Fri 26 September 2025: A new survey revealed the extent of discrimination and racism targeting Muslims in France, with 82 percent of respondents believing that hatred towards them is widespread in the country and 81 percent saying it has increased over the past decade. Conducted by polling company Ifop among a representative sample of a […]
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Fri 26 September 2025: Andrzej Bargiel of Poland has achieved a historic feat as the first person to ski down Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen, according to his team and expedition organizer. Bargiel descended the snowy slopes of the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak after summiting on Monday. “I am on top of the highest mountain […]
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Fri 26 September 2025: An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission has uncovered archaeological finds, including anchors and amphorae, that confirm the existence of an ancient submerged port linked to the Taposiris Magna temple west of Alexandria, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday. The results of a joint geological and archaeological survey revealed that the […]
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Fri 26 September 2025: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of US Army generals and Navy admirals to gather at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week for a meeting without providing a specific reason, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The directive was sent to nearly all senior commanders worldwide, according to […]
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Fri 26 September 2025: Microsoft has cut off an Israeli military intelligence unit from its cloud services after discovering the agency was using the platform to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians, the tech giant said on Thursday. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and Vice Chair, said the company opened the review after an investigation by the […]
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Fri 26 September 2025: The group says it will not stop its operations targeting undocumented foreign nationals at public facilities, despite widespread condemnation and legal challenges. The controversial group Operation Dudula has vowed to continue its campaign targeting undocumented foreign nationals, despite facing legal challenges and condemnation from political parties and human rights organisations. The […]
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Thu 25 September 2025: Democratic Republic of Congo will stick to its recently announced quota system for cobalt exports, with revisions only possible in the long term if the government sees them as necessary, the country’s mining minister said on Wednesday. The mining minister, Louis Watum Kabamba, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines […]
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Thu 25 September 2025: An Indian court rejected a legal challenge by Elon Musk’s X against the country’s new content moderation mechanism, dealing a setback to the social media firm in one of its biggest markets. Filed in March, the company’s case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the Karnataka High Court had targeted […]
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Thu 25 September 2025: Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada called for an emergency meeting with ministers and senior officials to discuss US President Donald Trump’s demands over the Bagram airbase. Several senior Taliban figures have reportedly traveled to Kandahar in recent days in preparation for the meeting, which is expected to take place soon. The […]
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Thu 25 September 2025: The global water cycle is growing increasingly unstable, swinging from severe droughts to destructive floods, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The State of Global Water Resources 2024 report highlights the growing pressure on freshwater sources and the cascading impacts of climate change on societies and […]
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