BLACK HOLE UNLEASHES BRIGHTEST FLARE EVER: WAS A MASSIVE STAR RIPPED APART?

Wed 05 November 2025: The brightest flare ever recorded from a black hole was probably triggered by the violent shredding of a massive star, reports said on Tuesday. The event, first spotted in 2018, reached a brightness more than 10 trillion times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature Astronomy. “It didn’t seem nearly […]

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WORLD ‘VERY LIKELY’ TO EXCEED 1.5C CLIMATE GOAL IN NEXT DECADE: UN

Wed 05 November 2025: Despite Paris Agreement pledges, countries ‘have landed off target’ on climate goals multiple times, the United Nations warns. Global climate commitments are on track to limit global warming by as much as 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, far below what is needed to tackle the climate crisis despite a raft […]

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RSF DIGGING MASS GRAVES IN SUDAN’S EL-FASHER TO ‘CLEAN UP MASSACRE’: EXPERT

Wed 05 November 2025: The Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are collecting bodies after the deadly takeover of North Darfur capital, US researcher says. A researcher at Yale University in the United States says the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are digging mass graves in el-Fasher, the city in Sudan’s western Darfur region that has seen mass […]

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ISRAEL’S WAR EXPENSES REACH $76.3B IN 2 YEARS, OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW

Wed 05 November 2025: Israel’s military expenses surged to $76.3 billion since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict two years ago, official data showed on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, citing finance ministry data, said that the war expenses have so far totaled 250 billion shekels ($76.3 billion). According to senior ministry officials, the […]

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NIGERIANS SAY TERRORIST ATTACKS HIT CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS ALIKE AMID TRUMP THREATS

Wed 05 November 2025: ‘This issue is particularly severe in the northwest and north-central regions, but no group is specifically targeted on religious or ethnic grounds,’ cleric tells Anadolu ‘This is not an interfaith issue but one of governance, inequality and resource distribution,’ says political scientist. ABUJA, Nigeria/ISTANBUL In Nigeria, where US President Donald Trump […]

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PUTIN: RUSSIA HAS BEGUN DEVELOPMENT OF “NEW GENERATION OF WEAPONS”

Wed 05 November 2025: On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has started developing a new generation of nuclear-powered cruise missiles while participating in an award ceremony in Moscow. “Development has begun on the next generation of nuclear-powered cruise missiles. Their speed will be more than three times the speed of sound, and […]

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UN CHIEF WARNS GAZA STABILISATION FORCE MUST HAVE INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY

Wed 05 November 2025: Antonio Guterres tells Al Jazeera, ceasefire in Gaza remains ‘fragile’ as more aid is needed to ‘eliminate famine’. Doha, Qatar – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any stabilisation force in Gaza must have “full international legitimacy” to support Palestinians in Gaza. In an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic on […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | WEDNESDAY – 05 NOVEMBER 2025

Wed 05 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ ‘Declare gangsterism a crisis’: “The magnitude of this crisis is mountainous and it will take inter- and multidisciplinary holistic approaches from different public and private organisations. “We are not winning the war against gangsterism, and the responsible stakeholders are collectively failing to curb […]

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DOZENS OF BODIES PILED UP INSIDE HOMES IN SUDAN’S NORTH KORDOFAN: DOCTORS

Tue 04 November 2025: A Sudanese medical group accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of piling up dozens of dead bodies inside homes in Bara city in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes after the RSF prevented the victims’ families from burying them, leaving the dead trapped […]

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