At Camps Bay, Cape Town, wastewater is pumped out to sea. Steve Kretzmann/GroundUp Sun 06 April 2025: As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of litres of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa’s Water Research Commission […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: Iran is pushing back against U.S. demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear programme or be bombed, warning neighbours that host U.S. bases that they could be in the firing line if involved, a senior Iranian official said. Although Iran has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump‘s demand for direct talks, it wants to […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: Israel has detained two British members of parliament and refused entry to the officials who were visiting as part of a parliamentary delegation, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said in a statement late on Saturday, Reuters reports. Sky News, citing a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry, says that the detained parliamentarians […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: The Israeli army on Saturday halted the flow of water from Israeli company Mekorot to the Gaza Strip, effectively cutting off 70% of the enclave’s total water supply. According to Gaza municipality spokesperson Hosni Mehanna, the disconnection affects the main pipeline located in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, where […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: After a joint global probe, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Hong Kong detained 435 individuals in large-scale operations targeting criminals linked to child X-related crimes According to Seoul’s Yonhap News, South Korea alone nabbed 374 suspects, with 258 caught for possessing or viewing child sexual abuse material, 74 identified […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: A strong number of Canadians and Mexicans now view their former US ally as an “enemy country” and favor matching tariff for tariff, a new Leger poll released Saturday found. But The Three Amigos Survey, as the report is called, found that respondents blamed US President Donald Trump, not Americans, for […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: US billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday expressed hope for a “zero-tariff” system between the United States and Europe that would “effectively create a free trade zone.” Joining Italy’s right-wing populist League party event via video link, Musk told Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, “At the end of the day, I […]
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Sat 05 April 2025: India’s Hindutva government has taken a controversial step by passing amendments to the waqf (Islamic endowment) law, which appears to be a blatant attempt to seize control of waqf properties, including mosques and other religious sites. The new Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, passed by both Houses of Parliament on 2 and […]
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Sat 05 April 2025: From self-service checkouts to public streets to stadiums – surveillance technology is everywhere. This pervasive monitoring is often justified in the name of safety and security. But our recent study, published in Neuroscience of Consciousness, reveals a disturbing side effect. Surveillance isn’t just changing our behaviour – it’s altering how our brains process information, […]
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Sat 05 April 2025: Turkish scientists are set to explore the depths of oceans and seas for clues about life in space through the METU Institute of Marine Sciences’ “DeepTrace” project, Anadolu Agency reports. The team will conduct research at depths of up to 2,600 meters in the Black Sea, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Mustafa Yucel, deputy […]
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