Mon 03 November 2025: Two stories of abuse have repeatedly captured the UK’s attention. The first relates to Prince Andrew’s friendship with financier Jeffrey Epstein, even after Epstein was convicted for sex offences. The second is the group-based child sexual abuse in Rotherham, Rochdale and other cities. Prince Andrew has come under mounting pressure over […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Acting NASA Administrator and US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday rejected reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s claim that American astronauts never landed on the Moon, saying the US has done so six times. Kardashian, in a recent episode of The Kardashians, questioned the authenticity of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties have accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deliberately delaying a bill that would formalize military service exemptions for Haredim, following another postponement of the legislative debate. The bill, drafted by Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth, was due for discussion last week but was […]
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A file picture shows Iranian women walking outside the Grand Bazaar in Tehran. AFP Mon 03 November 2025: Some elements of the Iranian state are in favour of relatively relaxing social controls, while others wish to cede no ground. Tehran, Iran – President Masoud Pezeshkian unveiled a “Gen Z adviser” about a month ago, posing […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan close to Mazar-i-Sharif, resulting in at least 20 fatalities. On Monday, the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health updated the death count as rescue operations got underway, with an additional 320 individuals suffering injuries. The disaster adds to the list of deadly quakes to hit the […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: A team of European researchers, including scientists from Poland’s Jagiellonian University and the Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police in Warsaw, has helped create a powerful new forensic tool capable of predicting a person’s age and other traits from DNA with remarkable accuracy. The international project, known as VISAGE (Visible Attributes […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: British prosecutors have indicted 32-year-old Anthony Williams from Peterborough with 10 counts of attempted murder, along with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of possessing a bladed article, in relation to a violent knife rampage on a high-speed train. The 32-year-old was also charged with another […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: The US president sent mixed signals over his plans for Venezuela as his military build-up in the Caribbean continues. President Donald Trump has sent mixed signals over the potential for a United States military intervention in Venezuela, as he dismissed talk of “war” but threatened the South American country’s leader. During […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ The way presidents in SA are elected is wrong says Mbeki: Former president Thabo Mbeki on Saturday called for a change in the way South Africa’s President is elected. At the launch of the National Dialogue for the Eastern Cape higher education sector […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: At the 16th International Civil Society Week (ICSW) taking place in Bangkok, where over a thousand civil society activists have gathered, the inaugural plenary session expressed solidarity with Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been imprisoned since November 2021 under India’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) of 1967. The show of […]
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