Sun 26 January 2025: Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far right party for the second time in as many weeks. Addressing a hall of 4,500 people alongside party leader Alice Weidel, Musk spoke […]
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Sun 26 January 2025: Australian and Chinese researchers have made a breakthrough in unraveling the mystery of how the surface of Mars has evolved over billions of years. Their recently published study focuses on seismic activity on Mars, with findings suggesting that “marsquakes” — tremors occurring on the planet — may offer crucial insights into […]
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Sun 26 January 2025: Longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko is set to win a seventh terms as he runs unopposed by genuine challengers. Polls are under way in Belarus for a presidential election, with longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko expected to extend his more than three decades in power in the absence of any real opposition. Voters began casting […]
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Sat 25 January 2025: The price of Bitcoin soared by 2.5% on Friday after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on cryptocurrency markets. The current price of Bitcoin is at around $104,736 as of 0645GMT, and its market cap increased to $2.07 trillion. Bitcoin’s transaction volume in the last 24-hour period was around […]
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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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