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'Soggy Paper Straw' Memes Go Viral As Iran War Tensions Dominate Social Media
From wars to economic crises, social media users often turn serious headlines into satire - and right now, the humble paper straw has become the internet's unlikely symbol of that frustration.
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Long Queues At UK Petrol Stations Amid Fears Of Fuel Price Hike, Public Told To Avoid Panic Buying
Iran's retaliation attacks, triggered by the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have pushed oil prices up by 13%.
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Anthropic's Head Of AI Safety Quits, Warns Of 'World In Peril' In Cryptic Resignation Letter
Mrinank Sharma resigns as head of Anthropic's safeguards team, citing AI safety concerns and conflicts with organisational values.
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WHO Seeks $1 Billion For Global Health Emergencies: All About These Diseases With Critical Impact
The WHO has identified 36 of the world's most severe health emergencies in 2026, driven by outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria, malnutrition, and conflict-linked disease collapse.
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Bitchat Becomes Jamaica’s Go-to App as Hurricane Melissa Cripples Communication
As Hurricane Melissa devastates parts of the Caribbean, Jamaica has witnessed a sharp rise in downloads of Jack Dorsey’s BitChat app. The decentralised platform enables offline, encrypted communication through Bluetooth mesh networks, providing a vital tool for residents facing power and internet outages. BitChat’s growing popularity underscore...
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Food Inequality Is Fuelling Both Global Hunger And Climate Change: New Report
The recently released EAT-Lancet Commission report highlights how the richest 30% of the globe are responsible for around 70% of food-related climate costs.
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What Spike In Pizza Orders Near Pentagon Indicates About Global Crises
Most of these fast-food chains that reported unusually high activity and sales were located near the Pentagon, the US military headquarters.
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Global Crises Disrupt Effort To Get Millions To Quit Smoking: Report
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and wars have combined to hamper global governments' plans to reduce tobacco use, derailing efforts to get an estimated 95 million people to stop smoking, a report endorsed by 57 campaign groups said on Friday.
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Global Acute Hunger Hits New High, Outlook 'Bleak' For 2025: UN-Backed Report
More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other crises -- and the outlook is "bleak" for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said Friday.
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Author Amitav Ghosh Warns Silicon Valley CEOs Are Preparing For "The Event". What It Is
Celebrated author Amitav Ghosh warned Tuesday that the top brass in Silicon Valley are preparing for "The Event" -- potential collapse of the global systems -- as various interconnected worldwide crises, such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
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'Soggy Paper Straw' Memes Go Viral As Iran War Tensions Dominate Social Media
From wars to economic crises, social media users often turn serious headlines into satire - and right now, the humble paper straw has become the internet's unlikely symbol of that frustration.
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Long Queues At UK Petrol Stations Amid Fears Of Fuel Price Hike, Public Told To Avoid Panic Buying
Iran's retaliation attacks, triggered by the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have pushed oil prices up by 13%.
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Anthropic's Head Of AI Safety Quits, Warns Of 'World In Peril' In Cryptic Resignation Letter
Mrinank Sharma resigns as head of Anthropic's safeguards team, citing AI safety concerns and conflicts with organisational values.
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WHO Seeks $1 Billion For Global Health Emergencies: All About These Diseases With Critical Impact
The WHO has identified 36 of the world's most severe health emergencies in 2026, driven by outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria, malnutrition, and conflict-linked disease collapse.
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Bitchat Becomes Jamaica’s Go-to App as Hurricane Melissa Cripples Communication
As Hurricane Melissa devastates parts of the Caribbean, Jamaica has witnessed a sharp rise in downloads of Jack Dorsey’s BitChat app. The decentralised platform enables offline, encrypted communication through Bluetooth mesh networks, providing a vital tool for residents facing power and internet outages. BitChat’s growing popularity underscore...
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Food Inequality Is Fuelling Both Global Hunger And Climate Change: New Report
The recently released EAT-Lancet Commission report highlights how the richest 30% of the globe are responsible for around 70% of food-related climate costs.
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What Spike In Pizza Orders Near Pentagon Indicates About Global Crises
Most of these fast-food chains that reported unusually high activity and sales were located near the Pentagon, the US military headquarters.
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Global Crises Disrupt Effort To Get Millions To Quit Smoking: Report
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and wars have combined to hamper global governments' plans to reduce tobacco use, derailing efforts to get an estimated 95 million people to stop smoking, a report endorsed by 57 campaign groups said on Friday.
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Global Acute Hunger Hits New High, Outlook 'Bleak' For 2025: UN-Backed Report
More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other crises -- and the outlook is "bleak" for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said Friday.
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Author Amitav Ghosh Warns Silicon Valley CEOs Are Preparing For "The Event". What It Is
Celebrated author Amitav Ghosh warned Tuesday that the top brass in Silicon Valley are preparing for "The Event" -- potential collapse of the global systems -- as various interconnected worldwide crises, such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
