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CommentWestern attempts to curb criticism of Israel will come at a cost
The National News
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Demonstrations over the same issue were held in London and Kuala Lumpur last weekend. In one, the authorities kept order in good cheer. In the other, heavy-handed policing led to hundreds of arrests, amid much commentary about a fearful chilling...
Schneider Electric Accelerates eMobility in Saudi Arabia with New Solutions, Strategic Partnerships, and Local Empowerment
Eye of Riyadh
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Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced a series of impactful initiatives to expand its electric mobility (eMobility) footprint in Saudi Arabia, including product launches,...
Bulletin: Israel Demolishes Palestinian School under Construction; Egypt Launches Bachelor’s Programme in Banking Sciences
Al-Fanar Media
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August 7, 2025
More Dangerous than Bullets and Missiles Once, our greatest fears centred on nuclear threats, on the possibility of targeting nuclear facilities or the outbreak of war between two nuclear-armed neighbours. We imagined the moment someone might...
Illinois Monitoring Spread of Highly Infectious Disease as Students Prepare to Return
Eagle 102.3 - Iowa
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August 13, 2025
I recently read an article saying the University of Illinois is on high alert for measles. That got me thinking: Are measles cases exploding in Illinois? Are we in the Tri-States staring down some looming outbreak? Did I somehow miss the public...
Tom Moran: The raging incompetence of Team Trump is starting to show
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 13, 2025
So far, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has done nothing about the pesticides in our foods, the microplastics in our blood or the sugary sodas that are fattening up our kids. But last week, he took some time to...
Tarantula Species With Penis That Dwarfs Its Body Discovered By Stunned Scientists
The Daily Beast
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August 7, 2025
Scientists have stumbled upon four new species of tarantulas whose males have such outrageously long genitals that they had to invent an entirely new genus to classify them: Satyrex, named after the mythological satyr—half-man, half-goat, all...
Yemen shipwreck: At least 76 Ethiopian migrants killed, more missing
Newstalk ZB
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August 4, 2025
At least 76 people were killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP on Monday. Yemeni security officials said 76 bodies had been...
How researcher visa curbs threaten science careers
Nature
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Credit: Steven Puetzer/GettyFatemeh Ajallooeian, was thrilled when, in June 2024, she received a Swiss National Science Foundation mobility fellowship to go abroad to continue her palaeoclimate research. Ajallooeian, then a biogeochemist at the...
Why this Polish town is a hit among Gulf tourists this summer
The National News
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Move over Switzerland and Austria, there's a new alpine hotspot for holidaymakers from the Gulf escaping the summer heat. Nestled deep in southern Poland's Tatra Mountains is the small resort town of Zakopane, where thousands of holidaymakers from...
New tarantula with giant manhood to keep girls at bay discovered by scientists
Daily Star
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August 7, 2025
Size really matters to spiders after boffins discovered new tarantulas with giant willies - to keep cannibal girls at bay during sex. Boffins were stunned by the length of the creepy-crawlies’ appendages. Their genitalia are so big scientists have...
Houthi Abductions in Yemen's Ibb: 480 Civilians Detained Since 2023
Yemen Online
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Ibb – A recent report by the Netherlands-based human rights organization Rights Radar has revealed that over 480 civilians, including 51 children and 7 women, have been abducted by Houthi forces in Ibb Governorate since the beginning of 2023. The...
Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen
The Conversation
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August 7, 2025
Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian populations.” This...
My Dubai Salary: ‘My partner and I earn Dh40,000 per month and invest 60 per cent of it’
The National News
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Pavel Strandh, a Swedish management consultant, and his partner Stefanie Alecrim, a Brazilian legal counsel, moved to the UAE last year from Sweden where they were paying more than 50 per cent of their income in taxes. Moving to the UAE has cut...
AI chatbot Grok misidentifies Gaza famine photo as Yemen
The Sun Daily
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August 7, 2025
PARIS: An image by AFP photojournalist Omar al-Qattaa shows a severely malnourished girl in Gaza amid Israel’s blockade. Social media users questioned Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, about the photo’s origin. Grok incorrectly stated the image...
AI bot Grok misidentifies Gaza photo as being from Yemen, sparks disinformation claims
The New Zealand Herald
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August 6, 2025
In fact, the photo shows 9-year-old Mariam Dawwas in the arms of her mother Modallala in Gaza City on August 2, 2025. Before the war, sparked by Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Mariam weighed 25kg, her mother told AFP. Today, she weighs...
76 Africans dead, dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen
Daily Trust
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At least 76 people were killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP Monday. Yemeni security officials said 76 bodies had been...
Houthis continue to attack education in Yemen
Long War Journal
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August 6, 2025
A student march in Hajjah, Yemen. The Houthis are targeting education in northern Yemen, using schools to force their extremist ideology on young, impressionable Yemenis. Teachers and principals who refuse to comply with the Iran-backed terrorist...
Israel Calls on Drought-Ravaged Iranians to Oppose Regime
Atlanta Jewish Times - Georgia
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August 13, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video statement to social media on Tuesday in a direct address to the Iranian people, calling on them to oppose their regime, and promising that Israeli water technology will flow into the country once...
Objective Truth about Extremism: An Economist’s Analysis of Jihadist Impact on Technological Regression
The Gateway Pundit
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August 6, 2025
RAWA, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons By applying post-doctoral-level economic analysis, I aim to mathematically and objectively demonstrate that jihadist activity drives countries into technological regression, potentially devolving entire...
How Yemen’s Sayyad missile bolsters its naval deterrence
Mehr News Agency
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August 6, 2025
In a statement on Monday, the Yemeni Navy confirmed the entry of Sayyad into active service. It said the Sayyad missile has a range of up to 800 kilometers, advanced capabilities for hitting moving targets with high accuracy, and the ability to...