Sat 25 January 2025: The people have been fighting for freedom for nearly a century, starting with the 1925 Great Syrian Revolt against colonial rule. The toppling of Bashar al Assad and the regime change in Syria within two weeks of the opposition’s advancements from Idlib and Daraa came as a shock to many. Assad’s […]
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Sat 25 January 2025: Meta has rejected accusations that Facebook and Instagram users were automatically directed to follow US President Donald Trump’s official accounts. After Trump’s inauguration on Monday, some users complained that they had automatically been made to follow the new president, as well as Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump. […]
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Fri 24 January 2025: Solar power overtook coal in Europe’s electricity mix for the first time in 2024 while gas declined for the fifth year in a row, energy think tank Ember said in a report on Thursday. “Driven by expanding wind and solar power, renewables have risen from a share of 34 percent in […]
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Fri 24 January 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a project to “mobilize” more young volunteers to boost the ranks of the country’s military amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. During an address to the armed forces on Monday, Macron explained the move by the need for France to adapt to an “accumulation […]
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Floral tributes left by members of the public are seen following the fatal knife attack on three young girls in July Fri 24 January 2025: Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana will likely spend the rest of his life in jail for murdering three girls. A teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance […]
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Fri 24 January 2025: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “ready to negotiate a deal” to resolve the war waged by Russia. “He’s ready to negotiate a deal. They’d like to stop. He’s somebody that lost a lot of soldiers, and so did Russia,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Russia lost […]
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Thu 23 January 2025: Trump’s supporters say the programme has been misused as several Democrat-led states file a legal challenge. Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, including a move to end birthright citizenship as part of his hardline anti-immigration agenda. Birthright citizenship […]
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Tue 21 January 2025: US President Donald Trump signed several executive orders Monday on his first day in office. “The first item that President Trump is signing is the rescission of 78 Biden-era executive actions, executive orders, presidential memoranda and others,” an administration official announced during the signing event at the Capital One Arena in […]
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Mon 20 January 2025: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has issued a stark warning about the rise of the far-right across the Western world, arguing that liberal democracy is facing a “century-defining challenge.” Writing in a powerful op-ed for The Guardian, Khan highlighted the growing influence of nativist parties in Europe and the resurgence of former […]
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Mon 20 January 2025: A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of three young girls during a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last summer. Axel Rudakubana, a British citizen born in Cardiff, Wales, faces multiple charges, including three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder, following […]
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