Thu 18 June 2026: Sleep can be one of the trickiest things for families with little kids. It’s not just important for parental sanity or a child’s grumpiness levels the next day. Sleep is crucial for brain development, especially in the early years. We also know getting enough sleep is important for learning and maintaining a healthy weight. Screen […]
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Thu 18 June 2026: The Maldives will receive 100 electric water taxis over the next three years in a boost for a “cleaner, quieter, and more scalable” model for island transportation. It will also help the island nation, known for its rich luxury tourism, reach its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030, according to a […]
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Thu 18 June 2026: The Union Health Ministry has removed ‘syrups’ from Schedule K of the Drugs Rules, 1945, ending their over-the-counter availability. This change, effective June 9, 2026, means all syrup-based medicines, including cough syrups, now require a doctor’s prescription. The amendment followed a draft notification issued in December last year and was approved […]
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Thu 18 June 2026: New projects and foreign-backed mines are reshaping Zimbabwe’s lithium sector, with uneven local gains. Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s lithium industry is dominated by a handful of large-scale mining projects, most of them backed by Chinese investment. Major producers include Bikita Minerals in Masvingo Province, Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe’s Arcadia Mine near Harare, Kamativi […]
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Wed 17 June 2026: Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right. People are increasingly willing to pay to escape the technology they […]
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Wed 17 June 2026: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov alleged that Reliance was disrupting access to Telegram through “BGP hijacking” and claimed the company may have been involved, alongside Meta-owned WhatsApp, in lobbying for the platform’s temporary ban in India, ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination. In a post on X on Tuesday, Durov alleged that […]
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Wed 17 June 2026: France’s Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, is “at breaking point” due to deteriorating infrastructure and growing funding demands, its new head said Wednesday. “We can say it without ambiguity … the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate’s Culture Committee. He noted that the institution was facing […]
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Wed 17 June 2026: FIFA said Tuesday’s World Cup matches drew a record 281,223 fans, the highest single-day attendance in tournament history. The total beat the previous record of 277,070 set on June 28, 1994, also across four games. The governing body said the record was achieved across four group-stage games: France versus Senegal, Iraq […]
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Wed 17 June 2026: South Africa’s headline consumer inflation quickened less than expected in May, rising to 4.5% year on year from 4.0% in April data from the statistics agency on Wednesday. In month-on-month terms inflation was at 0.7% in May, compared with 1.1% in April. Economists polled by Reuters had expected annual inflation would […]
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Tue 16 June 2026: Recent studies suggest that widespread smartphone use may be a key driver behind declining birth rates in the United States and other countries. Governments have largely overlooked this factor in their efforts to address falling fertility and demographic shifts. The first study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), […]
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