Thu 28 May 2026: Global society makes billions of images and uploads hundreds of thousands of hours of video on the internet every day. The problem is, some of this content is misleading or downright wrong. And when it’s in visual form, it can be particularly convincing. Take the Met Gala that happened earlier this month in New […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: An albino buffalo nicknamed “Donald Trump” has been returned to its farm after Bangladeshi officials stepped in to stop its planned ritual sacrifice for a Muslim holiday, local media reported on Thursday. The buffalo, raised at a farm near the capital Dhaka, became a viral attraction in recent weeks over its […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: YouTube will in future automatically detect AI-generated content and flag the information to viewers on its platform, the Google-owned company said Wednesday. The move reverses a previous policy of relying on video creators to self-report if they had used generative AI tools. “If a creator doesn’t specify whether or not they […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: President Donald Trump issued a stark threat to Oman on Wednesday, telling the Gulf country to “behave” or face attack from the US. “Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that. They’ll be fine,” the president said in remarks during a Cabinet […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: ‘Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on humanitarian access,’ said Tedros, the WHO chief. The World Health Organization chief has warned that the conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak. “Eastern DRC now faces a catastrophic collision of disease […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Social media ranks alongside smoking as a danger to children, senior British doctors said on Tuesday, as they urged lawmakers to tackle the harm that they say excessive screen time is causing to young people. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges detailed the impact of social media on children in a […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: Police have entered the headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) in Madrid as part of an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, according to local media reports. Police officers entered the PSOE premises on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency reported, quoting a Civil Guard spokesperson. The Civil Guard told The […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ New laws for workers in SA: Broadly, the laws aim to regulate the employment of foreign nationals and “enhance job opportunities for South African citizens”. The Bill amends the Employment Services Act 4 of 2014 to address rising unemployment and the high […]
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Ribbon worm (Drepanophoridae sp.) Wed 27 May 2026: Marine scientists have discovered a total of 1,121 new marine species living in the depths of the world’s oceans over the past year. The findings have marked a “significant step” in the research, which required understanding and protecting the oceans, according to the scientists behind The […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: The UK government rejected demand from the Scottish parliament for a second independence referendum, saying there is “no consensus” for another vote, according to media reports published Tuesday. The motion agreed at Holyrood said the Scottish parliament election result earlier this month provided a “clear mandate that decisions about Scotland’s future […]
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