Sat 01 November 2025: Major global firms are laying off tens of thousands of workers due to weak economic expectations, cost-cutting measures, and the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI). Despite economic uncertainty, many companies are increasing AI investments and downsizing corporate staff in order to replace workers with technology. Sluggish consumer demand, rising costs, […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that all known strains of the mpox virus remain in circulation, raising concerns about sustained community transmission if outbreaks are not rapidly contained, while a newly detected clade, known as clade Ib, has now spread beyond Africa. According to the WHO’s latest situation report, […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: A heated public debate has erupted in Israel after Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef warned that members of the ultra-Orthodox community would leave the country if yeshiva students were forced to serve in the army. Speaking during his weekly sermon, Rabbi Yosef — the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel — declared, “If yeshiva […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: Sudan’s prime minister calls on UN Security Council to take ‘practical measures’ to hold accountable those responsible for ‘criminal acts’ in El-Fasher 1,750 people fled to Chad from border area of Tina in North Darfur due to worsening insecurity, says UN migration organization Sudan called on the international community on Thursday […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: The US and India on Friday signed a 10-year defense framework, according to defense chiefs. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he signed the pact during his meeting with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. “I just met with @rajnathsingh to sign a 10-year U.S.-India Defense Framework. […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US caps refugees at 7,500, prioritizes white South Africans: The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that the South African government is implementing anti-white policies through a new land expropriation law that allegedly targets Afrikaners’ land. The South African government has pushed back, calling […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: Top U.S. tech firms are ramping up AI investments to seize the booming market that’s propelled stocks to record highs, according to Thursday media reports. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said its capital expenditures for 2025 are projected to be between $70 billion and $72 billion, up from […]
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In this satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC, the area around the headquarters of the Sudanese military’s 6th Division in El-Fasher, Sudan, is seen on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Planet Labs PBC/AP Fri 31 October 2025: Aid organisations fear that far fewer people than hoped have been able to leave the besieged Darfur city. […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: An overwhelming majority of Palestinians are opposed to Hamas’s disarmament and are deeply sceptical that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will lead to a permanent end to Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, according to a survey. About 70 percent of Palestinians polled across the occupied West Bank and Gaza […]
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Screen grabbed from CCTV footage shows the woman is kicked down a flight of stairs at a Berlin subway station (File photo) Fri 31 October 2025: More than half of women in Germany feel unsafe in public spaces, according to a survey reported Tuesday by the German news agency DPA. The survey, conducted by polling […]
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