Fri 18 July 2025: The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday establishing new rules for dollar-backed stablecoins, sending it to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill, called the GENIUS Act, passed with strong bipartisan support in a 308-122 vote. The House also passed the broader CLARITY […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: A new digital age check is being launched to prevent children and young people in the EU from accessing pornography and other age-inappropriate content on the internet. The European Commission is testing a prototype of an age verification app which will initially be rolled out in Denmark, France, Spain, Greece and […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau urges against drawing ‘conclusions through selective, unverified reporting’ A black-box recording has revealed that the captain of the Air India flight that crashed last month, killing 261 people, turned off the fuel switches after taking off from the western state of Gujarat in India, according to […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: Food intended to feed 27,000 starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will soon be incinerated in the wake of President Donald Trump’s closure of the United States’ aid agency. A senior US official on Wednesday said nearly 500 tonnes of high-energy biscuits, to be used as emergency food for malnourished young […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: Russia will face “very steep” tariffs if it does not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine within 50 days, the White House said Thursday. “Well, in 50 days, as clearly laid out, if there is not a ceasefire agreement or a peace deal within that time frame, if Russia refuses to […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: In a sweeping overhaul of the UK’s electoral system, the government on Thursday announced plans to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections. In a new strategy paper, the UK government said it is part of a broader effort to modernize democracy, boost participation, and restore […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: The UN said Thursday that more than 737,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since an escalation of Israeli attacks in March, underscoring the scale of the humanitarian crisis facing the population. Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay reported at a news conference that “between the 8th and […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: Syrian state media reports that Druze anti-government militias have committed “massacres” against Bedouins in Sweida’s al-Maqous neighborhood, including killings of women and children and field executions, following the withdrawal of government forces on Thursday. The retreat came after days of violent clashes involving Druze, Bedouins, and forces loyal to President Ahmad […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: A new report on Muslim women in the media has revealed alarming rates of discrimination, Islamophobia and exclusion in the industry. The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) has just published a rare glimpse into what a career in media is like for Muslim women, from systematic discrimination to unfair representation. The anonymous survey […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: Chinese researchers have developed 30,000+ artificial intelligence-induced climate mitigation scenarios, according to a study published on Nature Climate Change journal’s July issue. The published study covers the potential of deep learning (DL) merged with integrated assessment models (IAMs), offering a base for handling climate mitigation scenario generation. “IAM based scenarios often face challenges such […]
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