Sun 09 March 2025: The ailing Pope Francis is showing a good response to therapy in a hospital in Rome, the Vatican said on Saturday. “The prognosis remains guarded. This morning the Pope prayed in his chapel, while in the afternoon he alternated between resting and working,” the Vatican said in a statement. The clinical condition of the pontiff, […]
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Sun 09 March 2025: Seven Tesla charging stations have been torched in the US state of Massachusetts in the latest signs of a growing backlash against Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the electric carmaker and a top ally of US President Donald Trump. Near Boston, the state capital, seven Tesla charging stations were set […]
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Sun 09 March 2025: The Liberal Party membership will elect a new leader and prime minister-designate Sunday from a field of four candidates. The new prime minister will inherit a country that could be on the road to economic disaster if US President Donald Trump follows through with his 25% tariffs on imported Canadian goods. […]
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Sun 09 March 2025: Commercial satellite imaging company, Maxar, confirmed Friday that it is blocking all satellite images shared by the US government with Ukraine as part of President Donald Trump’s freeze on aid to that country which is at war with Russia. Experts said the move severely constrains Ukrainian drone pilots trying to defend […]
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Sat 08 March 2025: Europe’s automotive sector is in “mortal danger”, warned EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne before launching a much-vaunted plan on Wednesday to rescue the bloc’s troubled carmakers. “This is why the European Commission is proposing… an integrated plan that protects the sector,” Sejourne told AFP. “This is a pivotal moment for this industry.” […]
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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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