Fri 05 December 2025: A new UN Development Programme (UNDP) report warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) could accelerate global inequality unless countries strengthen digital readiness and governance systems to manage the transition. The report, The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May Widen Inequality Between Countries, said that while AI offers significant opportunities for growth, […]
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Fri 05 December 2025: The Israeli army faces “the worst manpower crisis in its history” amid a severe shortage in personnel, Israeli reserve general and military analyst Itzhak Brik said Sunday. In an opinion piece in the daily Maariv, Brik said thousands of officers and non-commissioned officers avoided service in recent months, either by refusing […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Scientists have examined pristine rock dust brought from the asteroid Bennu, which has never been exposed to Earth’s atmosphere. The results are astonishing: they discovered sugars essential for the origin of life. Alongside ribose, a sugar that forms part of RNA—the molecule thought to carry genetic information and form the basis of early […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: A shadow lobbying effort to influence American media and politics on behalf of Israel has been uncovered through a trove of leaked emails, raising serious legal questions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The documents details of which is reported by Responsible Stagecraft, expose how the group Act For Israel, […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Meta has started removing Australian users under 16 from Instagram, Threads, and Facebook in preparation for the country’s groundbreaking social media age ban for minors. “While we are working hard to remove all users who we understand to be under the age of 16 by 10 December, compliance with the law […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring mass media and the internet, blocked access to the US-based online gaming platform Roblox on Wednesday, the agency’s press service told reporters. The agency cited the persistent circulation of materials promoting or justifying extremist and terrorist activity, according to […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that 1.3 million people were infected with HIV in 2024, stressing a sharp stagnation in global prevention efforts as foreign aid cuts disrupt treatment, testing, and community-led programs worldwide. Marking World AIDS Day, the WHO said the global AIDS response has reached a […]
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A woman with a headscarf walks past an election campaign poster of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland AfD, in Marxloh, a suburb of Duisburg, Germany September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Wed 03 December 2025: A German court has ruled that a Muslim woman cannot serve as a judge or prosecutor if she refuses to […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Director-General Ghebreyesus mentioned that obesity, a chronic and recurring disease, leads to heart diseases, diabetes, and some types of cancer. He highlighted that in 2024, obesity was linked to 3.7 million deaths globally, placing significant pressure on health systems and economies. Ghebreyesus said, “In recent years, a class of drugs initially developed for diabetes […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Israel today is grappling not with the battlefield alone, but with a far subtler, far more consequential collapse: the evaporation of confidence among its own citizens. Recent data from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) paints a disquieting picture. According to the April 2025 survey, more than a quarter of Israelis — […]
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