Fri 21 November 2025: Artificial intelligence is fast becoming part of the furniture. A decade after IBM’s Watson triumphed on “Jeopardy!,” generative AI models are in kitchens and home offices. People often talk about AI in science fiction terms, yet the most consequential change in 2025 may be its banal ubiquity. To appreciate how ordinary AI use […]
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Fri 21 November 2025: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its latest annual assessment, has issued a sharp critique of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological parent organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). According to the report, the “interconnected relationship” between the BJP and the RSS has facilitated […]
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Fri 21 November 2025: In China, 87 percent of people trust AI, compared with just 32 percent in the US, according to an Edelman poll. China’s public is far more trusting of artificial intelligence than their peers in the United States and other Western countries, a survey has found. In China, 87 percent of people […]
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Fri 21 November 2025: Chinese scientists have found signs of iron rust caused by meteorite impacts in rock and soil samples collected by the “Chang’e 6” rover from the Moon’s far side. Researchers from Shandong University, the Institute of Geochemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Yunnan University reported in Science Advances that the rover discovered microscopic hematite (α-Fe2O3) […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Around 70 people are missing after a boat capsized in a river in Kasai Province in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, local media reported Wednesday. The boat was headed to the capital, Kinshasa, from the port of Bena Dibele, more than 800 kilometers (497 miles) away, when it sank […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: With the latest shift by President Donald Trump on releasing the Epstein files held by the U.S. Department of Justice – he’s now for it after being against it after being for it – the MAGA base may finally get to view the documents it’s long wanted to see. On the afternoon of Nov. 18, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on 10 October, the first day of the announced ceasefire, Israel transitioned tactics: moving from indiscriminate aerial bombardment to the calculated, engineered demolishing of homes and vital infrastructure. […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Belgium is set to ban all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco in a bid to stop youth nicotine addiction, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke announced on Wednesday. The move follows fresh recommendations from the country’s Superior Health Council. Vandenbroucke said flavored e-cigarettes are deliberately designed to appeal to children and mask the potential […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Beijing denies the claim, which comes weeks before the government must decide whether to approve a new Chinese embassy. Britain’s domestic intelligence agency is warning the country’s lawmakers and universities of espionage attempts by China using spies posing as headhunters, among other tactics. In a warning issued to lawmakers on Tuesday, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: The Department of Health’s National Essential Medicines List Committee (NEMLC) has approved the addition of the recently registered injectable lenacapavir to the Essential Medicines List (EML). The department said the decision aligns with the department’s mandate to ensure access to safe, effective, high-quality, and affordable medicines for all citizens in the […]
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