Fri 06 June 2025: Japan saw a record low fertility rate last year, dropping to 1.15, down 0.05 points from 2023, government data showed, as the number of babies born has fallen for nine consecutive years in the country. The births dropped below 700,000 for the first time since statistics were first compiled in 1899, […]
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Fri 06 June 2025: The majority of people across the world have a negative view of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a Pew survey. Views on Israel were mostly negative in 20 out of 24 countries surveyed by Pew between January and April 2025, Middle East Eye reported. Most people in Arab […]
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Fri 06 June 2025: U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) on Thursday revealed its plan to eliminate 7,000 non-manufacturing jobs, approximately 15 percent of its current total non-manufacturing workforce. The reduction of workforce will take place over the next two fiscal years staring from July 1, 2025, according to a release by P&G. […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: Elon Musk says Donald Trump appears in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. It’s the latest in a string of barbs between the men as they appear to have dramatically fallen out in a public spat. In a post on X, the tech billionaire said: “@realDonaldTrump is in […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: Elon Musk‘s brain-implant company Neuralink has raised $650 million from investors in a new funding round, the company announced on Monday. Neuralink’s implant, currently used by five patients with severe paralysis, allows users to control digital and physical devices with their thoughts. The latest funding round follows a $280 million raise in August […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: Israel’s broadcasting authority has reported that the country’s security establishment has decided not to allow the Freedom Flotilla ship, Madleen, to approach or dock off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The decision comes in line with the longstanding naval blockade imposed on the territory for nearly two decades. Speaking to Al […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: It is rather strange (and sad) that a fortnight before the big meet of G7 nations in Canada, there is no invitation sent to Modi. It is pretty clear now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will probably not join the elite G7 meeting in Alberta, Canada, scheduled from June 15 to 17. Alberta […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: The Russian Finance Ministry reported Wednesday that oil and natural gas revenues fell 35.4% in May, compared to the same month last year, to 512.7 billion rubles ($6.5 billion). In the first five months of 2025, they dropped 37.4% to 4.24 trillion rubles. The ministry said there was more revenue loss […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: A security source in the Palestinian resistance said the security services are closely monitoring the movements of “mercenary” groups operating with direct support from the Israeli occupation forces and stationed in areas under its control east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. A circular published yesterday on the Al-Hares security platform […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: Pope Leo XIV urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a meaningful step in favor of peace during a phone call Wednesday that focused on the ongoing war in Ukraine and the worsening humanitarian situation. The conversation, described by the Vatican as “frank and focused on the urgency of dialogue,” saw […]
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