Meta Platforms is set to lay off about 10 per cent of its workforce, amounting to about 8,000 employees, and eliminate an additional 6,000 open positions in May as it increases its spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with more than 78,000 employees as of the end of 2025, announced the…

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Both chambers of Britain’s parliament have approved a bill that would ban children aged 17 and under from buying cigarettes during their lifetime. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to stop anyone born after January 1, 2009 (now aged 17) from taking up smoking. Health minister Wes Streeting called this a “historic moment for the nation’s health” that will…

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out striking Iran with a nuclear weapon, after his previous threats to completely destroy Iranian civilization. “No, I wouldn’t use it,” Trump told reporters at the…

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The United States President Donald Trump has ordered the country’s Navy to take action against vessels laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump confirmed this in a Truth Social post on Thursday. He said that he had instructed the military to act against suspected mine-laying boats in the strategic waterway. According to multiple media reports citing the post,…

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Iran’s vow not to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — so long as a US naval blockade remained in place — was held into Thursday despite a ceasefire extension, as the Gulf nation announced the seizure of two ships trying to cross the strategic waterway. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said late Wednesday that it had also “directed 31 vessels…

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