INDIA PROBES POSSIBLE COUGH SYRUP LINK TO DEATHS OF AT LEAST NINE CHILDREN

Sun 05 October 2025: Three states ban the cough syrup after children die allegedly after consuming the product. Indian authorities say they are investigating whether contaminated cough syrup caused the deaths of nine children, all aged below five years, in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan since late August. The investigation was ordered by […]

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AL-SHABAB FIGHTERS KILLED IN MOGADISHU PRISON ASSAULT, SOMALIA CONFIRMS

Sun 05 October 2025: Attackers wore military uniform and rode vehicles imitating security forces to breach a high-security prison in the capital.  All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali government […]

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1 IN 5 CHILDREN IN GAZA BORN UNDERWEIGHT OR PREMATURE AMID ISRAELI SIEGE: UNICEF

Sun 05 October 2025: One in five children in Gaza is born premature or underweight, a consequence of the prolonged, systematic Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory over the past two years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said last week. “This week, UNICEF delivered urgently needed hygiene supplies to hospitals and health centres in Gaza […]

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“WE DON’T TREAT MUSLIMS,” PREGNANT MUSLIM WOMAN DENIED TREATMENT IN INDIA’S JAUNPUR

Sat 04 October 2025: A mother-to be Muslim woman was denied treatment in a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur due to her religious identity. Shama Parveen in a video alleged that on Tuesday night when she went to the hospital, the doctor said that Muslim patients will not be treated in the hospital. In the […]

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‘NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGION’: WHAT IS A VPN AND HOW CAN I USE ONE SAFELY?

Sat 04 October 2025: “This video is not available in your location”. It’s a message familiar to many people trying to watch global content online. But beneath this frustration lies a deeper question – how do we navigate digital borders safely and ethically? As our digital lives expand, so too does our desire for access. […]

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CHURCH OF ENGLAND NAMES FEMALE ARCHBISHOP AMID CONTROVERSY

Sat 04 October 2025: The Church of England has appointed Sarah Mullally as the next archbishop of Canterbury, marking the first time a woman has held the Church’s highest position. At 63, Mullally will lead the 85-million-strong global Anglican Communion, navigating ongoing divisions over issues like women’s roles in the Church and same-sex relationships. She […]

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MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT RAJOELINA REFUSES TO STEP DOWN AS GEN Z LED ANTIGOV’T PROTESTS CONTINUE

Sat 04 October 2025: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dismissed demands for his resignation from a youth-led protest movement, labeling their actions as a coup attempt orchestrated by political opponents. On Friday, demonstrators flooded the streets of Antananarivo following a brief pause in the almost daily protests led by the “Gen Z” movement, which has […]

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MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN IN GAZA HAVE ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ INJURIES: WHO

Sat 04 October 2025: Nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have sustained “life-changing” injuries, about one-quarter of whom are children, says Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territory. Peeperkorn told reporters during a UN briefing that the organisation has tallied a total of 167,000 injured people in the Gaza Strip […]

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CHINA’S ROBOTIC DOGS GEAR UP TO EXPLORE BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE

Sat 04 October 2025: Chinese researchers are testing and training robotic dogs in preparation for future exploration beneath the moon’s surface, an area deemed ideal for human lunar bases, the South China Morning Post said in its report published on Thursday. A team from Peking University’s school of computer science developed two specialized robotic dogs for the exploration mission […]

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WEBB TELESCOPE CAPTURES STUNNING VIEW OF GALAXY’S LARGEST STAR NURSERY

Beyond the Light Exhibition, curated with visuals obtained from the James Webb Space Telescope, in New York, United States (Photo by Fatih Aktas) Sat 04 October 2025: Observatory focused on Sagittarius B2, giant molecular cloud located just a few hundred light-years from supermassive black hole at galaxy’s center NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Thursday […]

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