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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been actively reaching out to international counterparts, urging them to discourage Iran from escalating military actions against Israel. Blinken communicated with China’s foreign minister, as well as officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Europe, stressing that an escalation would be against everyone’s interests and encouraging them to influence Iran to avoid further provocations. …

The Vatican has thrown its weight behind a global movement to outlaw surrogacy, hosting a conference to advocate for an international treaty to ban the practice. The initiative argues that surrogacy contravenes U.N. conventions safeguarding the rights of children and surrogate mothers, questioning the ethical implications of entitlement to childbearing at any cost versus the inherent rights of children. During …

A U.S. satellite recently had a close call with a Russian spacecraft, narrowly avoiding a collision by just 10 meters—an incident that only came to light after occurring on February 28. This alarming near-miss was a concern for NASA, particularly because of the potential danger debris from such an incident could pose to the International Space Station (ISS) and its …

During Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s official visit to Washington, the United States and Japan declared several joint agreements, focusing on areas such as defense, technology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors, and space exploration. A major highlight from this collaboration, announced by the White House, is the involvement of a Japanese astronaut in the upcoming Artemis missions, marking the first …

The English Premier League (PL) announced on Thursday (April 11) that it will implement semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) starting from the 2024-25 season. This decision, endorsed unanimously by top-flight clubs, follows discussions involving league stakeholders. The incorporation of SAOT is expected to reduce the duration of VAR checks for offside situations by an average of 30 seconds. **Implementation of Semi-Automated …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has set the date for the 2025 Oscars. The ceremony is scheduled for March 2, 2025, with the event returning to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The Academy shared these details on their social media, noting that nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced earlier in the year, on January …

An ambulance owned by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party was set on fire in the town of Bayssour, Aley district, just a day after an incident where assailants shot at the party’s office in Jdita, Bekaa, and displayed a Lebanese Forces flag there. The Progressive Socialist Party, along with other political groups, expressed their disapproval of the violence in Bayssour …

Turkish authorities have made a significant cocaine bust, marking the third largest in the nation’s history, announced Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. In a recent operation spanning three provinces, police confiscated 608 kilograms (1,340 pounds) of cocaine, mostly in liquid form, along with 830 kilograms (1,830 pounds) of chemicals used for processing the drug. According to Yerlikaya’s statement on social media …