Fri 11 July 2025: Pakistan police arrested 149 people – including Nigerian and Zimbabwean nationals – in a raid on a scam call centre, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) said Thursday. Later, a court in Faisalabad handed over 69 of the suspects to the NCCIA on five-day physical remand, while 62 were sent […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: The historical Ayasofya [Hagia Sophia] Grand Mosque celebrates its fifth anniversary after the landmark decision to change its status from a museum to a mosque in July 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the anniversary with a message shared on X on Thursday. “Five years ago today, we broke its chains and […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had launched an investigation into TikTok over the transfer of users’ personal data to China. The Data Protection Commission said it was informed by TikTok in April “that limited EEA (European Economic Area) user data had in fact been stored on servers in China”, […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Saudi Arabia played a key role in stopping a US plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Hebrew-language news site Walla. Citing Israeli sources, the report said that US President Donald Trump abandoned the plan after his visit to Riyadh, where […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Deal announced as cereal giant Kellogg struggles as consumer demand slows due to inflation. The Ferrero Group will acquire United States cereal brand WK Kellogg for roughly $3.1bn as the latter struggles with weakening consumer demand and inflationary pressures. Kellogg and Ferrero announced the deal on Thursday. Deal making in the […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Video games were once considered light entertainment or child’s play, but today they’re cultural institutions shaping careers, social habits and even psychological well-being. With augmented reality, the metaverse and virtual platforms growing rapidly, the divide between gaming and real life is narrowing, and experts say the shift is just beginning. Creating […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Advocacy group alleges formal manufacturers supply the illegal market to undermine new legislation, while industry reports point to massive tax losses. The escalating crisis of South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade has ignited a fierce debate, with a leading public health advocate accusing formal tobacco manufacturers of deliberately supplying the illegal market […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: South Africa faces renewed rabies threat as funding cuts halt mass pet immunisations. Rabies is quietly re-emerging across South Africa, and veterinary consultant Dr. Bryce Marock is sounding the alarm. With vaccination rates dropping and funding for awareness campaigns drying up, the virus is reclaiming ground. “Rabies is 100% fatal to […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: Four First Nations Indigenous tribes were in a state of grief Wednesday after ancestral remains were uncovered at a site being excavated by workers for a proposed parking lot at a nuclear plant near the Canadian city of Toronto. “This burial site has been desecrated, and our communities are grieving ” the four tribes’ chiefs said in a […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: Nvidia bypassed Apple and Microsoft, the only other US firms with a market value of more than $3 trillion. Nvidia has notched a market capitalisation of $4 trillion, making it the first public company in the world to reach the milestone and solidifying its position as one of Wall Street’s most-favoured […]
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