Thu 03 September 2026: Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that New York City will ban student use of generative artificial intelligence through the eighth grade for the 2026-27 school year. The policy, which the mayor’s office said is the most expansive student-facing AI ban in the US, will apply to nearly 600,000 students from 2-K, […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: More than 18 Houthi militants were killed and others wounded or captured on Thursday as Yemeni forces repelled an attack by the group and launched a counteroffensive west of Taiz in the southwestern part of the country, the army’s media center said. The media center said Houthi militants launched an attack […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Islamophobia in South Africa: storm in a teacup, or a warning sign? Online, the accusations are loud, that Muslims are “taking over,” But walk into a rural village like Nquthu, and a very different picture emerges: one of quiet, decades-long coexistence. On this episode of Let’s Debrief, Qaanitah Hunter unpacks the […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Saps say as Feroz Khan dismissed from service: “We have pushed for accountability in this matter for a long time. Khan repeatedly turned to litigation as the disciplinary process progressed, but accountability cannot be litigated away,” Cameron said in a post on X. […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: China has given the green light to its first AI-assisted Class 1 innovative drug, a major advance in using artificial intelligence to develop medicines, the state-run Global Times reported. The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued conditional marketing approval for Mprosevir, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults, the […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: If you want to improve yourself, your health or your lifestyle, you need to do it to the “maxx” – according to social media, at least. If you want to better your appearance, you need to try “looksmaxxing”. If you want to fix your diet and look after your gut, you should […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Opposition to the RSS and its ideology is growing across the United States, where political leaders, civil society groups and activists have joined calls to reject its influence on politics and society. A similar concern about its influece is growing in Canada. New Delhi: Ninety American political figures from Democratic and Republican […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Istanbul police used drones to conduct an aerial security survey across the city as part of a broader drive to watch public order and safety from the air. On the instruction of Istanbul Police Chief Selami Yildiz, drone units were deployed in 39 districts of Istanbul as part of ongoing public […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains “extremely serious” amid continuous transmission, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Wednesday as the death toll surpassed 3,000. At least 3,009 people have died from Ebola from 6,206 confirmed cases since its outbreak in May, according […]
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Fri 05 September 2026: The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine on Wednesday urged churches worldwide to take “immediate action” to save Christian schools in Jerusalem after Israel barred teachers and staff from the occupied West Bank from reaching their schools. In a statement, the committee said authorities refused to issue or renew […]
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