Thu 01 January 2026: The world’s largest coffee chain, Starbucks, has begun withdrawing from major cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, where it had long pursued a “store on every street” growth strategy. The company announced the closure of approximately 400 stores across the US, with a significant portion concentrated in major metropolitan areas. Starbucks has closed 42 […]
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Thu 01 January 2026: France plans to ban children under 15 from social media sites and to prohibit mobile phones in high schools from September 2026, local media reported on Wednesday, moves that underscore rising public angst over the impact of online harms on minors. President Emmanuel Macron has often pointed to social media as one of the […]
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Thu 01 January 2026: More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK in 2025, a British Geological Survey (BGS) report said. As of mid-December, this year has seen 309 earthquakes recorded across Britain, according to data published by seismologists. According to the report, Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, the southern parts […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right. People are increasingly willing to pay to escape the technology they […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: Engineers have developed the world’s smallest robot, capable of sensing, thinking, and making decisions—bordering on invisibility. This microscopic technology could herald a future where tiny health robots navigate through our blood vessels, turning science fiction into reality. Pennsylvania and Michigan University engineers created a programmable robot smaller than a grain of sand, even small […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: Israel’s population growth fell below 1 percent in 2025, marking the first time since the country’s establishment in 1948 that annual growth has dropped so low, a new study by the Taub Center for Social Studies in Israel showed. According to the study, the population grew by roughly 101,000 people, or about […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: Newly released government files suggest former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair put pressure on officials to prevent British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees from being tried in civil courts, according to reports by British media on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The documents, released to the National Archives at Kew, west London, reveal that […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: The South African Police Service (SAPS) is urging men and women to be extra vigilant when going out to various places of entertainment as the country ushers in the New Year. The SAPS has picked up on a modus operandi that is being utilised by syndicates to rob mainly men of […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: Despite the horrors of a two-year genocidal war that killed more than 71,000 people, tech billionaire Elon Musk accepted an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Israel. A statement by Netanyahu’s office said the premier met with Musk and invited him to participate in a Smart Transportation Conference […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: When people talk about tax fairness, the focus is almost always on income. How much the rich earn, how heavily that income should be taxed, and how to make sure lower earners are protected. But there is an older idea that is quietly starting to get attention again. What if taxes […]
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