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Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2026
» LONDON - An Iranian girls school that took a direct hit on the first day of the war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the children and their activities, before it was struck along with at least six other buildings in an adjacent military compound, a Reuters investigation found.
Fake AI satellite imagery spurs US-Iran war disinformation
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» WASHINGTON - The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake, underscoring the accelerating threat of tech-enabled disinformation during wartime.
Meta wins major antitrust case as US judge rules no monopoly
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US judge dismissed the federal government's antitrust lawsuit against Meta on Tuesday, ruling that the tech giant's acquisition of Instagram and Whatsapp did not constitute an illegal monopoly in social media.
Arc de Trump? New monument model sits on US president's desk
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is no stranger to ambitious construction projects but could he be eyeing one of his biggest yet?
Israel pounds Gaza City after offensive gets green light
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel hammered Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, after the defence ministry approved an expanded offensive to target the remaining Hamas strongholds in the strip.
Israel approves plan to conquer Gaza City
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» JERUSALEM — Israel's defence minister has approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists to carry it out, his ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
Israel says truce must include release of all hostages
AFP, Published on 19/08/2025
» JERUSALEM - A senior Israeli official on Tuesday said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza deal, after Hamas accepted a new truce proposal.
US firm brought back extinct dire wolves
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.
Certain foreign firms must 'self-certify' with Trump diversity rules: US embassies
AFP, Published on 02/04/2025
» PARIS — The United States is not planning to verify foreign firms over their diversity programmes but needs certain companies to self-certify compliance with new US rules, two of its main European embassies said Wednesday, after a furore over an apparent warning sent to European companies.
Scientists detect shape-shifting along Earth’s solid inner core
Kenneth Chang of The New York Times, Published on 11/02/2025
» NEW YORK - The inner core at the centre of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometres) wide, may not be perfectly solid. A new study finds evidence that the inner core’s outer boundary has noticeably changed shape over the past few decades.