Wed 26 November 2025: The selection process for the next UN secretary-general formally began Tuesday as the presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly issued a joint letter inviting member states to nominate candidates and outlining procedures for the months ahead. “Noting with regret that no woman has ever held the position of […]
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Wed 26 November 2025: On Tuesday, Italy’s parliament enacted legislation classifying femicide as a distinct offense punishable by life in prison, according to local news outlets. Members of Italy’s lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, unanimously voted in favor of the law as the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against […]
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Tue 25 November 2025: Trump signs order to integrate supercomputers and data assets in order to create ‘AI experimentation platform”. United States President Donald Trump has unveiled a national initiative to mobilise artificial intelligence (AI) for accelerating scientific breakthroughs. Trump signed an executive order on Monday to establish “The Genesis Mission”, the latest iteration of […]
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Mon 24 November 2025: Visitors from 85 countries that currently enjoy visa-free entry to the UK-including the US, Canada and France-will be required to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) from Feb.25, 2026, the UK government announced on Monday. The move is described as a major step in the country’s plan to digitize its immigration system and introduce a contactless […]
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Mon 24 November 2025: Astronomers have discovered a super-Earth located only 18 light-years away, orbiting in its star’s habitable zone where conditions may permit liquid water to exist, according to a study published on Sunday. The study, published in The Astronomical Journal, said the planet lies relatively close within the Milky Way and appears to […]
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Mon 24 November 2025: Despite stark findings, World Health Organization says violence against women and girls is ‘a deeply neglected crisis’. Nearly one in three women – totalling about 840 million around the world – have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence in their lifetimes, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report. […]
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Mon 24 November 2025: US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine’s leadership on Sunday of showing “zero gratitude” for American efforts to end the war with Russia, while blaming his predecessor for the conflict. “Ukraine ‘leadership’ has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts, and Europe continues to buy oil from Russia,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. […]
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Mon 24 November 2025: US President Donald Trump said he will designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, US media reported Sunday, Anadolu reports. “It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” Trump told Just the News, a right-wing website. “Final documents are being drawn.” The move follows Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said “if you have relevant information you should be prepared to share it” after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ignored a request to testify in a US probe into Jeffrey Epstein. The premier declined to comment on the disgraced former royal specifically, but said as a “general principle” anyone with relevant […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: The UN climate change conference, COP30, concluded Saturday in Brazil without a clear commitment to phase out fossil fuels, igniting immediate open protests from dozens of countries that warned that the summit’s final draft undermines the global fight to limit warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F). The draft agreement, proposed by the Brazilian […]
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