Fri 04 April 2025: A recent Australian study has shed fresh light on stellar evolution by examining the “sounds” of stars in a cluster 2,700 light-years from Earth. Published in Nature on Wednesday, this breakthrough offers astrophysicists a new method to chart the past and future of the Milky Way and beyond, according to researchers […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have agreed to form a joint armed force to combat terrorist groups in the region, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop announced on Thursday. The three countries are in the process of forming a joint force to fight terrorism in the region, Diop said at a news […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Muslim dating app Salams has come under fire following its quiet acquisition by US-based Match Group — the company behind Tinder, Hinge and OKCupid. The deal, finalised in October 2023, was only disclosed in a February 2024 earnings report, with no official announcement or communication to Salams’ 7.5 million users. The […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: A total of 177 financial institutions from 24 countries are now participating in Russia’s financial messaging system (SPFS), which was developed as an alternative to the global payment system (SWIFT), according to Alla Bakina, head of the National Payment System Department at the Central Bank of Russia. Speaking before the State […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: Apple’s market value plummeted by over $250 billion on Thursday, marking it as one of Wall Street’s hardest-hit victims of Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff campaign, even after CEO Tim Cook’s attempts to build ties with the administration. The iPhone giant’s stock dropped by up to 8.5% at the opening of trading […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: Opposition parties in India have condemned an “unconstitutional” amendment of laws governing Muslim religious endowments, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described the move as a “historic reform.” Despite criticism and demands for protest, the Modi-led government introduced the Waqf Amendment Bill in the lower house of […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: A two-day Global AI Summit on Africa began Thursday in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Rwandan President Paul Kagame welcomed leading figures on the continent, including Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s -prime cabinet secretary. Kagame said artificial intelligence (AI) […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: Improved collaboration between stakeholders, among others, has led to the increased deportation of illegal immigrants in the 2024/25 financial year that ended on 31 March 2025, the Department of Home Affairs said. “The Department of Home Affairs increased the number of illegal immigrants it deported to 46 898 in the 2024/25 […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: China has announced that it has successfully launched a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. The satellite, Tianping-3A 02, was launched at 10.12 a.m. Beijing time (0212GMT) aboard a Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully, Xinhua News Agency reported […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: False and misleading health information online and on social media is on the rise, thanks to rapid developments in deepfake technology and generative artificial intelligence (AI). This allows videos, photos and audio of respected health professionals to be manipulated – for example, to appear as if they are endorsing fake health-care […]
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