Mon 25 December 2022: Annual report on weapons trade shows sales up 1.9 percent, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine adding to supply chain problems. Sales of arms and military services by the world’s 100 biggest defence companies rose 1.9 percent to $592BN in 2021 despite supply chain issues that held up shipments of critical components, […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has launched the ‘forward media with caption’ feature on iOS, which provides users the ability to forward images, videos, GIFs and documents, with a caption. After downloading the latest WhatsApp for iOS 22.23.77 update from the App Store, some users were able to access the new feature, […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: A man in the United States bought 300 iPhone 13s in one go and got robbed at the exit. Unidentified robbers stole half of the victim’s cell phones. The unnamed man went to the famous Apple store in New York City, US, the Apple Fifth Avenue store that is known for being open 24 hours a day. […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: Recent polling suggests support for the war in Ukraine is falling “significantly” among the Russian public, the British defence ministry has said in its latest intelligence update. The data indicated 55 percent of the population favoured peace talks, while only 25 percent claimed to support the ongoing conflict. Despite efforts on […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been tumultuous, to say the least. Twitter Verification has been rolled out and everyone interested in the service can pay $8 a month to get verified and receive benefits, such as the coveted blue tick, with a potential for higher visibility and reach on the platform. In […]
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Sat 03 December 2022: The Seychelles gigantic tortoise Jonathan is celebrating this weekend as he gets ready to celebrate his 190th birthday on Sunday on Saint Helena, where he has lived since 1822 and where Napoleon, the vanquished French emperor, passed away a year earlier. Jonathan gained notoriety and earned a spot in the Guinness […]
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Sat 03 December 2022: Russia said that it will continue to find buyers for its oil despite “dangerous” attempts by Western governments to put a price cap on its exports. The Group of Seven (G7) nations, Australia and the European Union agreed on a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil, aiming […]
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Sat 03 December 2022: The B-21 Raider, a high-tech strategic bomber that can carry a nuclear payload and be flown without a crew on board, has been unveiled by the United States. The next-generation stealth bomber was unveiled on Friday at the Northrop Grumman plant in California in front of prominent US government representatives. According […]
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Fri 02 December 2022: Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean are “unacceptable and almost always avoidable,” Pope Francis said on Friday, renewing a call for policymakers across the region to address the issue in a manner “beneficial to all”, Reuters reports. The 85-year-old Pontiff, son of Italian immigrants to Argentina, often speaks up for the rights of migrants, […]
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Fri 02 December 2022: Canada’s expansion of euthanasia legislation, or MAID as it is known, has caused concerns among rights groups. In 2023, Canadians will be able to apply for a medically assisted death, also known in the country as medical assistance in dying (MAID), if they are suffering from mental health problems as their […]
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