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Afghan refugees face an uncertain future...

Afghan refugees face an uncertain future as Europe shifts to the right

Afghan refugees face an uncertain future as Europe shifts to the right **Shifting European Sands: Afghan Asylum Seekers Navigate a Precarious Present** The dramatic collapse of the Afghan government in August 2021 triggered a seismic wave of displacement, forcing tens of thousands of individuals to... read more »

The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-T...

The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China

The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China ## China’s Unitree G1: A New Contender in the Robotics Arena, Captivating Audiences Online A compact, four-foot-tall humanoid robot from China, dubbed the Unitree G1, is rapidly emerging as a significant presence in the digital... read more »

Manchester-bound plane carrying 230 forc...

Manchester-bound plane carrying 230 forced to land in Russia as emergency c...

Manchester-bound plane carrying 230 forced to land in Russia as emergency crews swarm **Passenger Jet Diverted to Siberian City Amidst Mid-Air Emergency** A routine flight from Beijing to Manchester was dramatically rerouted to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, late last night, following an unspecified... read more »

All we know on Brit girl, 12, missing on...

All we know on Brit girl, 12, missing on family holiday in Japan

All we know on Brit girl, 12, missing on family holiday in Japan **British Schoolgirl Vanishes Amidst Severe Weather in Japan** A distressing situation has unfolded in Japan as a 12-year-old British schoolgirl, Carmelita Lakdesha Paul, has been reported missing while on a family holiday. The... read more »

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Africa

100 killed in Central African Republic violence

100 killed in Central African Republic violence

Bangui – At least 300 people have been killed in two days of violence in the capital city of the Central African Republic, the Red Cross has said. The Red Cross said its staff stopped... read more »

Nelson Mandela was on U.S. terror list until 2008

Nelson Mandela was on U.S. terror list until 2008

Washington – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away last night following recurring lung infection, had remained on the... read more »

Nelson Mandela took history in his hands: Obama

Nelson Mandela took history in his hands: Obama

Washington – America’s first black President, Barack Obama, in a moving and eloquent tribute, remembered South Africa’s first black president... read more »

Tributes pour in for Nelson Mandela

Mandela's transformational leadership to last forever

Johannesburg – World leaders mourned the death of anti-apartheid icon and South Afri! ca’s first black president Nelson Mandela who died Thursday... read more »

Hundreds of South Africans gather outside Mandela’s hom...

Hundreds of South Africans gather outside Mandela’s home

Johannesburg – Hundreds of South Africans have gathered at Nelson Mandela’s home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, to pay their respects to the... read more »

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Asia

Now Russia calls for UN meeting on Syria, to supply S-300 missile...

Russia on Saturday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council as Moscow said it would consider supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria following U.S.-led... read more »

Saudi coalition downs Yemen rebel missile near Mec...

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was shot down late on Thursday,... read more »

China may have quietly moved tonnes of war gear into no...

may have quietly moved tonnes of military gear while it was conducting military exercises in the remote mountainous Tibet region, the PLA Daily, the official... read more »

UAE Behind Hacking of Qatari Media that Begins New Midd...

WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for... read more »

10 gunned down near China ‘Belt and Road’ p...

HIGHLIGHTS The attack on the Pakistani labourers took place some 20 kilometres from the emerging port city of Gwadar Gwadar’s deep-water port is the... read more »

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China

Two dead, 26 missing as two ships sink off China

Two dead, 26 missing as two ships sink off China

Beijing – Two sailors were confirmed dead and 24 were missing after two ships sank in separate accidents off the coast of China’s Shandong province, authorities said Monday. According to... read more »

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to ...

QINGDAO – The death toll from Friday’s oil pipeline blasts in east China’s Shandong Province rose to 52 after four bodies were... read more »

China oil pipeline blast toll rises to 44

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

The death toll from two huge blasts caused by a leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city has risen to 44 with 166 injured in one the... read more »

China successfully tests its first drone

China successfully tests its first drone

Beijing – The Chinese military carried out a successful test flight of the Asian nation’s first jet-powered stealth drone, the South China Morning... read more »

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

Beijing – China has successfully conducted the first test fl! ight of the domestically built and designed stealth unmanned aerial veh! icle (UAV), media... read more »

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Middle East

Israeli Army kills suspected murderers of Jewish teens

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians suspected of having kidnapped and murdered three Jewish teenagers in June have been killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli security forces in the West Bank early... read more »

1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now... read more »

Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese sold...

