Wed 12 November 2025: A fresh political and religious storm broke out on Monday after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared that reciting ‘Vande Mataram’ would be compulsory in all schools and colleges across the state. The Chief Minister, addressing a gathering during the ‘Ekta Yatra’ and Vande Mataram singing event in Gorakhpur, said […]
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Wed 12 November 2025: Homelessness in England has risen sharply over the past year, according to a new report warning that local authorities are struggling to cope with growing demand and financial pressure. The Homelessness Monitor England 2025 report by UK-based charity Crisis found that the number of people sleeping rough grew by 20% in […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: The Vatican has opened an investigation into Rafael Zornoza Boy, bishop of Cadiz and Ceuta, over allegations that he repeatedly sexually abused a minor in the 1990s, Spanish daily El Pais reported on Monday. The case marks the first time a sitting bishop-one of the highest-ranking figures in the Catholic Church, […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: x Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control by the authorities. A riot in a prison in southern Ecuador has killed at least 31 inmates, according to prison authorities. In a statement released on Sunday, Ecuador’s SNAI prison authority said 27 of […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: From Gaza to Darfur, we are told we are witnessing “humanitarian crises” and “failures of diplomacy”. But this language obscures the reality of more than two decades of war that has raged in Sudan, that has only now pierced the veil of global consciousness. Gaza and Darfur are not aberrations. They […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: A tailored vitamin D treatment for patients who have suffered a heart attack significantly reduces their risk of having another, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2025 on Sunday. The study focused on adults with heart disease who had previously experienced a heart attack, aiming […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: The U.S. government has agreed to release British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, Sky news reported The family of Sami Hamdi, the British journalist being held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is to be released, his family have said. The 35-year-old was detained by US immigration officers at San Francisco […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: Indonesia is considering curbs on violent video games such as PUBG in the wake of last week’s explosion at a Jakarta school mosque, which injured nearly 100 people. President Prabowo Subianto “is considering restricting online games after a student was linked to a school explosion that injured 96 people,” a senior Indonesian official […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed grave concern Sunday over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Mali following reports that terrorist groups have imposed crippling blockades, disrupted access to essential supplies and severely worsened humanitarian conditions for civilians. In a statement, Youssouf condemned the deadly attacks which have killed […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: A groundbreaking new study suggests that the universe’s expansion might already be decelerating, challenging a core pillar of modern cosmology that has long assumed an ever-accelerating cosmic growth. Published on Thursday in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. “Our study shows that the universe has already entered a phase […]
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