Thu 25 September 2025: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has announced that Pyongyang has acquired new “secret weapons” as part of its efforts to strengthen its military capabilities, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday. “We’ve newly acquired secret weapons and achieved feats in the defense science field that will greatly help bolster our military […]
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Thu 25 September 2025: American actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she no longer recognizes her country, voicing concern over threats to free expression while presenting her latest film at Spain’s San Sebastián film festival. Her comments come as worries grow over free speech in the United States, after President Donald Trump’s crackdown on critical media […]
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Wed 24 September 2025: A Canadian probe revealed that TikTok, a social media app with numerous underage users in Canada, did not adequately enforce age limits and gathered substantial sensitive personal information from children. The Canadian government on Tuesday published its report on TikTok amid ongoing debates in the US over whether the app should […]
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Wed 24 September 2025: Platform to allow people to securely pass on information anywhere in the world, or offer their own services to MI6. The United Kingdom’s spy agency is set to launch a web portal on the dark web to recruit informants and receive secret information from agents in Russia and worldwide, Britain’s Foreign, […]
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Wed 24 September 2025: Press freedom around the world has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years as global democracy weakens dramatically, a landmark report found. According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy has declined in 94 countries over the last five years and only a third have made […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Mass riots took place late on Saturday night in a number of cities in Serbia, rioters attacked police officers, set fire to and destroyed offices of government agencies and political parties, Reuters reported quoting Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. According to the minister, the most complicated situation has been reported in the […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Up to one-third of Britain’s family doctors, the backbone of the National Health Service (NHS), may consider leaving direct patient care within five years, mainly due to burnout and job dissatisfaction, according to a University of Manchester study on Tuesday. The research, published in Frontiers in Public Health and funded by […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Three Republican-led US states said Saturday that they would send hundreds of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as part of a federal effort to crack down on crime and homelessness. West Virginia announced plans to send 300-400 personnel to Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump deployed 800 members of […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: PBS in the US is reducing its budget by 21% due to federal funding cuts, according to CBS News. The PBS board approved the cut on Wednesday, also lowering member station dues by $35 million. This will likely decrease PBS’s revenue from local stations, many of which are grappling with their […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: Imagine a busy train station. Cameras monitor everything, from how clean the platforms are to whether a docking bay is empty or occupied. These cameras feed into an AI system that helps manage station operations and sends signals to incoming trains, letting them know when they can enter the station. The […]
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