Russia’s Nauka module undergoes launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos (FILE PHOTO) Sun 18 February 2024: Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon that is “troubling” but poses no immediate threat, the White House has said. National security spokesman John Kirby said US intelligence officials had information that Russia had developed […]
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Sun 18 February 2024: Beirut/Tripoli, Lebanon — The entrance to the Burj Barajneh refugee camp is covered in the small yellow flags of the Palestinian group Fatah displaying the faces of the late Yasser Arafat and his successor, current Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. But these are not the men of the hour. That honour is […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: Speaking in a televised address, the Israeli prime minister has again come out against a two-state solution and an independent Palestinian state. “We shall not bow down to international dictates in regards to a future deal with the Palestinians. Such a compromise should be through direct negotiations with no preconditions,” he […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: Japan has successfully launched its next-generation rocket into orbit, the country’s space agency has announced, after two failed attempts cast a pall over Tokyo’s space ambitions. The H3 had a “successful liftoff” at 9:22am Tokyo time (12:22 GMT) on Saturday and entered its planned orbit carrying a dummy satellite and two […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other weapons to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has said it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half the enclave’s displaced population is trapped. […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: Following two days of debate and weeks of public reaction, Greece legalizes same-sex marriage, despite opposition from the church and some lawmakers. Same-sex couples will now be able to legally adopt children. Greece is the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Parliament passed the legislation late Thursday, with 176 […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: The top tech firms in the world promised on Friday to combat the deceptive use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the elections of 2024, Anadolu Agency reported. Twenty tech companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and X, pledged to collaborate in order to identify and prevent harmful AI content in […]
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Fri 16 February 2024: The Russian penitentiary service said on Friday that opposition figure Alexey Navalny died in a prison colony where he was serving his sentence. The service said in a statement that Navalny lost consciousness after a walk in the Arctic Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, where the colony is located. The ward immediately called […]
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Fri 16 February 2024: South Africa has begun collecting data on cancer directly from patients for the first time, to help shape national cancer policies and resourcing. A lack of extensive and detailed data has long been recognised as a barrier to improved cancer care, amid a national and Africa-wide crisis. According to the World Health Organization, […]
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Fri 16 February 2024: Satellite images from February 15 show the construction of a wall along the Egypt-Gaza border. Egypt has vehemently rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into its territory, and has denied it’s preparing for an influx of Palestinians pushed into the Sinai peninsula if an anticipated Israeli assault on Rafah happens. But […]
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