residents in the nearby fishing town of Grindavik and guests at a luxury geothermal spa resort are evacuated. The Sundhnukur volcano has erupted near Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, the 12th volcanic eruption in the North Atlantic island nation since 2021, the Icelandic Meteorological Office says. The agency said in a statement on […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar in its US cola products, calling it “a very good move by them.” “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so,” […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on South Africa could cause around 100,000 job losses, with the agriculture and automotive sectors hardest-hit, central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Wednesday. Kganyago told local radio station 702 that the impact of the 30% tariff, which Africa’s biggest economy faces from August 1, could […]
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