Mon 23 December 2024: Russia’s top Islamic authority has issued a ruling permitting polygamy in specific circumstances, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Mufti Ildar Alyautdinov, deputy chairman of the Ulama Council of Russia’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), announced the decision and outlined the conditions for religious polygamy or, more specifically polygyny, the practice […]
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Sun 22 December 2024: After topping $100,000, Bitcoin supporters see the cryptocurrency soaring even higher. Bitcoin has proven to be one of the best-performing assets in modern history. The value of the cryptocurrency has increased some 1,000 times over the past decade, far outpacing US stocks and real estate. Buoyed by United States President-elect Donald […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: The oldest map of the world – which has been drawn on an almost 3,000-year-old clay tablet – has been deciphered by scientists who have found the location of ‘Noah’s Ark’. The Babylonian artefact – called the Imago Mundi – had a circular diagram in which there was a writing system […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: The rise of digital technologies has blurred the lines between work and travel, creating a new era where professionals with the flexibility to work remotely can explore the world while maintaining their careers. Digital nomadism, a trend that has gained global traction in recent years, is reshaping traditional work norms by […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: These holidays, planet Earth looks likely to be hotter than ever before. Research found that in 2024, global temperatures temporarily rose 1.5°C higher than the average from 1850 to 1900 – a pre-industrial time when the first global temperatures were recorded. This is a huge worry because, to avert the most damaging effects of climate […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: The global drowning death rate has dropped 38% since 2000, but over 7.2 million people, mostly children, could still die by 2050 if current trends continue, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. In the first-ever WHO report on drowning prevention, the UN organization hailed the decline in the global drowning death rate as […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: The long-held belief that the heart is solely controlled by the brain is being challenged by a groundbreaking discovery. Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Columbia University in the US have found that the heart has its own nervous system. This independent system, referred to as a “mini brain,” regulates the heart’s […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: Recognizing the signs of phone addiction in children is the first step in helping them regain a healthy balance between cell phone usage and real-life interactions. Here’s a closer look at some of the common indicators that your child may have a smartphone addiction. Constant Checking If your child is unable […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: Singapore has executed nine people so far this year and dozens more are on death row for drug trafficking offences. Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he had long dreaded. His son was to be hanged in Singapore’s Changi […]
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Sat 14 December 2024: The way many people get their news today would be unrecognisable to broadsheet devotees of decades past. You may read email newsletters, scroll headlines on social media, or go directly to the BBC’s own TikTok account to find out what’s happening in the world. Recent data from the nonpartisan American thinktank Pew […]
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