Fri 20 March 2026: The United States Department of State has approved a $16.5bn deal for arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan as tensions with Iran continue to intensify. On Thursday, the State Department explained that $8.4bn worth of arms would go to the United Arab Emirates to pay for drones, […]
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Fri 20 March 2026: You’re scrolling through an online retailer, like Amazon, Shein or eBay, and spot a shirt on sale for $40. You add it to your cart, but at checkout, a $10 shipping fee suddenly appears. Frustrated, you close the tab. But what if that same shirt was priced at $50 with “free” […]
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Fri 20 March 2026: Several European nations and Japan have issued a joint statement saying they would take steps to stabilise energy markets, a day after several strikes on energy facilities in the Gulf region sent oil and gas prices soaring amid the United States-Israel war on Iran. The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: While the Modi government is busy rolling out the red carpet for Tesla and Starlink, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, is throwing a wrench in their propaganda machinery. Designed to blend factual accuracy with sarcasm, Grok has been actively debunking right-wing narratives on X (formerly Twitter), much to the frustration of […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: Britain and Nigeria annouced their agreement on March 19 to a £746 million ($990.32 million) export finance deal to refurbish two of Nigeria’s main ports, the Lagos Port Complex and TinCan Island Port Complex. The financing will be guaranteed by UK Export Finance, with Citibank coordinating and arranging the loan structure. […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The idea that aliens assisted the builders of ancient monuments was promoted by the Swiss author Erich von Däniken in his bestselling book Chariot of the Gods […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: Two ships carrying Russian oil and gas are due to arrive in Cuba, marking the island nation’s first energy deliveries in three months, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing maritime intelligence companies. A Hong Kong-flagged vessel believed to be transporting around 27,000 tonnes of Russian gas was expected to arrive on […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: Oil and gas prices have continued rising after Iran attacked energy facilities across the Middle East in retaliation to Israel’s strike on its South Pars gasfield. Early Thursday, Brent futures topped $115 a barrel, their highest in more than a week. Gas prices have also surged by 30 percent. Prices are […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: Heavy social media use has contributed to ‘worrying decline’ in wellbeing in Western countries, World Happiness Report says. Social media has played a large role in declining happiness among young people in Western countries, a United Nations-backed report has found. Heavy social media use partly explains a “worrying decline” in the […]
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Thu 19 March 2026: The deployments could help provide Trump with additional options but would further entrench the US in a foreign war, the like of which he has repeatedly promised never to do. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the United […]
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