SOUTH KOREA’S MILITARY HAS SHRUNK BY 20% IN SIX YEARS AS MALE POPULATION DROPS: REPORT

Sat 16 August 2025: South Korea’s military shrank by 20% in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the population of males of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the world’s lowest birthrate, a report said on Sunday. The dramatic decline in the pool of […]

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UK POLICE ENCOURAGED TO NAME SUSPECTS’ ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITY UNDER NEW GUIDANCE

Sat 16 August 2025: Police in England and Wales will be encouraged to disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile or sensitive cases UK police forces could start disclosing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile or sensitive cases under new guidance from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). According to […]

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JAPAN TO EMPLOY AI TO TEACH KIDS JAPANESE AMID STAFF SHORTAGE

Fri 15 August 2025: Japan will use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to teach the Japanese language to children with foreign roots. The move comes amid a shortage of teachers who can speak languages such as Portuguese, Chinese, and Spanish, Kyodo News reported on Thursday. Guidelines are expected to be prepared to use AI to adopt […]

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CANADIAN AIRLINE TO BEGIN CANCELING FLIGHTS AHEAD OF POSSIBLE CABIN CREW STRIKE

Fri 15 August 2025: Air Canada will begin cancelling its flights on Thursday ahead of flight attendants’ potential strike, aiming to ensure an orderly shutdown of operations, the airline announced. The first cancelled flight will be on Thursday, the airline confirmed, adding that as of Friday, the flight cancellations will increase, leading to a full […]

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PLASTIC CREDITS: A ‘FALSE SOLUTION’ OR THE ANSWER TO GLOBAL PLASTIC WASTE?

Fri 15 August 2025: As the UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting. Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth. Just 9 percent of it is recycled, and one study predicts […]

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SASSA CONCERNED OVER UNLAWFUL DEDUCTIONS ON SOCIAL GRANTS

Fri 15 August 2025: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has expressed concern following an upsurge in what appears to be unlawful deductions by financial service providers targeting social grants beneficiaries.   In a statement on Thursday, the agency said it has been inundated with enquiries from its beneficiaries, stating that their grant money […]

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HACKERS STEAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GUEST IDS FROM ITALIAN HOTELS

Thu 14 August 2025: A criminal hacker group has obtained the personal data of tens of thousands of holidaymakers from Italian hotels, collected from ID documents required at check-in. The group, called Mydocs, has been offering around 70,000 documents for sale online in recent days, Italian police said on Wednesday. The breach affected high-end hotels in cities such […]

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