GAZA WAR STRATEGY TO ‘CRUSH’ ISRAELI SOLDIERS AS ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS EXEMPTED: RESERVIST

Sun 13 July 2025: An Israeli reserve soldier warned Saturday that the government’s war strategy in Gaza will “crush” army soldiers amid the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service, Anadolu reports. The Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is “helpless and weak before the ultra-Orthodox rabbis and politicians in Israel,” soldier Dan Oron said in statements carried by […]

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NEW DUAL-PROTECTION BREAKTHROUGH PREVENTS CHEMOTHERAPY HAIR LOSS

Sun 13 July 2025: Scientists have announced the development of a “powerful method offering double protection” to prevent hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The study, conducted by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, is being hailed as a groundbreaking discovery in the protection of hair follicles. The new method combines the currently used “cooling cap” technique with a new lotion […]

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MALAYSIA EX-PM MAHATHIR, 100, DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL

Sun 13 July 2025: Malaysian former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital, his office said on Sunday, after being admitted for fatigue following a picnic celebration for his 100th birthday. Mahathir, leader of the Southeast Asian nation for more than two decades, has a history of heart problems and has undergone bypass […]

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AI CHATBOT GROK SPARKS DEBATE OVER BIAS AND RELIABILITY AFTER POSTING VULGARITY, DISINFORMATION, HATE

Sun 13 July 2025: Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, developed by his firm xAI, has drawn global attention for using profanity, insults, hate, and spreading disinformation on X, sparking renewed debate over the reliability of AI systems and the dangers of placing blind trust in them. Sebnem Ozdemir, a board member of the […]

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FUEL SWITCHES CUT OFF BEFORE AIR INDIA PLANE CRASH: PRELIMINARY REPORT

Sat 12 July 2025: A preliminary report into an Air India plane that crashed in western Gujarat state last month, killing 260 people, said Saturday that the aircraft’s engine fuel control switches transitioned to the “cut-off” position, moments before the disaster. The UK-bound plane slammed into a hostel of a local medical college, with one […]

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POPE CALLS FOR GLOBAL AI GOVERNANCE TO UPHOLD HUMAN DIGNITY, FOSTER DIALOGUE

Sat 12 July 2025: Pope Leo XIV has called on the international community to establish coordinated frameworks and ethical governance for artificial intelligence, urging that the technology be used in the service of humanity and peace. In a message delivered Thursday by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to the UN’s AI for Good Summit […]

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NIGERIA REJECTS US ‘PRESSURE’ TO ACCEPT VENEZUELAN DEPORTEES

Sat 12 July 2025: Nigeria’s foreign minister said the United States was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison, but Africa’s most populous country could not accommodate them due to its own problems. President Donald Trump’s administration this week asked five African presidents visiting the White House to take in […]

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NIGERIAN, ZIMBABWEAN NATIONALS AMONG FOREIGNERS ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN SCAM CENTRE RAID

Fri 11 July 2025: Pakistan police arrested 149 people – including Nigerian and Zimbabwean nationals – in a raid on a scam call centre, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) said Thursday. Later, a court in Faisalabad handed over 69 of the suspects to the NCCIA on five-day physical remand, while 62 were sent […]

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ISTANBUL’S AYASOFYA GRAND MOSQUE MARKS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

Fri 11 July 2025: The historical Ayasofya [Hagia Sophia] Grand Mosque celebrates its fifth anniversary after the landmark decision to change its status from a museum to a mosque in July 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the anniversary with a message shared on X on Thursday. “Five years ago today, we broke its chains and […]

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