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About thirty eminent people, including Nobel Prize laureates Denis Mukwege and Wole Soyinka, made a fervent and urgent appeal on Sunday for the release of Niger’s former president, Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under detention since a military takeover of his administration in July 2023. Published in the French daily *Le Monde*, their appeal sought to have Bazoum and his …

Australia is likely to be among the first countries in the world to implement a minimum age limit for children accessing social media, citing growing worries about the deleterious impacts of the medium on young people’s mental and physical health.  The measure has sparked a national debate as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government advances with an age verification experiment before …

Choosing which of the “best” buffet restaurants in Asia is not a simple chore. The great and varied gastronomic scene of the continent means that based on personal tastes, dietary needs, and financial condition what makes the ideal eating experience vary.  Asia provides some of the most lavish and varied buffet choices available worldwide; each one presents a unique mix …

Following alarming outcomes in previous drills, Taiwan’s military is about review the use of US-made anti-tank missiles. The choice follows findings showing that the weapons, vital for Taiwan’s defense against possible Chinese assault, showed less than expected precision during the drills. The forthcoming conference emphasizes Taiwan’s value in making sure its military hardware is completely operational and efficient in front …

With a bold and divisive action, the Kremlin has seized more than £76 million from Google’s Russian accounts, reallocating these resources to support Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine via means of propaganda projects. Court documents reveal this dynamic, which underlines the rising tension between global IT companies and autocratic governments. The seizure of assets by Russian courts is a component …

Following the July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, at least five agents have been assigned modified duty in a dramatic turn of events that has rocked the U.S. Secret Service. One of the most important security errors in recent history, the event happened during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and calls for a thorough probe on the weaknesses …

Thursday night, a volcano in southwest Iceland erupted for the sixth time since December, spewing brilliant crimson lava from a fresh breach on the Reykjanes Peninsula. After a sequence of major earthquakes, the eruption started just after 9 p.m. Within an hour, a fissure spanning 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) surfaced through the Sundhnúkur crater, signifying the most recent occurrence in …

Environmentalists marched themselves to a lock on Sunday at the Port of Amsterdam, stopping the arrival of a cruise ship for several hours with great boldness. With its thousand cabins, the ship in issue, the “Serenade of the Seas,” was on route to a well-liked tourist location when its path was suddenly cut off. By preventing an oil tanker from …

An urgent advisory issued by the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon advises all Filipino residents of the Middle Eastern country to immediately flee in an unheard-of manner. The growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have created an uncertain and dangerous environment even as an all-out confrontation looms big. The embassy’s advice is clear: as the safety of Filipinos comes first, leaving …

Based on his irritation at the criminal charges he is facing, former President Donald Trump made headlines on Thursday defending his personal comments targeted against Vice President Kamala Harris. Leveraging the chance offered by a news conference at his New Jersey golf course, Trump positioned Harris in line with the financial challenges of President Joe Biden’s presidency.  Declaring his displeasure, …