Month: June 2025

Sputnik’s branch in Baku has been targeted by the Interior Ministry

The Azerbaijani Interior Ministry has announced a raid on the Baku office of Russian news network Sputnik. The move comes amid tensions between the two nations, following a police raid on suspected Azerbaijani gangs in Russia.

There is a strong police presence around the building hosting the Sputnik newsroom in Baku, local media confirmed on Monday. The outlet’s central office in Moscow said it cannot get in touch with its journalists.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed concern with the development, and that the government of Azerbaijan would not respond to requests for explanations sent by Moscow.

#BREAKING #Azerbaijan JUST IN: Azerbaijani police have blocked off the area in front of the Sputnik building in Baku.

Employees of the Russian Embassy in Baku have gone to the Sputnik office, where a “special operation” is currently underway, said Sputnik editor-in-chief… pic.twitter.com/3xoWN5VSxm

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) June 30, 2025

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HEALTH officials are urging the public to act now and get the COVID-19 vaccination before the Spring vaccination programme ends next week, as a new virulent strain continues to spread across the country.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that the new variant, NB.1.8.1, has been detected in the UK and international data suggests that it is growing as a proportion of all COVID-19 cases.

World Health Organisation analysis supports these findings, indicating that while the new strain appears to transmit more efficiently between people, vaccinated individuals maintain significant protection against serious outcomes, including hospitalisation and death.

Over 400,000 people have had the vaccination across the North West region since the programme launched in March.

Dr Michael Gregory, Regional Medical Director for NHS England in the North West, is encouraging anyone not yet vaccinated to come forward as soon as possible. 

He said, “This is the final chance to get the spring COVID-19 vaccine and top up your protection against the virus for the coming months. If you are eligible you don’t need to wait for an invitation, come forward to book your appointment or visit a walk-in clinic as soon as possible.”

“The vaccine is effective against the new variant and remains our best defence against severe illness.”

The variant looks to be spreading rapidly within communities, with top symptoms being a ‘razor blade’ sore throat and swollen neck glands, as well as well-known COVID symptoms like high temperature, aches and blocked nose.

NIMBUS COVID VARIANT SPREADS RAPIDLY | https://t.co/dqdJX2ilSm

A new sub-variant of COVID-19, known as "Nimbus," is spreading rapidly across the United States, presenting with atypical symptoms that differ from those commonly associated with the virus. pic.twitter.com/sgYsz8dFls

— FOX SA (@KABBFOX29) June 29, 2025

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“You cannot disinvent” Tehran’s technical and industrial capabilities, Rafael Grossi has said

Iran could resume uranium enrichment within months, despite recent US and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi has stated.

In an interview with CBS News released on Sunday, Grossi said the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, inflicted “a very serious level of damage,” but some of the assets are “still standing.”

“The capacities they [Iran] have are there. They can have, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that,” he added, while acknowledging that even the Iranians likely do not yet know the extent of the damage.

According to the IAEA chief, Iran maintains a significant industrial capacity. “Iran is a very sophisticated country in terms of nuclear technology, as is obvious. So you cannot disinvent this. You cannot undo the knowledge that you have or the capacities that you have.”

Iran could be able to start producing enriched uranium again 'in a matter of months', the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said, adding that while US bombs had damaged the country’s nuclear facilities, 'one cannot claim that everything has disappeared' https://t.co/1AE0KjsmqU pic.twitter.com/YVSmPWGDHy

— Financial Times (@FT) June 29, 2025

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Facebook, the social network platform owned by Meta, is asking for users to upload pictures from their phones to suggest collages, recaps, and other ideas using artificial intelligence (AI), including those that have not been directly uploaded to the service.

According to TechCrunch, which first reported the feature, users are being served a new pop-up message asking for permission to “allow cloud processing” when they are attempting to create a new Story on Facebook.

“To create ideas for you, we’ll select media from your camera roll and upload it to our cloud on an ongoing basis, based on info like time, location or themes,” the company notes in the pop-up. “Only you can see suggestions. Your media won’t be used for ads targeting. We’ll check it for safety and integrity purposes.”

Should users consent to their photos being processed on the cloud, Meta also states that they are agreeing to its AI terms, which allow it to analyze their media and facial features.

Meta says its new AI feature won’t be used for targeted ads, but experts still have concerns. When people upload personal photos or videos—even if they agree to it—it’s unclear how long that data is kept or who can see it. Since the processing happens in the cloud, there are risks, especially with things like facial recognition and hidden details such as time or location.

Even if it’s not used for ads, this kind of data could still end up in training datasets or be used to build user profiles. It’s a bit like handing your photo album to an algorithm that quietly learns your habits, preferences, and patterns over time.

NEW – Facebook now asks users to upload phone photos, even unposted ones, to generate AI recaps, collages, and story ideas.https://t.co/TFqyXufHVZ

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) June 28, 2025

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In a stunning development, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Pakistan is actively developing a new long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching targets within the continental United States.

The assessment, which has raised alarms across Washington and among global security analysts, marks a significant escalation in Pakistan’s nuclear ambitions.

According to officials familiar with the intelligence briefings, the new missile—codenamed Shaheen-III+—is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with an estimated range exceeding 9,000 miles.

“This is not a regional threat anymore,” said one senior intelligence official on condition of anonymity. “Pakistan has traditionally focused on deterring India, but this leap signals a change in doctrine—and one with global implications.”

The intelligence community’s findings, which were reportedly compiled over several months through satellite imagery, electronic surveillance, and human sources, suggest that Pakistan has received technological assistance from undisclosed foreign actors—raising concerns about nuclear proliferation networks.

“This is a game-changer,” said Dr. Rachel Minders, a nuclear policy analyst at the Brookings Institution. “Pakistan entering the ICBM club means we now have to consider a whole new tier of deterrence and diplomatic engagement.”

U.S. Intelligence warns that Pakistan is developing nuke capable of reaching America.https://t.co/fxN7fLOksW pic.twitter.com/HmtnfxAL7c

— End Time Headlines (@EndTimeHeadline) June 26, 2025

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Massive 85-mile-wide frozen giant comet observed near Neptune using powerful telescope in Chile

A groundbreaking discovery was recently made about the largest comet ever observed hurtling toward the sun from the Oort Cloud in the outer reaches of our solar system.

Astronomers recently got a close-up look at the comet, known as C/2014 UN271, flying through deep space with the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array(ALMA) radio telescope in Chile.

The icy giant is 85 miles across and is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

The NRAO reported that astronomers found that new observations from the comet showed jets of carbon monoxide gas erupting out from the comet’s solid icy core.

Astronomers make groundbreaking discovery about largest comet ever observed flying through deep space https://t.co/ZegAi01KZu

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 26, 2025

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Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica.

The strange radio waves emerged during a search for another unusual phenomenon: high-energy cosmic particles known as neutrinos. Arriving at Earth from the far reaches of the cosmos, neutrinos are often called “ghostly” because they are extremely volatile, or vaporous, and can go through any kind of matter without changing.

Over the past decade, researchers have conducted multiple experiments using vast expanses of water and ice that are designed to search for neutrinos, which could shed light on mysterious cosmic rays, the most highly energetic particles in the universe. One of these projects was NASA’s Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna, or ANITA, experiment, which flew balloons carrying instruments above Antarctica between 2006 and 2016.

It was during this hunt that ANITA picked up anomalous radio waves that didn’t seem to be neutrinos.

Scientists have detected mysterious radio signals emerging from beneath Antarctica’s ice.

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— AF Post (@AFpost) June 16, 2025

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