Sun 31 May 2026: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed reports that it has deployed soldiers in anticipation of protest action at the end of June. “The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has noted with concern misleading reports on social media suggesting that the SANDF will be deployed in anticipation of planned […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: The publication of the first-of-its-kind Cambridge Handbook of Islam and Environmental Law ahead of COP 31 in Antalya maps 14 centuries of Islamic legal thought on ecological governance. Ahead of COP 31 in the Turkish resort city of Antalya, where the leaders of 196 countries will discuss in November their policies to address […]
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Maps from NOAA show where the meteor entered the atmosphere. Sun 31 May 2026: NASA said Saturday that a meteor breaking apart high above the New England area caused a loud boom that was heard across parts of Massachusetts and neighboring states earlier in the day. The US space agency said in a post […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured after a truck carrying Afghan returnees overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to local security officials quoted by local media. The accident occurred in the Sorkhakan area of Laghman province during the morning hours. Officials said the vehicle was transporting […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: The Syrian National Commission Concludes Dr. Rania al-Abbasi’s Children Died in Assad Regime Detention Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons announced on Saturday that it has reached what it described as “reliable and corroborated findings” allowing it to conclude, with a high degree of professional certainty, that the six children of […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Most of us don’t worry too much about where our data goes. We store documents in the cloud, collaborate online with Slack and Zoom and rely on platforms like Microsoft 365, Amazon Web Services and Google Workspace. These tools are efficient, convenient and deeply embedded in how universities, businesses and governments […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Japan’s population has fallen to just over 123 million, marking the country’s largest-ever decline over a five-year period, according to preliminary 2025 census data reported by NHK on Friday. Japan’s Internal Affairs Ministry said the population stood at 123,049,524 as of Oct. 1, 2025 down by more than 3 million people, […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: The Israeli army has advanced into villages located north of the Litani River and reached the outskirts of Nabatieh city in southern Lebanon, a senior Lebanese military source told Anadolu on Saturday. The Israeli forces “have reached villages and towns north of the Litani River, including Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Shqif Arnoun, […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Sweden has reached its target of having fewer than 5% of the population smoking regularly, effectively making it a “smoke-free” country, according to Radio Sweden on Monday. The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs confirmed the milestone, declaring that the country has now met its long-term public health […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Despite compliance challenges among applicants to the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund, government has approved R179.6 million in funding to support shop owners across all nine provinces. The fund, aimed at increasing the participation of South African-owned spaza shops in the townships and rural areas retail trade sector, was launched […]
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