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TikTok has laid off nearly 500 employees in Malaysia, primarily from its Trust and Safety Regional Operations, which handled content moderation, RFA reported yesterday. This decision, made by parent company ByteDance, aims to replace human moderators with artificial intelligence tools,…

A documentary team has uncovered human remains on Mount Everest, which are believed to belong to a man who disappeared while attempting to summit the mountain 100 years ago, according to a report by National Geographic. The melting snow and…

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in learning Arabic in Turkey, especially after the rise of the Justice and Development Party in 2002 and Turkey’s increased engagement with Arab countries. Government support has made Arabic widely accessible,…

The Iraqi General Authority for Heritage and Antiquities announced today, Saturday, the discovery of 478 archaeological artifacts in Babylon Province. In a statement, the authority explained that a mission oversight committee, along with the director of the excavations department, visited…

The United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted on Friday a new resolution concerning Yemen and the human rights violations across the country. The resolution, numbered A/HRC/57/L.32, aims to provide technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen’s National Commission to Investigate…

As Saudi Arabia nears confirmation to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, experts and activists are urging FIFA to conduct a thorough and independent review of the kingdom’s human rights record. Legal and human rights experts, along with Saudi activists,…

The German scholar and author, Nicolai Sinai, has released a new book titled “Key Terms in the Qur’an: A Critical Lexicon,” which is considered a significant addition to Qur’anic studies. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the essential Qur’anic…

On Friday, October 11, US Central Command announced a series of air strikes targeting multiple known ISIS camps in Syria, France 24 reported. The operation aimed to disrupt ISIS’s capacity to plan and execute attacks against the United States, its…

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, The Rockefeller University, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a novel magnetogenetics technology that enables non-invasive control of brain circuits using magnetic fields, SciTech Daily reported yesterday. This method, detailed…

A recent report from monitoring network MapBiomas reveals that Brazil has suffered significant forest devastation, with 22.38 million hectares affected by fires in the first nine months of 2024, Xinhua reported yesterday. September alone accounted for 10.65 million hectares lost.…