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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Tue 30 December 2025: Denmark’s state-owned postal operator on Tuesday delivered its last letter, ending a 401-year-long tradition of public mail distribution in the country, broadcaster DR reported. PostNord will now focus exclusively on parcel delivery, citing a sharp decline in letter volumes due to digitization and changing communication habits. “Today marks a historic turning point […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: The growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events driven by climate change are pushing the adaptive capacity of states to their limits, according to a new report by the World Weather Attribution (WWA). The 2025 WWA report found that climate change fueled severe weather events across the globe this year, […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: China will on January 1 launch an “action plan” for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country’s central bank said Monday. “The future digital yuan will be a modern digital payment and circulation means issued and circulated within the financial system,” People’s Bank of China […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: South Africa has noted with concern, the recent announcement by the State of Israel recognising Somaliland as an independent state. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said the recognition constitutes a violation of the Federal Republic of Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and is a […]
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Mon 29 December 2025: Police in Indian-occupied Kashmir have placed several opposition leaders under house arrest ahead of a planned student protest over the region’s reservation policy, triggering accusations of a pre-emptive crackdown on peaceful dissent. The move came as students in occupied Jammu and Kashmir announced a sit-in demanding changes to reservations in education […]
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Mon 29 December 2025: Toothbrushes and showerheads in American homes are teeming with viruses known as bacteriophages (bacteria eaters), a new study has found. Many of these “phages” – as they’re known for short – have never been identified before. The researchers, from Northwestern University in Illinois, swabbed 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes. They described what they found as […]
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