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SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN DEVELOP PLASTIC THAT DISSOLVES IN SEAWATER WITHIN HOURS

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Wed 04 June 2025: Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife. While scientists have long experimented with biodegradable plastics, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo say their new material breaks down much more […]

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YOUR SMARTPHONE IS A PARASITE, ACCORDING TO EVOLUTION

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Wed 04 June 2025: Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal. Far from being benign tools, smartphones parasitise our […]

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CHINESE COUPLE CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING TOXIC FUNGUS INTO US

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Wed 04 June 2025: Federal prosecutors say the couple intended to carry out research on the toxic pathogen at the University of Michigan. US federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States, which authorities claim could be turned into a “potential agroterrorism weapon”. The charges against Jian […]

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AMNESTY CALLS FOR PROBE INTO ‘RECKLESS’ NIGERIAN MILITARY AIR STRIKE

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Tue 03 June 2025: Amnesty International calls for an investigation into the ‘reckless’ attack in the violence-hit Zamfara state. A military air strike in northwest Nigeria has killed at least 20 people, according to the military and local residents, prompting calls from human rights groups for an investigation into the attack. The strike occurred over the weekend […]

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1 IN 4 JOBS GLOBALLY THREATENED BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: REPORT

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Tue 03 June 2025: A report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute (NASK) revealed Tuesday that 25% of jobs worldwide are potentially exposed to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), with clerical and highly digital occupations facing the highest vulnerability. The report, “Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational […]

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‘RESTRICTED’: NEARLY 7 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE LACK FULL CIVIL RIGHTS

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Tue 03 June 2025: An Atlas of Civil Society report warns that democracy and human rights are under attack globally. Just 40 countries representing 3.5 percent of the world’s population respect all civil liberties, a new study has found, warning that “democracy and human rights are under attack worldwide in a way we have not […]

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1.6M FALL ILL DAILY FROM UNSAFE FOOD, WARNS WHO

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Tue 03 June 2025: Every day, 1.6 million people around the world fall ill due to unsafe food, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, urging stronger global efforts to ensure food safety through science-based policies and practices. “Food safety is a global responsibility,” said Simone Moraes Raszl, the scientist at WHO’s Department of Nutrition and Food […]

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KABILA LOSES IMMUNITY

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Mon 02 June 2025: Former DRC president surfaces in rebel-held city amid treason accusations and calls for mediation. Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has resurfaced in the M23 rebel-held city of Goma, a development coinciding with the DRC Senate’s vote to strip him of his immunity. This decision opens the door for potential […]

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