Mon 22 December 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly weighing the introduction of an Australian-style ban on social media access for children under 16, as reported by British media outlets on Sunday. Starmer’s office is “closely monitoring” the policy banning social media for children, although the prime minister previously said he was “personally” […]
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Mon 22 December 2025: A sperm donor carrying a rare genetic mutation that increases cancer risk fathered at least 197 children across Europe, and some of them have already died from the disease, according to a new investigation. The donor, who was unaware he carried a rare TP53 mutation linked to Li-Fraumeni syndrome, remained healthy […]
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Mon 22 December 2025: Gold and silver prices hit record highs on Monday as concerns over a brewing US-Venezuela conflict drove up demand for safe havens. Gold jumped around 2% as of 0700GMT Monday to a record high of $4,420.35 an ounce, surpassing its October peak. This year, gold prices soared around 70% amid trade […]
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Mon 22 December 2025: Al Jazeera Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI ‘from passive tool to active partner in journalism’. Al Jazeera Media Network is launching a new integrative artificial intelligence (AI) model in collaboration with Google Cloud. Al Jazeera said on Sunday that it was expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud […]
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Sun 21 December 2025: Israel’s High Court has given the state until January 4 to respond to a petition filed by the Foreign Press Association seeking free media access to Gaza, saying this will be the final deadline after several delays. “If the respondents [Israeli authorities] do not inform us of their position by that […]
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Sun 21 December 2025: A racist attack targeted the Stockholm Mosque in Sweden, with mosque officials saying a defaced copy of the Muslim holy book was discovered at the site on Sunday. In a statement, the mosque’s administration said a copy of the Holy Quran, with six bullet holes, was found chained to the railings […]
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Sun 21 December 2025: Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama held talks with a global delegation seeking reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism, who urged him to rally other African leaders to choose “courage over comfort” and support the growing movement. The delegation, made up of experts from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the […]
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Sun 21 December 2025: Pope Leo XIV criticized the gap between the rich and the poor in the world on Saturday. He said that the wealth of the Earth lies in the hands of a few – very few – during the last audience of the year, which had been declared a Jubilee Year by his […]
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Sun 21 December 2025: Tesla unveiled its humanoid robot, named Optimus, to the public in Berlin on Saturday. The machine handed out popcorn at the Christmas market in the LP12 shopping centre, also known as the Mall of Berlin. The robot picked up small popcorn boxes, filled them and handed them to visitors. A long […]
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Sun 21 December 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to present President Donald Trump with a package of military options for dealing with Iran during their meeting Dec. 29 in the US state of Florida, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported Saturday. The broadcaster, citing informed sources who spoke to NBC News, said Netanyahu […]
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