Tue 11 February 2025: Tech firm Google officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps app following a change instituted by US President Donald Trump. Google said that within the US, it follows the US Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System, which has formally adopted Trump’s […]
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Tue 11 February 2025: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver unique images of the universe. Most recently, it captured a fascinating image of the HH30 protostar. This object was first discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, but thanks to JWST’s advanced technology, HH30 has been examined in unprecedented detail. Located in the Taurus constellation, about […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: British officials made over 600 arrests in January, a 73% increase from 352 in the same period last year, according to an official statement on Monday. A total of 609 arrests were made in January by Immigration Enforcement teams during raids on 828 premises — marking a 48% rise compared to […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: The Swedish government has announced plans to tighten firearm regulations and enhance school security following a deadly school shooting in Orebro. The tragic event raises pressing concerns about gun legislation, according to a government statement on Friday. The statement stressed the need for stricter measures in the wake of the violence. […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he is serious about his repeated remarks that Canada should become his country’s 51st state. In an interview with Fox News, he was asked whether Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was correct in saying the idea was “a real thing.” “Yes, it is,” Trump […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’. US President Donald Trump has said he expects his ally Elon Musk to find billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon, after he was tasked with leading an audit […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: Wikileaks has revealed that the United States allegedly transferred $472.6 million through Internews Network, a global media non-governmental organisation (NGO) suspected of promoting covert censorship and media control. USAspending data shows that in the last 17 years, 87 percent of the funding, equivalent to $415 million, came from USAID, while the […]
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Sun 09 February 2025: A team of Czech scientists has discovered the world’s largest underground thermal lake in Albania, according to Czech media. The discovery came after years of exploration led by Czech speleologist Marek Audy, who had suspected the existence of a hidden thermal cave system in Albania’s southern Vromoner region, public broadcaster Radio […]
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Sun 09 February 2025: Voters began casting ballots in Kosovo elections Sunday in a contest that pits combative incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s quest to stamp out Serbian influence against a fractured opposition’s vow to boost the economy. Kurti and his Vetevendosje (“Self-Determination”) party (VV) have campaigned on their efforts to dismantle the remaining Serbian institutions in Kosovo while […]
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Sun 09 February 2025: US President Donald Trump said he had held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, discussing efforts to end the Moscow-Kyiv war, according to The New York Post. Speaking to The Post on Friday, Trump declined to specify how many times the two leaders had spoken but insisted that […]
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