Sun 23 November 2025: Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), the largest faction in parliament, has called for a series of harsh anti-Islam measures, including a blanket ban on headscarves in schools, a new “law banning political Islam”, and an immediate halt to mass immigration. Responding to plans by the ruling coalition government to introduce a […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: Recent developments in United States tech and media have prompted concerns about media consolidation and its impact on free speech. The US government is pushing ByteDance to reduce its control over TikTok, with Oracle proposed to oversee the platform’s algorithm for national security reasons. Meanwhile, Skydance Media’s $8bn merger with Paramount […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: Five new zones along Syria’s coast have been identified for natural gas exploration, an energy official said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The state-run Syrian Petroleum Co. is working to expand existing petroleum fields and explore new ones, CEO Youssef Qablawi told the state-run TV channel Al-Ikhbariya. He added that Syria expects to double […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: According to its website, the mission of Al-Majd Europe, yet another odd charity organisation operating in the mash and rubble of Gaza, is “dedicated to providing essential humanitarian aid, educational opportunities, and sustainable development projects to Palestinian communities.” Leaving little by way of information, the charity was clearly one of the anointed, […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: Kashmir’s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, addressing the Friday congregation at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid said that the “disturbing” harassment of Kashmiris studying and working in different parts of India after the Delhi blast “simply because of their identity” must be immediately stopped, and remarked that press freedom was under attack and that […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: – Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are no longer “a hedge against market risk” and “now more closely track the rest of the market,” says UC Irvine’s Bill Maurer – ‘There have been six episodes where Bitcoin dropped by more than 60% – so fasten your seatbelt. However, one commonality is that […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: Revised figures show net migration to the UK last year was approximately 20% lower than previously estimated, driven by a sharper-than-expected drop in arrivals and a significantly larger exodus of British citizens. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released on Tuesday follows a major overhaul of the UK’s […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: ‘Soon, you’ll no longer be able to use Facebook’, Meta said in messages it sent to young people ahead of the social media ban5 Meta will prevent Australians younger than 16 from accessing Facebook and Instagram from December 4, as Canberra prepares to enforce a sweeping new social media law that […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: Epstein Abuse Survivors Report Receiving Death Threats as Release of Files on Convicted Sex Offender Approaches Survivors have demanded accountability and legal support to face their abusers and get justice. In a statement titled “What we’re bracing for,” the women said many have already received death threats. “Many of us have […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: On Thursday, the UN stressed that the humanitarian situation for people escaping violence in Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions is worsening rapidly. Needs are described as “massive” and growing quickly as large numbers of people are displaced. “Our humanitarian colleagues say that more than 100,000 people have fled El Fasher and […]
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