Thu 05 March 2026: Gold and industrial metal markets are seeing steep sell-offs amid a surging US dollar, fueled by rising oil prices over escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude oil spiked above $80 per barrel for the first time since January 2025, following the joint US and Israeli military strikes on […]
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Thu 05 March 2026: Hundreds of thousands more children face acute malnutrition in Afghanistan this year amid a hunger crisis exacerbated by foreign aid cuts and violence on the border with Pakistan, a U.N. official said on Tuesday. International aid to Afghanistan has fallen sharply since 2021, when U.S.-led forces exited the country and the Taliban regained power. The crisis has been compounded by […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: The ban on students from the four countries comes amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in the UK. The United Kingdom says it will end study visas for students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, and work visas for Afghans, amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in the country. The UK […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: The number of children and adolescents living with obesity worldwide is projected to rise from 177 million in 2025 to 228 million by 2040, according to a new report from the World Obesity Federation. The projection was published in the 2026 World Obesity Atlas report, which warns that childhood obesity is […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: Discarded food is a biological reservoir, a petri dish for one of the most pressing health crises of our time: antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In a bustling market on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, the midday sun beats down on mountains of discarded kale, bruised tomatoes, and unsold mangoes. For Wanjiku Mwangi, […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: The UK government awarded £90,000 ($114,000) in public funds to an Israeli research initiative whose findings around alleged sexual violence on 7 October were later used to mobilise support for the Gaza genocide, according to reporting by Novara Media. Documents released following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show that the Foreign, […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: At its peak, the BRICS coalition of economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – was seen as a serious attempt to move away from the United States dollar and the domination of Western economic institutions like the World Bank, Group of Seven (G7), and International Monetary Fund (IMF). […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Meta has started removing Australian users under 16 from Instagram, Threads, and Facebook in preparation for the country’s groundbreaking social media age ban for minors. “While we are working hard to remove all users who we understand to be under the age of 16 by 10 December, compliance with the law […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring mass media and the internet, blocked access to the US-based online gaming platform Roblox on Wednesday, the agency’s press service told reporters. The agency cited the persistent circulation of materials promoting or justifying extremist and terrorist activity, according to […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: The city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip hosted a mass wedding Tuesday for 54 couples in a celebration supported by Abu Dhabi as part of events marking the UAE’s 54th Union Day. The ceremony, held in the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Hamad residential area, was organized […]
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