GERMANY STONE REVEALS EUROPE’S OLDEST BLUE PIGMENT

  Image is for illustration purpose. Fri 28 November 2025: Archaeological excavations in the Mühlheim-Dietesheim region of Germany have revealed unexpected traces of blue pigment on a stone artifact dating back roughly 13,000 years, challenging established understandings of prehistoric art. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark identified the blue residue on the stone as the mineral pigment azurite, marking the earliest known […]

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PUTIN CONFIRMS SECRET RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN TALKS HELD IN ABU DHABI

Fri 28 November 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Thursday that a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian officials took place last week in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the initiative of Kyiv. Speaking at a news conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Putin said the meeting was attended by “a US administration representative” and that the event […]

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ISRAEL ‘NOT MOVING TOWARD PEACE’ WITH SYRIA, DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS

Fri 28 November 2025: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tel Aviv is not on a path toward peace with Damascus, claiming that the Yemeni Houthi group is active in Syria. “Israel is not moving toward peace with Syria because there are forces within its borders thinking about invading Golan towns,” Katz claimed during a […]

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GERMANY WILL TRY TO CONVINCE US TO INVITE SOUTH AFRICA TO G20 SUMMIT, MERZ SAYS

Fri 28 November 2025: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that all G20 members, including South Africa, should be invited to the next year’s summit in Florida. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin, Merz criticized the US administration’s absence from last weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg and Trump’s announcement that South Africa would not be invited to the […]

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SYRIAN PRESIDENT REJECTS CALLS FOR SEPARATION, FEDERALISM, SAYS COASTAL REGION REMAINS ‘PRIORITY’

Fri 28 November 2025: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Thursday rejected calls for separation or federalism in Syria, saying the coastal region remains a “priority” for his administration. “We are focused on protecting the country from internal and external risks and on economic development,” Sharaa told a meeting in Latakia via video conference. Protests erupted in several cities […]

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FRENCH HEALTH AGENCY FINDS NO PROVEN LINK BETWEEN MOBILE PHONES AND CANCER

Thu 27 November 2025: France‘s national health safety agency ANSES said Wednesday that current scientific evidence does not establish a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer, while calling for continued caution, particularly for children, as exposure patterns rapidly evolve. In a new opinion updating previous assessments from 2013 and 2016, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational […]

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EPSTEIN VICTIMS’ LAWYERS URGE COURT INTERVENTION AFTER UNREDACTED NAMES APPEAR IN DOCUMENT RELEASE

Thu 27 November 2025: A law firm representing alleged victims of the late Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced sex offender, has asked a federal judge to intervene after dozens of unredacted victim names appeared in documents released by the US House Oversight Committee earlier this month, media reports said on Wednesday. Attorneys Bradley Edwards and Brittany Henderson […]

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POPE LEO XIV BEGINS FIRST OVERSEAS VISIT WITH POWERFUL PLEA FOR PEACE AND UNITY

Thu 27 November 2025: Pope Leo XIV embarks on his first foreign trip on Thursday, roughly six months after his election as head of the Catholic Church. The six-day journey begins in Türkiye and continues to Lebanon on Sunday, passing through two predominantly Muslim countries that host Christian minorities. Vatican State President Pope Leo XIV, at the […]

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BANGLADESH COURT SENTENCES OUSTED PM HASINA TO 21 YEARS IN LANDMARK CORRUPTION TRIAL

Thu 27 November 2025: A special judge court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Thursday sentenced exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison in absentia in three corruption cases tied to alleged irregularities in allocating plots in the Purbachal New Town project. This marks the first corruption verdict against Hasina since she […]

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