Fri 13 June 2025: The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its economic growth estimates for 2025 by 0.4 percentage points to 2.3%, citing “a substantial rise in trade barriers.” The revised figure would mark the slowest growth rate since 2008. “Global growth is slowing due to a substantial rise in trade barriers and the pervasive […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: The biggest temperature increases were recorded in the Middle East, West Asia, northeast Russia, and north Canada. This year, the world experienced its second-warmest month of May since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: Unemployment in the UK rose in April to the highest level in almost four years, official figures showed, as tax increases introduced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves added to a broader slowdown in the jobs market. In a blow for the chancellor before Wednesday’s spending review, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: US president unveils site for applicants to register interest for ‘Trump Card’ granting path to citizenship. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration is accepting applications for his so-called “Trump Card”, which promises applicants permanent residency for $5m. Trump made the announcement on Wednesday as he unveiled a new […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has warned the public to remain cautious when dealing with service providers claiming they are licensed, especially as cannabis dispensaries continue to expand. “SAHPRA has learned that individuals and companies are operating unethically by presenting falsified SAHPRA licences to gain public trust and […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony of mining life. Then one afternoon, you witness a fellow worker doing something remarkable. With an odd-looking contraption, he […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: After 20 months of genocide on the Gaza Strip, Israel is suffering from an acute manpower shortage and has turned to women to replace key roles. Prior to Israel’s assault on the besieged Gaza strip, female soldiers were largely confined to duties such as guarding borders and staffing checkpoints across the illegally occupied […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in Iran on Thursday, according to two sources with knowledge of the operation. It’s not yet clear what Israel is targeting, but explosions were reported in Tehran, Axios reported. President Trump publicly opposed an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites on Thursday, saying he still believed a […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have accused the eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of backing an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on border outposts in the tri-border area shared by Sudan, Egypt, and Libya. According to a statement issued by the Sudanese army, RSF units, […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: CAGE International has filed a formal legal application with the UK Home Secretary to remove Hamas from the government’s list of proscribed organisations, in a case described as a pivotal defence of political speech and civil liberties in Britain. The submission, filed on 2 June, was not made on behalf of […]
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