Thu 13 November 2025: Drinking a single glass of sugar-sweetened soda every day may raise the risk of high blood pressure by nearly a third, according to a new study. A healthy individual who does not drink soda has about a 6% risk of developing high blood pressure, which increases to 8% with daily consumption, research published in the […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: The UK government on Tuesday announced a £75 million ($98 million) strategy to phase out animal testing in science, replacing it with advanced alternative technologies. Unveiled by Science Minister Patrick Vallance, the plan sets out a roadmap to reduce and ultimately end animal use in research and safety testing, while maintaining rigorous standards for human health […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Two days after the deadly car explosion outside Red Fort in Old Delhi that claimed 13 lives, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday said it was a “heinous terror incident, perpetrated by anti-national forces”, the first official confirmation from the government. Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet observed a two-minute silence in […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: The head of the African Union Commission has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Christians are being killed in a genocide in northern Nigeria, telling a UN forum in New York that such characterizations distort a far more complex security crisis. Speaking alongside UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, Mahmoud Ali […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: US president calls emails a ‘hoax’ meant to distract from government shutdown crisis, without addressing their content. A 2011 email sent by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein says that United States President Donald Trump “spent hours” with one of the victims – an allegation that is likely to further fuel calls […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: President Ramaphosa says, ‘The United States needs to think again whether boycott politics actually works because in my experience it doesn’t work.’ South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says United States President Donald Trump’s decision to boycott the Group of 20 (G20) summit next weekend in Johannesburg is “their loss”. The US […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: On Wednesday, the G7 foreign ministers voiced alarm about China’s military expansion and the “rapid increase” in its nuclear arsenal. The top diplomats – from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the US, and EU – urged Beijing to “demonstrate its commitment to stability through improved transparency,” according to a joint […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Health officials are keeping a close eye on a flu strain that has sparked unusually early and severe outbreaks in Canada, the UK, and Japan, an NBC report said Wednesday, raising concerns about its potential impact in the US. The strain, a mutated version of H3N2 first detected this summer, has […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘Their loss’: “We will take fundamental decisions and their absence is their loss,” President Ramaphosa told reporters in the coastal city of Cape Town. “In many ways, the United States is also giving up the very important role that they should be playing […]
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Wed 12 November 2025: Nearly all “incitement” cases opened by Israeli police since Itamar Ben-Gvir became Minister of National Security have targeted Arab citizens, according to official data released under a Freedom of Information request. Figures provided to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) show that since Ben-Gvir assumed office in December 2022, […]
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