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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Sat 14 December 2024: A new study has found that people eating several portions of dark chocolate per week were less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Dark chocolate is thought to have many health benefits – from guarding against cardiovascular disease to lowering blood pressure. Now, a new study published in the British Medical […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Scientists have developed an implant that could potentially treat broken bones using the patient’s own blood. Drawing inspiration from the body’s natural healing ability, the team at the University of Nottingham has created this groundbreaking implant, with the results considered a significant step forward in advanced materials science. SUPPORTING THE BODY’S HEALING MECHANISMS The […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Greek is mulling reining in social media use for children younger than 15 with a “kids wallet,” according to the country’s family minister. Sofia Zacharaki told SKAI TV on Wednesday that the measure is to protect children from the dangers of unsupervised internet and social media as she drew attention to […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Chinese scientists have extracted cancer-fighting nuclides, atoms with a particular number of subatomic protons and neutrons, from rare earth minerals, according to state-run media. The University of South China announced on Wednesday that its researchers successfully isolated high-purity lead-212 and bismuth-212 nuclides from rare earth minerals, Xinhua News reported. These nuclides […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in the technology and reach of computer systems. There are exciting advances in artificial intelligence, in the masses of tiny interconnected devices we call the “Internet of Things” and in wireless connectivity. Unfortunately, these improvements bring potential dangers as well as benefits. To get a safe future we […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission uncovered a collection of artifacts at the Taposiris Magna temple complex west of Alexandria, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The finds, which include statues, coins, and pottery, shed new light on the history of the site during the late Ptolemaic period, the […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked Human Rights Day with a stark warning Tuesday about escalating violation of human rights globally, calling for collective action to address challenges. “On Human Rights Day, we face a harsh truth. Human rights are under assault,” Guterres said in a video message. Highlighting the enduring effects […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: A rare Roman coin featuring the portrait of Brutus, the assassin of statesman Julius Caesar, sold Monday at a Geneva auction for 1.98 million euros, according to organiser Numismatica Genevensis. The historic item was purchased by a “European collector following intense bidding among eight online bidders” for more than 1.83 million […]
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