Wed 29 October 2025: South Africa has become the first country in Africa to register lenacapavir, a twice-a-year anti-HIV injection. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) announced the approval, marking a significant milestone in the country’s ongoing efforts to curb new HIV infections. In March 2025, US-based biopharmaceutical company Gilead applied to SAHPRA […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: The 13th edition of the Islamic Economics and Finance Summit opened its doors to visitors on Tuesday at Istanbul-based Bogazici University. The event is organized by the Islamic Economics Research Center (IKAM) of the ILKE Foundation. Anadolu serves as its global communications partner. Ahmet Saik Oner, chair of the ILKE Foundation, stated that the organization […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: Potential CO2 emissions from new projects 11 times global “carbon budget” remaining to hit Paris Agreement targets. Twenty-eight new “carbon bomb” projects have launched across the globe over the past five years, according to a report issued by NGOs. Despite global efforts to phase out the use of fossil fuels, known […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: Elon Musk, the U.S. business tycoon, unveiled Grokipedia on Monday—an AI-powered online encyclopedia designed to challenge what he describes as Wikipedia’s “woke” bias. The tech billionaire announced the platform this month on his US social media company X, claiming an AI-created knowledge hub would be “super important for civilization” and essential […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: Jamaica is bracing for Hurricane Melissa, predicted to be the most destructive storm on record to hit the Caribbean island. Forecasters say the Category 5 storm is likely to cause “catastrophic” flooding, landslides and widespread damage. After Jamaica, Melissa is expected to make landfall in eastern Cuba later today. A hurricane warning has […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: Three separate controversies involving leaked text messages from private online group chats have rocked U.S. political circles this month, revealing racist, antisemitic and violent statements from figures across the ideological spectrum. The messages – sent privately but now public – include racial slurs, praise for Nazis, and threats of political violence, […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: People who sleep poorly may have brains that appear nearly a year older than their actual age, according to a new study of more than 27,000 adults age 40 to 70. The research, published in British medical journal the Lancet, analyzed participants’ sleep habits and brain MRI scans, using artificial intelligence […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday announced the launch of a new regional football competition, the FIFA ASEAN Cup, which will include all 11 Southeast Asian countries. Infantino explained that the tournament will take place within the FIFA International Match Calendar to maximize its impact in a region with a population […]
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Screen grab TRT World Mon 27 October 2025: Prominent British Muslim journalist and critic of Israel, Sami Hamdi, has been detained by US immigration and had his visa revoked following an online smear campaign by far-right Zionist propagandists and Islamophobes. In a post shared on X, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Immigration […]
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Mon 27 October 2025: Iran plans to activate about 80,000 trained volunteers in Tehran province to support social and religious outreach programs, including new coordination on hijab and public behavior, a senior official said on Thursday. “The country’s greatest asset is its faithful and revolutionary people,” Rouhollah Momen-Nasab, head of Tehran’s headquarters for the Promotion […]
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