Tue 01 July 2025: Police in Turkiye have detained four people over a cartoon published by the satirical magazine LeMan, which critics say appeared to depict Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Moses shaking hands in the sky as missiles fell below in a war-like scene – a claim the magazine denies. The cartoon, published last week, […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: A punishing heatwave gripped southern Europe on June 30, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as temperatures are expected to soar again. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain have been sweltering for several days as the mercury climbed to 44 degrees Celsius in some places. “This is unprecedented,” Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France’s ecology transition minister said as […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: Around 40 million people across the world are currently living with HIV, a virus that has claimed more than 42 million lives since the beginning of the epidemic. But for the first time in decades, scientists and public health officials are daring to talk about a realistic path to ending HIV […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal in favour of Israel. The US Department of State said on Monday that the approved deal includes over 7,000 guidance kits for two different types of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The potential sale includes 3,845 KMU-558B/B […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: Total air passenger demand around the globe was up 5% in May 2025 on a yearly basis, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday. Total air capacity, measured in available seat kilometers, was also up 5% over the same period. The load factor was at 83.4% in May, down […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: President removes DA deputy minister over alleged insubordination, prompting an urgent party meeting and raising questions about the stability of the new government. President Cyril Ramaphosa has removed Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament Andrew Whitfield from his position as Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, a move the Presidency […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: The number of drug users worldwide rose to 316 million people in 2023, according to a UN report published on Thursday. The number corresponds to 6% of the world population aged between 15 and 64 using a drug – not including tobacco or alcohol – the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: Scientists in the UK have successfully converted plastic waste into the painkiller paracetamol using genetically modified bacteria, offering a potential solution to both plastic pollution and fossil fuel dependence. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh developed a method to break down PET plastics—commonly used in bottles and food packaging—and produce paracetamol from the resulting material. […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: A majority of Israelis support ending the war in Gaza and reaching a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, according to a poll published on Wednesday by Israeli news site Walla. The survey, conducted in collaboration with the private research institute Panel4All, sampled 583 Israeli and carries a margin of error of 4.3%. Public insistence on ending […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: Catholic pontiff says international rules have been ‘replaced by the presumed right to overpower others’. Pope Leo XIV has lamented what he described as the rise of blunt power over the rules of international law as conflicts rage around the world and global institutions continue to fail to end abuses and […]
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