Sat 05 April 2025: Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok said Saturday that negotiations with the US continue, but any agreement with Washington will be subject to Chinese law, according to state-run media. TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, said in a statement that there are important matters to be resolved. The company “has been in discussion with the […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: British police said they charged actor-comedian Russell Brand on Friday with rape and multiple counts of assault in cases relating to four separate women between 1999 and 2005. The 50-year-old who was once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and is the former husband of U.S. pop singer Katy Perry, denied […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: The move deals a harsh blow to the small, impoverished state, which Trump mocked as a place ‘nobody has heard of’. The Trump administration has imposed a steep 50 percent tariff on Lesotho, a small, impoverished African nation of two million people – the highest tariff levied on any country. The […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Tropical forests across the Americas are finding it hard to adapt to climate change, raising worries about their future, according to a Thursday news release from the University of Adelaide. Sami Rifai, a lecturer at the university, cautioned that by 2100, temperatures might climb by as much as 4 degrees Celsius […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: New regulations came into force in Britain on Wednesday, requiring European visitors to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) before traveling to the country. The ETA scheme, which screens travelers before they arrive, is part of Britain’s efforts to enhance border security. It follows the rollout of ETAs to all eligible […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: A recent Australian study has shed fresh light on stellar evolution by examining the “sounds” of stars in a cluster 2,700 light-years from Earth. Published in Nature on Wednesday, this breakthrough offers astrophysicists a new method to chart the past and future of the Milky Way and beyond, according to researchers […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Muslim dating app Salams has come under fire following its quiet acquisition by US-based Match Group — the company behind Tinder, Hinge and OKCupid. The deal, finalised in October 2023, was only disclosed in a February 2024 earnings report, with no official announcement or communication to Salams’ 7.5 million users. The […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: Apple’s market value plummeted by over $250 billion on Thursday, marking it as one of Wall Street’s hardest-hit victims of Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff campaign, even after CEO Tim Cook’s attempts to build ties with the administration. The iPhone giant’s stock dropped by up to 8.5% at the opening of trading […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: Opposition parties in India have condemned an “unconstitutional” amendment of laws governing Muslim religious endowments, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described the move as a “historic reform.” Despite criticism and demands for protest, the Modi-led government introduced the Waqf Amendment Bill in the lower house of […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: Improved collaboration between stakeholders, among others, has led to the increased deportation of illegal immigrants in the 2024/25 financial year that ended on 31 March 2025, the Department of Home Affairs said. “The Department of Home Affairs increased the number of illegal immigrants it deported to 46 898 in the 2024/25 […]
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