FIGURES SHOW 79,000 ISRAELIS LEFT OCCUPIED TERRITORIES IN 2024, OUTNUMBERING NEWCOMERS

Thu 25 September 2025: Around 79,000 Israelis left the occupied territories last year, a figure significantly up from a year earlier, amid rising regional tensions over Tel Aviv’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), “Israel’s population” reached around 10.148 million people, with a growth rate of 1.0%. […]

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‘I DON’T RECOGNIZE MY COUNTRY,’ ANGELINA JOLIE SAYS

Thu 25 September 2025: American actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she no longer recognizes her country, voicing concern over threats to free expression while presenting her latest film at Spain’s San Sebastián film festival. Her comments come as worries grow over free speech in the United States, after President Donald Trump’s crackdown on critical media […]

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CANADA ACCUSES TIKTOK OF HARVESTING SENSITIVE DATA FROM KIDS

Wed 24 September 2025: A Canadian probe revealed that TikTok, a social media app with numerous underage users in Canada, did not adequately enforce age limits and gathered substantial sensitive personal information from children. The Canadian government on Tuesday published its report on TikTok amid ongoing debates in the US over whether the app should […]

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NASA VONFIRMS 6,000 EXOPLANETS, EXPANDING SEARCH FOR EARTH-LIKE WORLDS

Wed 24 September 2025: NASA announced that the number of confirmed exoplanets discovered beyond the Solar System has reached 6,000. This milestone marks the highest level reached by rapidly advancing exoplanet research since the 1990s. In 1992, two planets were discovered orbiting a pulsar for the first time, and in 1995, the first exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star […]

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REPORT FINDS GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM SUFFERS SHARPEST FALL IN 50 YEARS

Wed 24 September 2025: Press freedom around the world has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years as global democracy weakens dramatically, a landmark report found. According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy has declined in 94 countries over the last five years and only a third have made […]

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80 ISRAELI ECONOMISTS WARN GAZA REOCCUPATION TO SPARK ‘SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS’

Wed 24 September 2025: Dozens of Israel’s leading economists warned that a full military reoccupation of the Gaza Strip would push Israel into an unprecedented economic downturn. In a statement reported Monday by the Israeli outlet Walla, more than 80 academics and former senior officials at the Finance Ministry and Bank of Israel said the […]

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STUDY WARNS ONE THIRD OF UK FAMILY DOCTORS COULD LEAVE OVER BURNOUT

Sun 17 August 2025: Up to one-third of Britain’s family doctors, the backbone of the National Health Service (NHS), may consider leaving direct patient care within five years, mainly due to burnout and job dissatisfaction, according to a University of Manchester study on Tuesday. The research, published in Frontiers in Public Health and funded by […]

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CHATGPT CAN BYPASS SAFEGUARDS, GIVE HARMFUL ADVICE TO CHILDREN: STUDY

Sun 17 August 2025: US-based OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT’s lack of ethical safeguards poses serious risks to young people, a new report has found, as concerns mount over the safety of AI-powered chatbots. The British-American watchdog Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said in an Aug. 6 report that ChatGPT gave harmful information […]

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SAUDI ARABIA LAUNCHES DIGITAL PROCESS FOR TRAVELLERS CARRYING CONTROLLED DRUGS

Sun 17 August 2025: Saudi Arabia has rolled out new guidelines that allow travelers to obtain online clearance permits for prescribed medications. The system is designed to support patients and enhance travel efficiency, while maintaining safety standards, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) stated as it released procedures to obtain clearance permit. The SFDA […]

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