A file picture shows Iranian women walking outside the Grand Bazaar in Tehran. AFP Mon 03 November 2025: Some elements of the Iranian state are in favour of relatively relaxing social controls, while others wish to cede no ground. Tehran, Iran – President Masoud Pezeshkian unveiled a “Gen Z adviser” about a month ago, posing […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: A team of European researchers, including scientists from Poland’s Jagiellonian University and the Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police in Warsaw, has helped create a powerful new forensic tool capable of predicting a person’s age and other traits from DNA with remarkable accuracy. The international project, known as VISAGE (Visible Attributes […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: At the 16th International Civil Society Week (ICSW) taking place in Bangkok, where over a thousand civil society activists have gathered, the inaugural plenary session expressed solidarity with Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been imprisoned since November 2021 under India’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) of 1967. The show of […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Cairo inaugurated the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, which Egypt hoped would honor the country’s rich heritage while revitalizing its struggling economy and tourism industry. According to a statement from the Egyptian presidency, global leaders—including monarchs and heads of state and government—attended the grand opening ceremony in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Israel has contracted three US public relations companies to help it win back American hearts and minds. Israel has contracted at least three public relations companies to bolster its image online and among the United States’ Christian right, filings under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) show. According to US Department […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Amazon deliberately planned to keep the public unaware of the full extent of its data centers’ water use, according to a leaked internal document. Amazon, the world’s largest data center operator, is rapidly expanding its AI operations despite concerns about the water needed to cool its facilities. Although it has taken […]
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Sat 01 November: The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights group, praised a federal court’s decision to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from moving British journalist Sami Hamdi out of California while his legal case is ongoing. In the order, the Court stated that it […]
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Spirit by George Roux (1885). steeve-x-art/Alamy Stock Photo Sat 01 November 2025: When you think of a ghost, what comes to mind? A ghastly, mouldy winding-sheet? A malevolent pile of supernatural armour? Or a sinister gentleman in a stiff Victorian suit? In 1863 George Cruikshank, the caricaturist and illustrator of Dickens’s novels, announced a “discovery” […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: The Maldives implemented a generational ban on tobacco Saturday, marking a historic milestone in its efforts to protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation, according to a statement from the Health Ministry. “The Generational Ban on Tobacco reflects the Government’s strong commitment to protecting young people from the harms of […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: The Istanbul gathering marks the next phase of diplomacy surrounding Trump’s 20-point Gaza Peace Plan, unveiled on September 29, 2025, and signed in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13. The plan envisions a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces, large-scale reconstruction aid, and monitored demilitarization of Gaza. “The Foreign Ministers Will Gather in […]
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