Fri 21 March 2025: Heathrow Airport in London will remain closed throughout Friday, with over 1,300 flights expected to be canceled due to a significant power outage caused by a nearby fire. Travelers have been advised that flight disruptions may persist for days as the airport awaits the restoration of electricity, following what government officials […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Canada’s largest Muslim organization is outraged over a bill introduced by the Quebec government that would ban headscarves for school support staff and students. Bill 94 would cover not just teachers, as is now the case under the existing secularism law, but support staff, volunteers and students as well. The ban, […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Mixed martial arts (MMA) star and former UFC champion Conor McGregor has announced his intention to run for the Irish presidency, pledging to challenge the government’s stance on the EU Migration Pact and advocating for a public referendum on the issue. In a statement on Instagram, McGregor declared his opposition to […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Millions of Turkish liras were seized from the addresses of two key figures detained as part of the corruption and terror investigations into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, according to state prosecutors in the Turkish metropolis. Investigations by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into Istanbul Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and 99 […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov announced on Thursday that a new round of Russia-US talks will take place on March 24 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Ushakov confirmed the date was set during a phone call with US National Security Adviser Michael Waltz. “Michael Waltz, […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: The US defense secretary has vowed to appeal a court decision blocking US President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military. Pete Hegseth said simply on X: “We are appealing this decision and we will win.” After returning to the White House this January, President Trump signed […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: British universities are grappling with widespread job cuts and course closures as financial pressures mount, with experts warning of a sector-wide transformation that could affect students, staff, and local economies. A report by the University and College Union (UCU) indicates that more than 5,000 job cuts have been announced this academic […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: Billionaire Elon Musk claimed on Tuesday, “They basically want to kill me, I guess they are bad people,” amid growing controversy over his team’s US government reform work, which Musk said is meant to cut costs but his critics say is reckless destruction with no idea of how government works. The […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor as part of what they say are investigations into alleged corruption and terror links. Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested on Wednesday morning, with the state-run Anadolu Agency saying prosecutors issued detention warrants for the mayor and roughly 100 […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore safely splashed down off the coast of Florida on Tuesday after they spent more than nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Also on board were NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who returned […]
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