CHINESE FIRM MAKES BATTERY THAT LASTS 50 YEARS WITHOUT CHARGING

Sat 20 January 2024: Can you believe it? A battery that can generate electricity for up to 50 years without needing maintenance or charging. Yes! Betavolt New Energy Technology, a Chinese company, claims to have successfully built a nuclear energy (radioisotope) battery. The battery will be smaller than a coin, as the company was able […]

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AFGHANISTAN: PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM REVISED

Fri 19 January 2024: The Afghan Ministry of Education has removed topics deemed against Islamic rites and Afghan culture from the primary school curriculum. In an interview with Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA), the ministry’s spokesperson, Mansour Ahmad Hamza, said without giving details that the contents of textbooks, that were in conflict with the teachings […]

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JAPAN’S ‘MOON SNIPER’ ATTEMPTS HISTORIC LUNAR LANDING

Fri 19 January 2024: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hopes for a precise landing of its Smart Lander call “Moon Sniper” for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe within 100 metres (328 feet) of the designated target, a technology it describes as unprecedented and critical for advancing lunar exploration, particularly the search for lunar water and […]

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CAN IRAN AND PAKISTAN CONTAIN CROSS-BORDER TENSIONS?

Thu 18 January 2024: Pakistan launches strikes inside Iran, saying they were retaliation for attacks by Tehran on targets in Pakistan. Iran and Pakistan have launched attacks across their border into each other’s territory. Both said they are targeting armed groups and cited “national security” for their actions. Armed groups in the Balochistan region have been […]

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PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS ‘NO INTEREST’ IN ESCALATING SITUATION WITH IRAN

Thu 18 January 2024: Pakistan on Thursday said that Islamabad has “no interest in escalating any situation” with Tehran after the country’s military carried out strikes against “terrorist hideouts” inside Iran. “Pakistan considers people of Iran as our friends and brothers and we have no interest in escalating any situation,” said Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the […]

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PAKISTAN LAUNCHES MILITARY STRIKES ON IRAN IN TIT-FOR-TAT MOVE

  Pakistan  conducted a successful training launch of intermediate range Shaheen-II (Hatf-VI) (FILE PHOTO) Thu 18 January 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has hit Iran with what it described as “highly coordinated” military strikes, a little more than 24 hours after Iranian air strikes in Balochistan, further raising tensions between the neighbours and sparking fears of a broader […]

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‘DIVORCE IS HARD’: SANIA MIRZA FINALLY CONFIRMS HER SEPARATION?

Thu 18 January 2024: Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza has once again sparked divorce rumors with her recent cryptic posts on Instagram, keeping the speculations alive about the troubles in her marriage. The rumors, which initially surfaced in 2022, have been a recurring theme, resurfacing every so often with Sania’s social media activity. Speculation are rife that […]

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TWO MALAYSIANS IN GUANTANAMO PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRING IN BALI BOMBINGS

Wed 17 January 2024: Malaysians Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin have pleaded guilty to conspiring in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. The two men appeared in front of a military court at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday in proceedings broadcast via video link to reporters in […]

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CHINA POSTS SLUGGISH GDP GROWTH IN 2023, POPULATION DECLINES AGAIN

Wed 17 January 2024: China’s economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2023, hitting the government’s official target, but concerns about growth momentum remain amid a protracted property crisis, sluggish consumer and business confidence, and weak global growth. China’s National Bureau of Statistics said gross domestic product (GDP) in the world’s second-biggest economy also rose by […]

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