Thu 31 July 2025: From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people. But what exactly makes someone cool? Is it just about being popular or trendy? […]
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Tue 29 July 2025: China’s government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing’s state media said Monday, as the world’s second most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis. The country’s population has declined for three consecutive years, with United Nations demography […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: Developed by Meta’s Reality Labs research team, the device works with surface electromyography (sEMG) sensors placed on the wrist. These sensors detect electrical signals from muscle movements and translate them into computer commands. For instance, users can write messages by mimicking writing in the air, open applications, or move the cursor—all without touching […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: Australia has seen a “dramatic surge” in Islamophobic incidents since the Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border attacks by the Palestinian group Hamas on Israel that ignited the Gaza war, with women and girls disproportionately targeted, local broadcaster SBS News reported Monday. The report cited Nora Amath, executive director of the Islamophobia Register […]
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Sun 27 July 2025: Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon, made comments that social media users are now citing to claim the Moon landing was staged. Doubts about the mission’s authenticity first emerged in the 1970s. Apollo 11 took off for the Moon on July 16, 1969, and landed on July […]
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Sun 27 July 2025: Israeli media reports that the IDF’s Intelligence Directorate is rolling out major reforms in response to critical intelligence failures during the October 7 Hamas attack. The IDF has issued a new mandate requiring all intelligence personnel to undergo training in Arabic and Islamic studies, with a focus on Houthi and Iraqi […]
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Fri 25 July 2025: Hogan helped elevate US wrestling to a global phenomenon during the 1980s with his flair and bravado. Hulk Hogan, the American sport and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said. “WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of […]
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Thu 24 July 2025: Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. It ranges from fake products available to buy, fake lifestyle posts on social media accounts and fake news about health and politics. Misinformation has an impact not only on our beliefs but also our behaviour: for example, it has affected how […]
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Thu 24 July 2025: The growing use of nicotine pouches and vaping products in the US has led to a significant rise in accidental poisonings among children under six, a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics revealed. Between 2010 and 2023, US poison centers received 134,663 reports of nicotine ingestion in toddlers and infants, […]
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Wed 23 July 2025: In 2019, a rare and shocking event in the Malaysian peninsula town of Ketereh grabbed international headlines. Nearly 40 girls age 12 to 18 from a religious school had been screaming inconsolably, claiming to have seen a “face of pure evil,” complete with images of blood and gore. Experts believe that the […]
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