Sun 16 March 2025: All full-time staff at Voice of America (VOA), the largest US government-funded international broadcaster, were informed Saturday that they had been placed on administrative leave. Crystal G. Thomas, human resources director at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the agency overseeing VOA and other state-funded news organizations, sent an email […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: A majority of voters are unhappy with the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) handling of federal workers, according to a new poll. When asked about “the way Elon Musk and DOGE are dealing with workers employed by the federal government,” 60 percent of respondents in the Quinnipiac University poll of registered […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: Up to 30,000 jobs could be cut as part of Labour’s plan to overhaul the NHS, it was reported on Friday. The figure is far higher than the 10,000 roles set to be axed by abolishing NHS England, The Daily Mail reported. When steep cost-cutting elsewhere is added to closing down […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: According to a New York Times report, the travel ban could affect at least 40 countries United States President Donald Trump‘s administration is mulling a new travel ban that is expected to affect citizens from dozens of countries to varying degrees, The New York Times reported. Quoting anonymous officials, the report published […]
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Image is for illustration purpose. Sat 15 March 2025: The intense race in artificial intelligence has now extended into the robotics field, driven by companies like Google, OpenAI, and Tesla, which are working to integrate AI with the physical world. One of Google’s subsidiaries, DeepMind, introduced two AI models specifically designed for robots: Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER. According to the […]
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Sat 15 March 2025: Weakness in sentiment reflects a deterioration in expectations for the future across multiple facets of the economy, including personal finances, employment, inflation. Consumer sentiment in the United States has plunged to a nearly two-and-a-half-year low, and inflation expectations have soared amid worries that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which have ignited […]
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Image is for illustration purpose only. Sat 15 March 2025: In the U.S. state of Tennessee, a man was injured when his dog accidentally fired a gun while he was lying in bed. Jerald Kirkwood, who lives in Memphis, told police that his dog accidentally shot the gun while he was lying in bed. According to local media reports, Kirkwood’s […]
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Sat 15 March 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host a virtual meeting of world leaders Saturday to discuss peacekeeping in Ukraine and urge them to make “concrete commitments,” according to Downing Street. Around 25 leaders are expected to join to discuss the “coalition of the willing” peacekeeping mission. Starmer will urge allies to […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: The UN on Thursday expressed concern about growing tension in Bosnia and Herzegovina, calling for peace and stability. “We call on all political leaders to fully support and facilitate the work of state institutions in order to consolidate peace and ensure stability throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Urging “relevant actors […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: Every year on March 14th, math enthusiasts and scientists celebrate pi, one of the most famous irrational numbers. The number pi, symbolized as π in mathematics and commonly approximated as 3.14, is significant not only for mathematical calculations but also as an element highlighting the aesthetic and poetic aspects of science. WHAT IS PI? Pi (π) […]
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