MEXICO APPROVES PUNISHING VAPE SALES WITH JAIL TIME

Thu 11 December 2025: Mexico’s Congress gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill establishing penalties of up to eight years in prison for selling electronic cigarettes and similar products. Mexico is now poised to join a handful of countries with laws imposing criminal penalties related to vaping. Members of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party had argued the measure would […]

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VOYAGER 1: FIRST HUMAN-MADE OBJECT TO REACH ONE LIGHT-DAY FROM EARTH

Thu 11 December 2025: In November 2026, NASA’s Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, will achieve a groundbreaking milestone by becoming the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth. A “light-day” refers to the distance light travels in 24 hours—about 16 billion miles, or 26 billion kilometers. Suzy Dodd, project […]

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AUSTRALIA SEES HIGHEST INDIGENOUS DEATHS IN CUSTODY IN 40 YEARS

hu 11 December 2025: Australia recorded its highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in 40 years between July 2024 and June 2025, the Australian Institute of Criminology said Wednesday. Thirty-three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people died in custody during the period, almost double the average since 1989-90, out of a total of 113 deaths, the report […]

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RECORD NUMBERS OF UKRAINIANS DESERT ARMY AMID LOSSES TO RUSSIA

Wed 10 December 2025: Thousands of soldiers have fled the army despite the threat of jail or social isolation.  Kyiv, Ukraine – Tymofey’s palms and fingers are still dotted with lilac, half-healed scars left by the razor-sharp barbed wire on the walls around the military training centre he busted out from six months ago. The lanky […]

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NEW NASA LUNAR CONTEST COULD PIT ELON MUSK AGAINST JEFF BEZOS, AS US FEARS CHINA WILL WIN RACE TO MOON

Illustration of Blue Origin’s Mark 1 lunar lander. Blue Origin Wed 10 December 2025: The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans to the lunar surface in half a century. But there’s a developing twist: an emerging competition between American companies to build the landing vehicle […]

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GLOBAL WARS, ISRAEL’S GAZA GENOCIDE DRAWING BRITONS TOWARD ISLAM, REPORT FINDS

Wed 10 December 2025: A study by a UK-based think tank has discovered that global wars has inspired many recent conversions to Islam, strengthening claims of an epic increase in conversions following Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Researchers belonging to the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL) said that this could support “widespread claims […]

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ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HAS INTENSIFIED SHARPLY: UN

Wed 10 December 2025: Online violence against women in public life has intensified sharply, with seven in 10 women human rights defenders, activists and journalists reporting they have experienced digital abuse, according to a UN Women report released on Tuesday. The report, which was produced with the European Commission and research partners, found that 41% […]

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SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR SIGN AGREEMENT FOR HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC RAIL LINK

Tue 09 December 2025: Saudi Arabia and Qatar and announced a landmark agreement on Monday to build a high-speed electric rail link connecting Riyadh and Doha, Anadolu reports. The announcement came during a meeting of the Qatari-Saudi Coordination Council in Riyadh attended by Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]

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HOW DIGITAL CHILDHOOD IS BEING REWRITTEN: GLOBAL EXPERTS WARN OF NEW RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Tue 09 December 2025: Childhood is being reshaped at a historic scale as digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and global connectivity redefine how young people learn, socialize, and develop, experts told Anadolu. Speaking on the sidelines of the TRT International Children’s Media Summit 2025, held on Saturday in Istanbul, policymakers, academics, and media leaders stressed that […]

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