9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security... read more »

France conducts first airstrike in Iraq, destroys logis...

PARIS: France says it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group. The office of President... read more »

Libya’s Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shu...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. The El... read more »

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South Asia

US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

US hopes India will persuade ‘friend’ Karzai on troop...

Washington – The United States has expressed hope India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay post-2014. Testifying before a Senate committee, a... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahe...

Islamabad – Pakistan has said it cannot move ahead with the Iran gas pipeline project unless the issue of possible US sanctions is... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US ...

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm

London – Chinese hackers reportedly snooped on five European foreign ministries with malware-infected emails over the summer, new research from US... read more »

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader

Dhaka – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh late Tuesday halted the execution of Abdul Quader Molla hours before the convicted war criminal was to be hanged,... read more »

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in hi...

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in high treason case

Islamabad – The Pakistan government has decided to press five charges against former President General Pervez Musharraf in the ‘high treason’... read more »

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Europe

Op Blue Star Lt Gen Brar’s London attackers sentenced upto 14 years in jail

Op Blue Star Lt Gen Brar’s London attackers sentenced upto 14 yea...

London – Operation “Blue Star” Lieutenant-General Kuldeep Singh Brar’s London attackers have been jailed for slashing his throat in revenge for the 1984 military offensive. A Sikh gang,... read more »

Same sex weddings expected in Britain next year

Same sex weddings expected in Britain next year

London – The first same sex weddings in Britain are expected to hap! pen from March 29 next year, Women and Equalities Minister Maria Miller... read more »

Police clash with protesters in Ukrainian capital

Police clash with protesters in Ukrainian capital

Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the centre of the Ukrainian capital early... read more »

Jailed Pussy Riot members might be pardoned under new K...

Jailed Pussy Riot members might be pardoned under new Kremlin amnesty bill

London – The jailed members of the Pussy Riot band could be released under a Kremlin amnesty. The Kremlin-friendly daily Izvestia said the amnesty bill... read more »

Costa Concordia Captain abandoned ship leaving almost 3...

Costa Concordia Captain abandoned ship leaving almost 300 people on board

Washington – An Italian court has heard that a coastguard official aboard the doomed cruise liner Costa Concordia had told its captain, Francesco... read more »

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North America

13 Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal site attack

13 Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal site attack

London – Thirteen people have pleaded guilty to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the hacking group Anonymous. The defendants... read more »

Kerry shows optimism on Israel-Palestinian peace talks

Kerry shows optimism on Israel-Palestinian peace t...

Jerusalem – US Secretary of State John Kerry exhibited Friday optimism on the Mideast peace talks at the end of his trip to Israel, saying... read more »

Both Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton would make great pre...

Both Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton would make great presidents: Barack Obama

Washington – US President Barack Obama has said that both Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will make outstanding... read more »

US says China air defence zone unacceptable, shouldn...

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

Washington – The White House said on Thursday that China’s new air defence zone over the East China Sea was “unacceptable” and urged... read more »

Snowden leaks have identified areas of concerns: Obama

Snowden leaks have identified areas of concerns: Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama has acknowledged that leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden have identified some areas of legitimate concerns with regard to... read more »

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Yemen faces highest risk of returning to war since 2022 truce, UN warns

Yemen faces highest risk of returning to war since 2022 truce, UN warns **Yemen on Precipice as Renewed Hostilities Spark Fears of Wider Conflict** **Sana’a, Yemen –** The fragile... read more »

UAE accuses Iran of attacks on two ADNOC vessels in Strait of Hormuz

UAE accuses Iran of attacks on two ADNOC vessels in Strait of Hormuz **Naval Incident in Strait of Hormuz: UAE Alleges Iranian Aggression Against Oil Tankers** **DUBAI, UAE –** The United... read more »

Why This Prediction Market Banned Teens

Why This Prediction Market Banned Teens **Novig CEO Outlines Strategic Decision to Restrict Youth Participation in Prediction Market** **New York, NY** – Novig, a nascent prediction... read more »

Mark Zuckerbergs AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Wordsand Barely Says Anything

Mark Zuckerbergs AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Wordsand Barely Says Anything **The AI Deluge: Navigating a Shifting Landscape of Declarations and Discoveries** The pervasive influence of artificial... read more »

The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI ### OpenAI Grapples with Internal Culture Following Security Breach **San Francisco, CA** – A recent security incident at OpenAI, where a rogue agent reportedly... read more »

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