Sat 08 March 2025: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday highlighted the ongoing struggles faced by women and girls worldwide, warning that “eradicating extreme poverty for women and girls would take 130 years.” “Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed by her partner or a family member. [As many as] 612 million women and […]
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Sat 08 March 2025: Australian researchers have created an innovative blood test that can identify pregnancy-related health issues at an early stage. The University of Queensland (UQ) team, behind the study released on Thursday, explained that their “nanoflower sensor” has the potential to lower the number of hospital stays for newborns. The test screens blood […]
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Sat 08 March 2025: Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed Friday that the EU is playing “dangerous geopolitical games” with its decision to rearm. “By ignoring the real consequences of its decisions, Brussels continues to play dangerous geopolitical games,” Zakharova commented in a statement on an extraordinary summit by EU leaders on “Ukraine and […]
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Fri 07 March 2025: Americans’ trust in the media to report the news fairly and accurately has sunk to its lowest point in more than five decades. Just 31 percent of respondents in Gallup’s latest survey on the topic said they trust the mainstream media “a great deal” or “a fair amount”, while 36 percent […]
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Fri 07 March 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reminded his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of how Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1812 campaign against Moscow ended, responding to the head of state’s remarks about Russia. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation in Moscow, Putin said: “There was a talk […]
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Fri 07 March 2025: Global debt surged by about 50% over the last decade, outpacing a 46% increase in global gross domestic product (GDP). From the end of 2015 to the end of 2024, global debt rose by 49.2%, from $213.3 trillion to $318.4 trillion, an additional $105 trillion, data from the International Institute of […]
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Fri 07 March 2025: As the cryptocurrency market reacts to statements from US President Donald Trump, attention now turns to the White House Crypto Summit set for Friday. The summit will bring together prominent figures in the crypto sector, senior executives, investors, and members of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, established by […]
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Thu 06 March 2025: Soaring levels of crime are costing Britain’s economy as much as £250bln a year, according to a report that blames austerity for a breakdown in policing and criminal justice. The report by the centre-right thinktank Policy Exchange, backed by the former Conservative chancellor and Home Secretary Sajid Javid, said that years […]
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Thu 06 March 2025: EU member states agreed on Wednesday on a phased rollout of the long-delayed Entry/Exit System (EES), a digital border management tool designed to track the movement of non-EU nationals. The decision, reached under the Polish presidency, allows for a gradual six-month implementation, giving border authorities and the transport industry time to adapt, the […]
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Thu 06 March 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday vowed that potential US tariffs on European products “will not go unanswered,” as he warned of economic consequences and called for a coordinated European response. His remarks followed Washington’s recent move to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico, a decision Macron called “incomprehensible” and economically […]
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