Thu 19 January 2023: In Norway, archaeologists discovered a flat, square block of a brownish runestone, which they claim to be the world’s oldest due to its over 2,000-year-old inscriptions. The stone measures 31 by 32 cm in size (12.2 inches by 12.3 inches). According to the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, this runestone […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: Mo Gawdat, author and former chief business officer at Google X, predicts that AI will become a billion times smarter than humans. The time is now, he says, to influence it with the right ethics to have humanity’s best interests in mind. Artificial intelligence is becoming unavoidable with smart devices in […]
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Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the US has said it is reviewing its actions Thu 19 January 2023: A professor in the United States has announced plans to sue a Minnesota university following a row over her showing a painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad during a lesson on Islamic art. Hamline University, a […]
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Wed 18 January 2023: Former US President Donald Trump is planning a social media comeback on Facebook and Twitter after being banned from both platforms. This unfolds as Trump gets ready to run for president of the United States. According to several sources, the Trump campaign team had already petitioned Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to […]
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Wed 18 January 2023: The most recent statistics have demonstrated the extreme weight of inflation that Britons are experiencing. Despite double-digit inflation, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), wages are still far behind. According to a Daily Mail report, despite near-record wage growth, wages fell in real terms in the three […]
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Wed 18 January 2023: A helicopter crash outside of Kiev claimed the lives of 18 individuals, including three children. Among those dead were the interior minister of Ukraine Denys Monastyrskyy, his deputy, and another official. 22 people, including 10 kids, have been admitted to the hospital. Who was Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyy? Eighteen people, including […]
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Wed 18 January 2023: French nun Lucile Randon, the world’s oldest person, passed away at the age of 118. At the nursing home where she resided, Randon passed away on Tuesday while sleeping. When she became a nun in 1944, she adopted the name Sister Andre. “There is great sadness but … it was her […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: German police detained climate activist Greta Thunberg during a demonstration against the expansion of a coal mine in the west German village of Lützerath. This is the second time Thunberg has been detained at the site, police spokesperson Christof Hüls told media Tuesday. She was part of a large group of […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic urged Russia to stop trying to recruit Serbs to fight alongside its paramilitary Wagner group in Ukraine. Vucic criticized Russian websites and social media groups for posting adverts from the Wagner group, which solicits recruits to join its ranks, in the Serbian language. “Why do you, from […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: The latest Twitter Files thread exposing the inner workings of the pre-Elon Musk era dropped on Monday, disclosing how pharmaceutical companies pressured the social media giant to censor activists voicing generic COVID-19 vaccine advocacy. “In 2020, it was clear that the pandemic would require rapid innovation. Early on, there was a […]
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