Sat 11 October 2025: Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while serving as prime minister, following lobbying from Lord Peter Mandelson, according to the BBC on Friday. Mandelson’s later career as UK ambassador in Washington, DC, came to a crashing end when messages were published detailing the depth of his relationship with Epstein, a convicted […]
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A screengrab from a video posted online by United States President Donald Trump on September 3, 2025 showing a vessel in the Caribbean being monitored from the air by the US military.(Supplied: Truth Social / @RealDonaldTrump) Sat 11 October 2025: Russia and China denounced on Friday the growing US military presence in the southern […]
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Sat 11 October 2025: The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Friday elicited varied responses across Latin America, with certain leaders expressing approval, others issuing sharp criticism, and Mexico opting to stay quiet. The award’s announcement prompted some to highlight her previous statements and actions, which were described as […]
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Sat 11 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ What’s with all these Russian-made aircraft flying above Pretoria? With the sensational news of a mysterious Russian-owned Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft landing at Upington last week, it’s understandable that South Africans have begun focusing their attention skyward or obsessively watching flight tracking apps. […]
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Fri 10 October 2025: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Kyiv must significantly scale up production, delivery and employment of long-range missiles and drones to increase pressure on Russia and help bring about peace. Zelensky told military leaders that Kyiv has been working to improve the quality of its long-range weapons and is expanding production, funding and training to boost […]
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Fri 10 October 2025: Four-fifths (80%) of people in the UK are worried about older friends and family being scammed online, with some believing that bank closures could push more over-65s towards fraudsters. Bank closures have ratcheted up concerns, with 61% of people surveyed for Virgin Media O2 saying they are forcing older people to […]
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Fri 10 October 2025: The United Nations will have to cut roughly a quarter of its peacekeeping personnel in the coming months due to funding shortfalls, in particular caused by a lack of US financing. A senior unnamed UN official cited by Reuters stated that the organization “will have to repatriate… around 25% of our […]
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Fri 10 October 2025: US auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles following reports of crashes and traffic violations linked to the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday that its Office of Defects Investigation is examining Tesla models equipped with “FSD (Supervised)” and “FSD (Beta)” systems. The software, marketed as […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces have seized approximately 5,000 square kilometers (1,930 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in 2025, as the ongoing conflict, now in its fourth year, continues to escalate. “This year, we liberated nearly 5,000 square kilometers, 4,900 to be specific, and 212 population centers. Our […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: The World Trade Organization (WTO) raised its 2025 global trade growth forecast to 2.4%, up from 0.9% in August, but warned of a slowing growth for 2026, according to the Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report Tuesday. “Global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025, driven by increased […]
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