Fri 09 January 2026: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), known for offering substantial scholarships to its top students for international study, has begun limiting government funding for those pursuing degrees at British universities. This stems from concerns that UK campuses may expose Emirati students to radicalisation influenced by an extremist Islamist organisation, UK media report […]
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Fri 09 January 2026: Fierce fighting and global funding cuts have pushed more than 33 million people towards starvation. Millions of people in Sudan are in urgent need of humanitarian help, aid organisations have warned, as the war in the east African state marked its 1,000th day. Fierce fighting and global funding cuts have pushed […]
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Fri 09 January 2026: Mexico’s daily murder rate has fallen nearly 40% from where it was when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, government officials said on Thursday, citing preliminary statistics. The daily homicide average in December 2025 was 52.4, down from 86.9 in September 2024, the month before Sheinbaum took office. “It is the lowest number […]
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Fri 09 January 2026: AI companies are on the hunt to design the ideal device to deliver AI’s superpowers, and some new enterprises are convinced that headphones or earbuds are the way. Startups have for a while tried to beef up headphones beyond their basic functions, like listening to music and making phone calls. Nearly a decade […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: France and the UK are on alert on Thursday as Storm Goretti hits Europe’s Atlantic coast, bringing along strong winds and high waves, while countries, including Poland, Italy and Sweden, brace for extreme cold and heavy snowfall. As Storm Goretti is bringing storm-force winds and high waves to a large part of northwestern France, Meteo-France announced […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: When Roro (not her real name) lost her mother to cancer, the grief felt bottomless. In her mid-20s and working as a content creator in China, she was haunted by the unfinished nature of their relationship. Their bond had always been complicated – shaped by unspoken resentments and a childhood […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: The UK on Monday implemented a nationwide ban on junk food advertising on television and online as part of government efforts to tackle rising childhood obesity. Under the new rules, food and drink classified as high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) cannot be advertised on TV before 9 pm local […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: After withstanding charges of genocide, the issue of ultra-Orthdox enlistment in the military may bring Israel’s coalition down. The killing of 14-year-old Yosef Eisenthal, who was run over by a bus during an anti-recruitment protest in an Orthodox district of West Jerusalem on Tuesday night, has brought renewed attention to one […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: Statement says army established state monopoly on arms in an ‘effective and tangible way’, without mentioning Hezbollah. The Lebanese army has announced the completion of the first phase of its plan to bring all non-state weaponry in the south of the country under its control, covering the area between the Litani river and […]
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Wed 07 January 2026: China condemned the US demand for an exclusive oil partnership with Venezuela as “typical bullying” and a violation of the nation’s sovereignty and international law. The US demand that Venezuela form an “exclusive partnership” in the oil sector was a “typical bullying” act and a violation of the Latin American nation’s sovereignty as well as […]
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