Thu 17 April 2025: US-based Meta – the tech company behind Facebook and Instagram, among others – announced Tuesday that users under the age of 16 will no longer will be able to use the livestream feature without parental permission. Under updates to the Teen Accounts feature on Instagram, users younger than 16 will also […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China’s DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology and is debating barring Americans’ access to its services, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The launch of China’s low-cost AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled the AI ecosystem. The U.S. government has since taken steps to crack down on […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: A boat has capsized after catching fire in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official has said. The search for the missing was under way on Wednesday with rescue teams supported by the Red Cross and provincial authorities, […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: More than 200 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in southern German cities over the past decades, a new independent report revealed on Monday. According to the Catholic Diocese of Wurzburg, since 1945 at least 226 children and juveniles have been victims of sexual abuse. Investigators identified 51 perpetrators, including […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: The Kuwaiti army announced that the project to integrate women into the armed forces has reached its final stages, as part of ongoing efforts to modernise and develop the military. Lieutenant General Pilot Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, deputy chief of the general staff, stated during a meeting with several military leaders […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon on Wednesday lost his appeal against his 18-month sentence after he previously admitted contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee. Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, was jailed in October after he admitted contempt of court by breaching an injunction banning him from […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: A new study in the United States has revealed that an AI chatbot passed a critical test suggesting it may possess human-like intelligence. Conducted by two researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the study—yet to be peer-reviewed—tested four large language models (LLMs) using the Turing Test. As a result, OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 model […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: A 2024 Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the recommended five food groups per day. Unemployment, food insecurity, limited access to basic services and a lack of knowledge about nutrition all contribute to this. The lead researcher of this multidisciplinary study, Leila Patel, and […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: The UK Police, on Tuesday, launched an investigation into what is being treated as an Islamophobic hate crime after 85 graves, many belonging to babies and young children, were desecrated in the Muslim section of Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford. Hertfordshire Police said the criminal damage, discovered by a grieving […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: Beirut, Lebanon – Pressure on Hezbollah to disarm is intensifying, spearheaded by the United States and backed by some Lebanese factions. An Israeli war on Lebanon that killed much of the group’s top leadership last year – as well as hundreds of civilians, including at least 200 children – left the group reeling […]
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