Mon 26 January 2026: More than one million people in northeast Nigeria would be cut off from emergency food and nutrition assistance within weeks unless urgent new funding is secured, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned on Thursday. In a statement quoting David Stevenson, WFP’s country director in Nigeria, the agency said that, […]
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Mon 26 January 2026: Ransomware is a type of malicious software that makes a victim’s data, system or device inaccessible. It locks the target or encrypts it (converting text into an unreadable form) until the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. It’s one of the most widespread and damaging forms of cyberattacks affecting organisations […]
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Sun 25 January 2026: Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are often told to “relax, or the horse will feel it”. Until recently, though, there was little scientific evidence to show whether this was anything more than folklore. A new study has found that this belief is no myth. Its results […]
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Sun 25 January 2026: Autonomous vehicles have made remarkable progress over the past decade. Driverless cars and buses that once struggled to stay in lane can now navigate busy city streets, recognise pedestrians and cyclists, and respond smoothly to traffic signals. Yet one challenge remains stubbornly difficult. The hardest situations on the road are not […]
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Sun 25 January 2026: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisation In a message marking the World Day of Social Communications, the pope said AI systems reflect the worldview of their creators and can shape patterns of […]
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Sun 25 January 2026: President Donald Trump reaffirmed Saturday that the US will get everything it wants with Greenland after agreeing earlier this week on a framework deal. “We’ll have everything we want. We have some interesting talks going on,” Trump told the New York Post. He said the US could obtain sovereignty over land […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: Atesh, an underground resistance group, says it has trained thousands of people – including Russian soldiers – in sabotage operations. On the weekend, a power cut shut down a train line carrying Russian weapons and supplies to the front line through the region of Bryansk in western Russia near the Ukrainian […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: The downturn has been compounded by softer buying in the United States and China. Botswana is sitting on nearly double its permitted diamond stockpile as weak prices and rising competition from lab‑grown stones curb demand, the government said, warning the glut will weigh on economic growth. The cash-strapped southern African country, […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: YouTube shares your concerns about the surge of low-quality AI slop, which is precisely why the platform intends to introduce even more AI-generated content options soon. In CEO Neal Mohan’s detailed blog post detailing the company’s roadmap for 2026, he emphasized embracing AI as a “creative frontier” while actively combating spam, […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film inspired by the final moments of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Israeli fire in Gaza, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best International Feature Film category, Anadolu Agency reports. Directed by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, the film is based on […]
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