Tue 15 April 2025: A majority of schools across England have banned mobile phone use during school hours, according to the first national survey of its kind, as concerns grow over the negative effects of smartphones on young people’s wellbeing. The survey, commissioned by the Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza, showed that 99.8% […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: The Israeli army chief warned that troop shortages limit Israel’s ability to achieve its war goals in the Gaza Strip. “Military-only strategies cannot fulfill all national objectives in Gaza, particularly in the absence of a complementary diplomatic track,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the cabinet as […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: Japan’s competition watchdog on Tuesday told Google to stop “unfairly pressuring” smartphone makers to preinstall its widely used search app, Kyodo News reported. The Japan Fair Trade Commission concluded that Google, which dominated the online search market, violated the antitrust law and severely undermined competition. This marked the first such order […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: Electric vehicle (EV) sales globally increased by 29% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 to 4.1 million, according to a report by market research firm Rho Motion on Tuesday. In this period, 2.4 million sales were recorded in China, 900,000 in Europe, 500,000 in North America and 300,000 in other […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas has pledged to promote a stable, constructive relationship between South Africa and the United States. He will serve as the official representative of the President and the South African government. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed Jonas’s appointment as his Special Envoy, stating that he has been […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Bangladesh’s transitional government has reinstated a clause in passports effectively barring travel to Israel following large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations nationwide. The Home Ministry issued an order on April 7 instructing the Department of Immigration and Passports to restore the clause, which makes Bangladesh’s passports read “THIS PASSPORT IS VALID FOR ALL COUNTRIES […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: More than 40 people were killed in a midnight attack on the Zike community in Bassa, Plateau State, as violent assaults by armed groups continue to plague north-central Nigeria. The attack, which began around midnight on Monday, lasted nearly two hours, according to multiple local sources who spoke to Anadolu. While […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: WhatsApp is working on a feature enabling users to handle multiple accounts within the same app, eliminating the need for separate devices or WhatsApp Business. Per WABetaInfo, the iOS WhatsApp beta version 25.9.10.70, accessible via TestFlight, indicates this multi-account functionality will roll out in a future update. __________________________________________________________________________ https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 __________________________________________________________________________ Meta’s […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Around 50 hippos have died due to an anthrax outbreak in Virunga National Park, Africa’s oldest national park. The dead animals were found floating in a river south of Lake Edward, near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Park director Emmanuel De Merode. Anthrax, caused by […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Patients with advanced skin cancer in England will be fast-tracked into a new cancer vaccine trial, the National Health Service (NHS) said Monday. The NHS said in a statement that the needle-free injection, administered for up to two years, works by enhancing the immune system’s response – helping it recognize, attack […]
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