Wed 01 April 2026: The UK will deploy more troops and air defense systems to the Middle East to help the allies against Iranian attacks, the country’s defense secretary said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. On a trip to the Gulf nations, John Healey said extra air defense teams and systems would be deployed to Saudi Arabia, […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: Artificial intelligence (AI) platforms are making efforts to detect users who attempt to use them for criminal purposes by shutting down accounts and alerting local law enforcement when deemed necessary. People use large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Grok, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude, for everything these […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: Pope Leo XIV has urged US President Donald Trump to seek a diplomatic exit from the widening Iran conflict as casualties mount across the region. “I’m told that President Trump has recently stated that he would like to end the war. Hopefully he’s looking for an off-ramp. … Hopefully he’s looking […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: President Donald Trump said that he is considering pulling the US out of NATO after the allies refused to support the Iran war, according to The Telegraph on Wednesday. In an interview with the newspaper, Trump called the alliance a “paper tiger,” saying that withdrawing the US from the defense treaty […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: Even if conflict is ‘short but intense’, countries like Sudan, Yemen and Lebanon will see significant increases in poverty rates. The US-Israel war on Iran and its ripple effect throughout the Middle East have had a devastating impact on Arab countries, with millions expected to slide into poverty, according to the […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: Turkiye secure a return to football’s biggest tournament for the first time since 2002, when they finished third. When Turkiye finished third at the 2002 World Cup, few Turkish fans thought it would be almost a quarter of a century before their side’s next appearance at football’s showcase event. So Turkiye’s […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: More than three million Indian officials have begun the yearlong task of counting the country’s population. More than three million officials in India have begun the world’s largest national population count, in a yearlong process that could reshape welfare programmes and political representation across the country. The census, which was delayed […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Health risks exposed in SA’s latest water report cards: Anet Muir, chief director of water use compliance monitoring and enforcement, said the volume of water leaking from old or damaged pipes in Gauteng (431 million cubic metres per annum) was now almost equivalent […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: When you spot false or misleading information online, or in a family group chat, how do you respond? For many people, their first impulse is to factcheck – reply with statistics, make a debunking post on social media or point people towards trustworthy sources. Factchecking is seen as a go-to method […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: Moscow will not supply oil to countries that support anti-market measures to maintain a price cap, Russia has said. The energy market is currently volatile, with a shortage and rising cost of energy resources, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told the Russian daily Izvestia on Tuesday. Asked about trade with countries that […]
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