Mon 30 March 2026: Astronauts assigned to NASA’s Artemis II mission said Sunday they are prepared for launch as the final countdown toward a planned crewed flight around the moon gets underway this week. The four-member crew, commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, arrived at Kennedy […]
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Mon 30 March 2026: Israel’s parliament approved the country’s 2026 state budget early Monday, including a record allocation for defense spending, as the opposition denounced the plan as “the greatest theft” in the country’s history. The budget passed its final reading in the Knesset by 62 votes to 55, according to The Times of Israel […]
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Fri 27 March 2026: More than 350 years after the death of the French soldier who inspired Alexandre Dumas‘ classic “The Three Musketeers,” his remains may have been found beneath the floor of a church in the Dutch city of Maastricht, according to the British daily The Guardian on Wednesday. Workers restoring a church in Maastricht uncovered a […]
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Fri 27 March 2026: Astronomers have solved a 50-year mystery surrounding the star Gamma Cassiopeiae, identifying the source of its unusually intense X-ray emissions as a hidden white dwarf companion, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Visible to the naked eye in the Cassiopeia constellation, Gamma Cassiopeiae has long […]
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Fri 27 March 2026: Reports that German auto firm Volkswagen will produce weapons for Israel at its plant in Osnabruck, western Germany were met with alarm by local residents. Attaching a question mark sticker on a sign that read “City of Peace” at the city entrance, locals told Anadolu that they are against the idea of weapons manufacturing at […]
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Fri 27 March 2026: A jury in the US state of California found Meta and YouTube liable Wednesday for creating social media products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users in a landmark decision that could set a legal precedent for future lawsuits, according to media reports. The Los Angeles jury voted […]
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Wed 25 March 2026: Social media bans, digital curfews, and strict time limits on apps are to be given tryouts in the homes of hundreds of UK teenagers as officials step up efforts to examine the impact of online platforms on young people’s well-being. The government-led pilot will involve 300 teenagers, with participants placed into […]
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Wed 25 March 2026: Victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein say the trauma from his abuse continues to shape their lives years after his death, as some spoke publicly for the first time about their experiences and ongoing search for justice. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, several women described the lasting psychological impact of […]
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Wed 25 March 2026: AI-generated child sexual abuse material detected online increased by 14% last year, with most videos classified as the most severe category, the Internet Watch Foundation reported Tuesday. The safety watchdog, a British non-profit dedicated to removing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet, said it identified 8,029 AI-generated images and […]
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Wed 25 March 2026: Pope Leo on Tuesday renewed his call for a ceasefire and urged authorities to pursue peace through dialogue, warning of rising hatred, violence, and deaths, Vatican News reported. “I wish to renew the appeal for a ceasefire, to work for peace, but not with weapons — with dialogue,” he told journalists […]
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