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Nepal’s ex-PM arrested over Gen Z protest deaths
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2026
» KATHMANDU - Nepal’s former prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during Gen Z anti-corruption protests last September, officials said.
Nepali rapper to be sworn in as new prime minister
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah will be sworn in as the new prime minister on Friday, after issuing his victory message in a rap song, urging unity.
UN panel accuses Trump of ‘racist hate speech’
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» GENEVA - A UN watchdog warned on Wednesday that “racist hate speech” by US President Donald Trump and other political leaders coupled with intensified immigration crackdowns were fuelling grave rights violations.
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» JERUSALEM - What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert?
US poll shows surprisingly strong support for vaccines
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2026
» WASHINGTON - A bipartisan majority of Americans believe vaccines are safe and that children should receive them to attend school, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, illustrating the challenges President Donald Trump’s administration faces to win broad support for upending decades of public health policy.
YouTube outage affects 340,000 users, other sites disrupted
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 18/02/2026
» YouTube was down for nearly 340,000 users, internet monitor Downdetector said, while the streaming site reported an issue with its recommendations system.
US panel scraps hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - US vaccine advisers have scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot, a major policy win for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr that disease experts say will reverse decades of public health gains.
England scrapping jury trials for some crimes
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/12/2025
» LONDON - Juries will be scrapped in England and Wales for a range of criminal trials, including the most complex financial crime, in the biggest shake-up of the country’s justice system in decades.
Global flights in chaos as top-selling Airbus jet hit by recall
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/11/2025
» HONG KONG — Airlines across the world cancelled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season.
'We're already living in science fiction': The neurotech revolution
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS — From translating thoughts into words to allowing paralysed people to walk, the field of neurotechnology has been quietly surging ahead, raising hopes of medical breakthroughs -- and profound ethical concerns.