Sat 01 November 2025: Major global firms are laying off tens of thousands of workers due to weak economic expectations, cost-cutting measures, and the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI). Despite economic uncertainty, many companies are increasing AI investments and downsizing corporate staff in order to replace workers with technology. Sluggish consumer demand, rising costs, […]
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Screen grabbed from CCTV footage shows the woman is kicked down a flight of stairs at a Berlin subway station (File photo) Fri 31 October 2025: More than half of women in Germany feel unsafe in public spaces, according to a survey reported Tuesday by the German news agency DPA. The survey, conducted by polling […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: King Charles’ brother, Prince Andrew, is set to be stripped of his prince title and forced to leave Royal Lodge near Windsor Castle as pressure mounts over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: A US federal agent secretly attempted to recruit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s personal pilot as part of a plot to capture the leader and deliver him into American custody on drug trafficking charges, The Associated Press reported. Citing three current and former US officials, as well as one of Maduro’s opponents, […]
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Thu 30 October 2025: The Netherlands faces one of the tightest election outcomes in its history, with Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) and the centrist Democrats 66 (D66) virtually tied after Wednesday’s parliamentary elections. According to the latest forecast by Dutch news agency ANP, both PVV and D66 are projected to win 26 […]
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Thu 30 October 2025: French authorities have arrested five more suspects in connection with the recent burglary at the Louvre Museum in Paris, judicial sources told RTL on Thursday. The five suspects were taken into custody simultaneously across several locations in the Paris region around 9 pm local time on Wednesday. One of the suspects […]
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Thu 30 October 2025: The World Gold Council (WGC) reported on Thursday that global gold demand rose 3% year-on-year in Q3, hitting a quarterly all-time high. The demand, including over-the-counter (OTC) transactions, increased to 1,313 tons, reaching a value of $146 billion, WGC said in a statement. The robust growth was driven by increased investment […]
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Thu 30 October 2025: President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that he has directed the Defense Department to start nuclear weapons testing without delay. “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately,” Trump wrote on […]
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Thu 30 October 2025: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed during their highly-anticipated bilateral meeting not to impose rare earth export controls that rattled global markets and prompted threats of retaliation from the US leader. Trump said he and the Chinese president agreed on an “outstanding group of […]
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Thu 30 October 2025: The wife of UK journalist Sami Hamdi is calling for his release after he was detained earlier this week by US immigration officials when his visa was revoked for unsubstantiated “national security” reasons. “Our beloved Sami was abducted over the weekend by the US government because of his courageous and effective […]
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