WHATSAPP INTRODUCES LIVE PHOTOS AND NEW FEATURES

Tue 30 September 2025: WhatsApp has announced new features aimed at enhancing the user experience. iOS users can now send Live Photos, and Android users can send Motion Photos. This functionality allows users to send photos that include sound and movement. The update also includes several key additions: Personalized Themes: Users can now create personalized chat themes and video call […]

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YOU’RE LIKELY NOT AS IMMUNE TO SCAMS AS YOU THINK – HERE’S WHY

 The Conjurer, c. 1502. Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch Tue 30 September 2025: What do Tiger Woods, Ben Stiller, Australian pensioners and dating app users have in common? Despite being from different walks of life, they have all fallen prey to various scams. In 2024, more than A$2.03 billion was lost to scams in Australia across 494,732 reported cases. Most of these scams were […]

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AFGHANISTAN REMAINS IN DIGITAL DARKNESS AMID UNEXPLAINED SERVICE CUTOFF

Tue 30 September 2025: Internet and mobile phone networks remained shut down across Afghanistan on Tuesday, leaving millions without access to communication, while the interim administration authorities have yet to issue any public explanation. The outage, which began late Monday, is ongoing across the country, the local broadcaster Tolo News reported. The interim administration authorities […]

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RESUMPTION OF OIL SHIPMENTS THROUGH IRAQ-TURKIYE PIPELINE BOLSTERS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY

Mon 29 September 2025: Oil shipments through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline resumed on Saturday after two-and-a-half years, in a move expected to strengthen Turkiye’s energy supply and add diversity to global markets. Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Saturday that flows resumed at 7.07 am local time (0407GMT) through the pipeline, which […]

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE FOR CHURCHES: ISRAEL HAS DESTROYED CHRISTIAN PRESENCE IN PALESTINE

  A view of the damaged historical Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, where civilians took shelter, after Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza on October 20, 2023. [Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency] Mon 29 September 2025: The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine said on Sunday that Israel has destroyed the Christian presence […]

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CHINA BUILDS WORLD’S ‘LARGEST, MOST COMPREHENSIVE’ WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM

  The construction site of the water diversion tunnel for the Yangtze-to-Han River Project (File Photo – Xinhua) Mon 29 September 2025: China on Monday announced that it has built the world’s “largest, most comprehensive” water infrastructure system, with total investment in water conservancy projects during the 2021-25 period expected to exceed 5.4 trillion yuan […]

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SOUTH KOREA GRAPPLES WITH RECORD-HIGH POVERTY AMONG ELDERLY IN OECD

Mon 29 September 2025: South Korea has logged the highest relative poverty rate among its retired population among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Monday. The relative poverty rate stood at 39.8% for those aged 65 and older in 2023, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous year, […]

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EGYPT SAYS STOLEN PHARAOH’S GOLD BRACELET MELTED DOWN, SOLD FOR 4,000 USD

Mon 29 September 2025: A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet belonging to an ancient pharaoh, which disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) earlier this month, was stolen and melted down, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. According to the ministry, a restoration specialist took the artifact and sold it to a silver […]

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NEW STUDY LINKS ANY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION TO INCREASED DEMENTIA RISK

Sun 28 September 2025: The study examined health records of over 559,000 participants from the Million Veteran Program in the US and the UK Biobank databases. Participants aged between 56 and 72 were followed for 4 to 12 years, during which more than 14,000 were diagnosed with dementia. Observational analyses showed that people consuming 40 or more […]

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PROFIT AND COMPLICITY: HOW INDIAN INVESTMENTS SUSTAIN ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION

Sun 28 September 2025: In Gaza, the toll of occupation is brutally visible: families live amid ruins, hospitals strain under bombardment, and children grow up amid the echoes of conflict. Behind this visible devastation, there is a less visible but equally consequential story—one that links Indian corporations and capital to Israel’s machinery of occupation and […]

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