Mon 09 June 2025: Rwanda announced its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), accusing the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo of “instrumentalising” the bloc with the support of member states. “Rwanda’s right to the rotating presidency, as stipulated in Article 6 of the treaty [establishing ECCAS], was deliberately ignored” with instructions […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: A Japanese research institute announced Tuesday that the final phase of a clinical trial testing a Parkinson’s drug as a potential treatment for familial Alzheimer’s disease has been underway since May. The project, led by Towa Pharmaceutical Co. in partnership with Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, uses […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: Elon Musk’s threat, which he later retracted, to cut off NASA’s use of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft would be a huge blow to NASA, depriving the space agency of the only American vehicle capable of transporting astronauts to the International Space Station and dramatically changing how NASA would access the 100 billion […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: White British children are currently a minority in one in four schools across England, The Telegraph reported, citing government records. The report was based on the results of school census data collected from more than 21,500 educational institutions across the country in early 2025. According to the figures, in 72 English […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: Iranian intelligence agencies have obtained a large trove of sensitive Israeli documents, some related to the nuclear plans and facilities, Iran’s state media reported on Saturday according to Reuters. There was no immediate official comment from Israel and it was not clear whether the report was linked to a reported hacking of […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: Israeli soldiers kidnapped the activists onboard the Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen late Sunday, said the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. “SOS! the volunteers on ‘Madleen’ have been kidnapped by Israeli forces,” the international NGO, which organized the mission, said on Telegram. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who was in phone contact with the […]
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Sun 08 June 2025: US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to the city of Los Angeles to break up protests sparked by immigration raids, according to a White House statement late Saturday. “In light of these incidents and credible threats of continued violence, by the authority vested in me […]
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AI tools reveal how images have been manipulated. William Theisen et al. Sun 08 June 2025: Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don’t trust each other and violence seems likely. Now, imagine a flood of political images, hateful memes and mocking videos from domestic and foreign sources taking over social media. What […]
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Sun 08 June 2025: India’s recent military operation against Pakistan has failed to achieve its strategic objectives while exposing critical vulnerabilities and strengthening China-Pakistan cooperation. The subcontinent now teeters on the edge of a devastating conflict with China holding the keys to escalation control. During a Bloomberg interview at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Chief […]
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Sun 08 June 2025: US President Donald Trump warned of “very serious consequences” if billionaire Elon Musk finances Democratic candidates against Republicans who support the Republican Party’s broad budget legislation. “He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview on Saturday, while declining to elaborate […]
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