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Microsoft Staff Stage Sit-In At HQ Over Company’s Israel Links: 'Gaza Is Being Bombed'
News18
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August 20, 2025
Last Updated:August 20, 2025, 16:39 IST Microsoft employees staged a sit-in at the Redmond campus, accusing the company of enabling Israeli military operations in Gaza. The protest was organised by the activist group No Azure for Genocide.Dozens...
China, Pak, Turkey In Its Range: India Successfully Test-Fires Agni-5 Missile
Zee News
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Agni-V Missile Test Successful: In what could be India's next level defence leap, all of Pakistan, Turkey, China, and even parts of Europe has come under New Delhi's reach with the successful test firing of the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile...
World’s first human spinal cord implant to take place in Israel
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 20, 2025
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 20 (ANI/TPS): Israel is preparing to perform the world's first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient's own cells, a medical breakthrough that could allow paralysed patients to stand and walk again, Tel Aviv...
Riyadh Air teams up with SATS Saudi Arabia for cargo services
Aerospace Technology - New York
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August 20, 2025
Riyadh Air has entered into a five-year strategic partnership with SATS Saudi Arabia Company, a subsidiary of SATS, to improve cargo handling services at major airports throughout Saudi Arabia. This collaboration aims to bolster cargo operations...
How Much Damage Did U.S. Strikes Do to Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site?
The New York Times
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August 20, 2025
Without access to the site, it may be quite some time before outside experts can gauge exactly how seriously Fordo was damaged, though a recent U.S. assessment described it as badly damaged. But a look at the bomb used and the facility’s...
RFK Jr. has cut millions in funding for autism research
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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McCanlies was stunned. The work had been done. “That’s exactly what I’ve been doing!” she said to her husband, Fred. As an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which Kennedy oversees, McCanlies had spent...
Green Hydrogen Market To Grow At A CAGR Of 63.8% From 2025 To 2032 Skyquest Technology Consulting
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) U.S. Push for Clean Energy, Federal incentives, hydrogen hubs, and U.S. corporate leadership drive adoption in transport, energy, and industrial sectors to accelerate the green hydrogen market in U.S. WESTFORD, Mass., Aug....
6,000-year-old fishing village reveals ancient maritime diet and fishing technology in Iran’s Makran
Tehran Times
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August 20, 2025
TEHRAN - Archaeologists working at the Koupal site in Dashtyari county, southeast Iran, have uncovered remarkable evidence of a 6,000-year-old fishing settlement, providing detailed insights into ancient maritime subsistence strategies. The...
Energy Vault, Turkey’s Astor Enerji Launch Global Strategic Partnership with BESS Deployments Totalling 2 GWh and 1 GW Transformer Procurement from Astor Enerji
AltEnergyMag
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August 20, 2025
The partnership brings together advanced expertise in energy storage, transformers, high-voltage equipment, and energy management software — maximizing project returns (IRR) while reducing time-to-market for critical infrastructure such as AI Data...
Heartwarming, goofy musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” opens in Bend
The Bulletin - Oregon
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August 20, 2025
Published 9:30 am Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have become household names for their enduring musicals. But they weren’t successful from the outset. The first musical the duo created, “The Likes of Us,” failed to...
Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest convention at Capital Factory that brings together Israeli-tied defense, arms companies
The Daily Texan
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August 20, 2025
The sound of over 100 protesters chanting and banging pots and buckets filled the entrance of Capital Factory on the intersection of Seventh and Brazos streets during an annual defense industry event on Tuesday. Fed Supernova, the annual three-day...
Shari Redstone Calls Paramount Trump Settlement a ‘No-Brainer,’ Hoped His ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit Would Remove CBS’s Anti-Israel Bias
Breitbart
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August 20, 2025
Shari Redstone, the former controlling shareholder for Paramount, called the company’s $16 million settlement with Trump a “no-brainer.” In July, Paramount agreed to settle Trump’s lawsuit against CBS, agreeing to pay $16 million over an edited...
Direct action targets UK military tech and fossil finance
Freedom News
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August 20, 2025
Fossil fuel investors utilities sabotaged and Palantir recruitment event disrupted in actions linking climate crisis and Gaza genocide ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ Two militant climate action groups staged separate but thematically linked actions in...
Syrian and Israeli officials hold rare Paris talks on de-escalation
Daily Times
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August 20, 2025
Published on: August 20, 2025 4:33 PM Syrian and Israeli diplomats met in Paris on Tuesday to discuss de-escalation and non-interference in Syria’s internal matters, with the meeting being part of ongoing United States-mediated efforts to...
Big-ticket events to boost tourism growth in the Middle East
Travel Daily Media
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August 20, 2025
According to the ATM Travel Trends report, 50% of industry experts consider leisure events as a key opportunity for the region’s tourism growth ‘Big-ticket’ events are playing a pivotal role in driving international tourism and accelerating...
Iran, Pakistan sign 2 agricultural cooperation agreements
Tehran Times
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August 20, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran and Pakistan signed two agreements on agricultural cooperation, focusing on the creation of a joint agriculture committee and collaboration in plant protection and quarantine. The signing ceremony took place in Tehran with Iran’s...
Rush Hour: Bills on removal of arrested ministers spark row, Israel approves Gaza City plan, & more
Scroll.in
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We’re building a brand-new studio to bring you bold ground reports, sharp interviews, hard-hitting podcasts, explainers and more. Support Scroll’s studio fund today. Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha that...
'Many of Our Grad Students Are Angry': UC Berkeley Rescinded Job Offer to Israeli Professor Over National Origin, Lawsuit Alleges
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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August 20, 2025
The University of California, Berkeley rescinded a job offer to a visiting Israeli professor solely because of her national origin, according to a new lawsuit. Though the professor, Dr. Yael Nativ, taught a course at the school prior to Oct. 7,...
Belarus, Iran vow closer defense ties and denounce US unilateralism
Iran International
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August 20, 2025
“Today America and some European countries are seeking to expand unilateralism and impose their views on other nations,” Pezeshkian said, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA. “This approach has not been and will not be tolerable for you or...
Iran among top five countries in DOAJ-indexed journals
Tehran Times
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August 20, 2025
TEHRAN – According to the latest Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) data, Iran, with a total of 1,003 indexed journals, is one of the top five countries among 138 countries publishing the most open-access journals. DOAJ is a unique and...