Mon 17 August 2026: Myanmar has, for the first time, acknowledged nearly 309,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as former residents of Rakhine state, saying they would be allowed to return once security conditions improve in the conflict-hit region. The Foreign Ministry said 308,975 displaced people had been verified as former residents of Rakhine, marking a […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in a landmark US trial that could force Meta to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook over allegations that it deliberately designed the platforms to encourage compulsive use among children and teenagers. An eight-member advisory jury has been selected for the trial in […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, has become the longest and most expensive war in Israel’s history, with costs reaching about 420 billion shekels ($142bn) and national debt rising by roughly 400 billion shekels ($135bn), Haaretz newspaper reports. The report said Israel entered its ground offensive […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Paying for things digitally is so common, most of us think nothing of swiping or tapping our card, or using mobile payments. While doing so is second nature, we may be more reluctant to provide card details over the phone. Merchants are allowed to ask us for credit card details over […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Iran’s economic problems have worsened since the start of the war with the US and Israel, due to declining oil revenues and the destruction of factories, President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday. In remarks carried by Iranian media, Pezeshkian attributed rising prices to higher costs and falling state revenues resulting from a decline in […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries are set to compete in Beijing this month, quadrupling participation from last year’s inaugural event, according to state-run Xinhua news agency. The second edition of the World Humanoid Robot Games, scheduled for Aug. 22-26, has attracted 666 teams and 2,056 robots, it said. Participants include […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Here’s what R100 could buy you in 2000 vs today: Concerningly, food inflation has beaten inflation in many categories. For example, cooking oil has seen a 703.9% price increase since 2000, far exceeding the inflation rate. Similarly, staples like bread and milk […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: New Delhi: The top five family businesses have held more than 60% of income share in corporate India in the past two decades, even as markets have become more competitive since liberalisation, showed a study in the World Bank Economic Review. The study, titled ‘Business Groups, Concentration and Market Power in India’, published […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: An Iranian military official said on Sunday that Qatar should allow an Iranian team to enter the country to investigate the fate of pilots whom Tehran says were captured by Qatari forces, Iranian media reported. Qatar denies holding any Iranian pilots. Doha said on Saturday that its search and rescue teams […]
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Sun 16 August 2026: At least one person was killed and three others wounded in a Ukrainian drone barrage targeting Moscow, a local official reported, as Russia simultaneously bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces destroyed 822 drones across the country overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on social media […]
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