NO, US MILITARY DIDN’T SEARCH PAKISTANI OFFICIALS: VIRAL IRAN TALKS IMAGE IS AI FAKE

Fri 01 May 2026: An image circulating online that purports to show U.S. military personnel searching Pakistani government officials during Iran peace talks in April 2026 is not authentic. Analysis of the picture reveals multiple markers consistent with AI generation. No credible news outlets have reported such an incident occurring. The claim appeared in a post published […]

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WHY THE WORLD’S BANKS ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT ANTHROPIC’S LATEST AI MODEL

Thu 30 April 2026: The legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton spent 40 years robbing banks because, as he claimed in his autobiography, he loved doing it. And when asked why he chose banks of all places to rob, he allegedly replied “Because that’s where the money is.” Back in 2017, I wrote a book predicting it wasn’t just lovable […]

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PRESS FREEDOM WORLDWIDE FALLS TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN 25 YEARS

Thu 30 April 2026: Reporters Without Borders warns that ‘journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide’. Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading Paris-based press freedom NGO, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders. Every year, RSF publishes a World […]

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE, RAPE OFFENCES RISE SHARPLY IN EU OVER PAST DECADE

Thu 30 April 2026: Police-recorded sexual violence up 94% since 2014, homicides down 11% Sexual violence and rape offences recorded by police across the EU have risen sharply over the past decade, according to data published Wednesday by the EU’s statistics office, Eurostat. In 2024, police in the EU recorded 256,302 sexual violence offences, including […]

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INDIA ROLLS OUT RELIEF MEASURES AS HEAT WAVE HITS NORMAL LIFE

Thu 30 April 2026: Several Indian states have rolled out relief measures amid sweltering temperatures witnessed in several parts of the South Asian nation. The Indian Meteorological Department in a statement said that maximum and day temperatures were in the range of 40-46 degrees Celsius (104-114.8 degrees Fahrenheit ) over most parts of the country except the Himalayan […]

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ULTRA-ORTHODOX PROTESTERS STORM MILITARY POLICE CHIEF’S HOME IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL

Wed 29 April 2026: Ultra-Orthodox protesters stormed the residence of Israel’s military police chief late Tuesday, amid growing tensions over the arrest of draft evaders. According to Israeli Army Radio, a group of Haredi protesters broke into the yard of Yuval Yamin’s home in the southern city of Ashkelon, protesting recent arrests of ultra-Orthodox men […]

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THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN BELGIUM HAVE IMPRISONED PARENTS, REMAIN ‘INVISIBLE’

Wed 29 April 2026: An estimated 17,000 children in Belgium are growing up with one or both parents in prison, but they remain “invisible” due to a lack of registration, the Belga News Agency reported Tuesday. The figure includes about 9,000 children in Flanders, the self-governing Dutch-speaking region in the north. The lack of comprehensive […]

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EU COMMISSION FINDS META IN PRELIMINARY BREACH OVER CHILD SAFETY

Wed 29 April 2026: Meta has not taken sufficient measures to ‘diligently identify, assess, mitigate’ risks linked to minors using its platforms, despite its own rules setting 13 as minimum age, says commission The European Commission said Wednesday it had preliminarily found Meta Platforms in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to […]

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DONALD TRUMP TO FEATURE ON LIMITED-EDITION US PASSPORTS FOR 250TH ANNIVERSARY

Wed 29 April 2026: The passports are part of broader plans to celebrate the milestone anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. United States President Donald Trump will feature on a new, limited-edition US passport being issued to mark the country’s 250th anniversary in July, officials said, the latest area of public life to […]

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