IRAQI OFFICIAL DISMISSES REPORTS OF SECRET ISRAELI BASE IN WESTERN DESERT

Sun 10 May 2026: A senior Iraqi security official denied Sunday media reports claiming Israel had established a secret military base in Iraq’s desert to support airstrikes against Iran, Anadolu reports. The official, speaking to Anadolu on condition of anonymity, said the reports about Israel currently operating a secret military site in Iraq’s western desert are “false.” […]

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MILLIONS OF STUDENTS REGAIN ACCESS AS HACKED LEARNING PLATFORM PARTIALLY RESTORED

Sun 10 May 2026:  An educational platform used by thousands of schools and universities has been partially restored following an international cyberattack that caused major chaos as students prepare for end-of-year exams. ShinyHunters, a hacking group, claimed responsibility for crashing the web-based educational platform Canvas, created by tech firm Instructure. The group said it had […]

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POOREST EUROPEANS FACE GREATER RISK OF DYING FROM EXTREME TEMPERATURES: STUDY

Sat 09 May 2026: A study published Friday by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) finds that socioeconomic inequality sharply raises the risk of dying from extreme temperatures across Europe. The study analyzed more than 161 million deaths recorded between 2000 and 2019 across 32 European countries and quantified for the first time how […]

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CAN’T AFFORD A GYM MEMBERSHIP OR FITNESS CLASS? 3 THINGS TO INCLUDE IN A DIY EXERCISE PROGRAM

Sat 09 May 2026: With the rising cost of living, gyms memberships and fitness classes are becoming increasingly unaffordable. But the good news is you can make just as much progress at home. Cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and flexibility are the most important components of fitness. And each can be trained with little or no equipment. Let’s look […]

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GLOBAL FOOD PRICES RISE FOR 3RD STRAIGHT MONTH AMID HORMUZ DISRUPTIONS

Fri 08 May 2026: World food prices rose for a third consecutive month in April, driven mainly by higher vegetable oil prices and increases in cereal and rice quotations amid elevated energy costs, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. “The benchmark of world food commodity prices rose in April for a third […]

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FROM JOYRIDES TO ASSAULT, ‘CRIMEFLUENCER’ NETWORKS ARE COERCING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO BREAKING THE LAW

Fri 08 May 2026: You have probably never heard the term “crimefluencer”. These are members of decentralised online crime networks who take crime content and amplify it to build notoriety and status in their online communities. They also recruit content creators to film themselves or others committing crimes, with the vision shared across social media, […]

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UN-BACKED STUDY FLAGS DIGITAL FAILURES AS GLOBAL RISK

Fri 08 May 2026: Report finds 89% of digital disruptions stem from cascading effects, with impacts reaching up to 10 times more people than initial shocks ITU deputy secretary general warns ‘quiet’ disruptions can spread across systems, affecting services far beyond their point of origin It’s not that there’s no knowledge of these risks, Tomas […]

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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY IS A MYTH – HERE’S WHAT RESEARCH REALLY SAYS ABOUT REMEMBERING

Thu 07 May 2026: Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember everything. In movies and on TV, viewers repeatedly encounter those with extraordinary minds who glance once at a page, a room or a face – and later recreate every detail with surgical precision. […]

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GAZA’S ‘ORANGE LINE’: ISRAEL EXPANDS CONTROL BEYOND CEASEFIRE LIMITS

Thu 07 May 2026: A newly emerging “orange line” inside the Gaza Strip is reshaping realities on the ground, as Israeli forces expand control beyond the limits set by a ceasefire that took effect in October 2025. The shift comes as Israel moves beyond the so-called Yellow Line, which had defined the extent of its […]

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