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19 Oct
One works for NASA and the other has won the "Space for Youth" award. Brothers Marco Romero and Marco Paulo are creating projects that change lives in Angola.
19 Oct
To counter potential enemy missiles, Israel can count on its aerial defence shield known as the "Iron Dome". According to several sources close to the Israeli ministry of defence, Israel could also decide to deploy another air defence laser system, called "Iron Beam", earlier than expected.
19 Oct
Solar Team Eindhoven, a group of students from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), has successfully completed a gruelling 620-mile test drive over Morocco's challenging terrains.
18 Oct
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India wants to set up a space station by 2035, and send a man to the moon by 2040. The country wants to send its first crewed mission to space next year.
18 Oct
Meta is expanding its enforcement of its policies against violent posts and misinformation amid the Israel-Hamas war. It has created a special operations center with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic. Meta said it has temporarily lowered the threshold to trigger its technology that prevents "potentially violating and borderline content" from being amplified across its services.
18 Oct
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said on Tuesday it will test a new subscription model under which it will charge a $1 annual fee for basic features.
15 Oct
Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe is a scientific icon in DR Congo. He's also an inspiration for the next generation of Congolese biologists. Also across Africa, more than 30% of harvests are lost pests and disease. A team of Ghanaian engineers are coming up with new ways to identify risks early. And Gambian rising star Maryama Cham is carving a path for herself in an industry largely dominated by men.
14 Oct
The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since Hamas's deadly attack on Israel.
13 Oct
Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as X, formerly known as Twitter, have responded to a letter from EU Commissioner Thierry Breton urging caution over an increase in disinformation and illegal content. Both social media giants have said they've taken action on social media posts that violate EU law.
12 Oct
A German agency that tackles discrimination and racism says it is quitting the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It cited a rise in hate speech since owner Elon Musk took over last year.
12 Oct
Google makes passkeys default for all users: 'We've received really positive feedback'
10 Oct
The Spanish company PLD Space launched a reusable rocket in what is seen as a breakthrough for European space ambitions. The blast off occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning in Andalusia.

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Since Tunisian President Kais Saied seized full governing powers in July 2021, concern has been growing about a crackdown on free speech and dissent in the country. In the last year, about 50 political opponents have been in jail in various cases.
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The increase in the death toll comes as scores of other people are reportedly missing. The Russian government is on high alert following the attack, which was claimed by the "Islamic State" Khorasan group.
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The Nigerian government says it is investigating the $2.4 billion foreign exchange allocations and forward contracts which the Central Bank of Nigeria flagged as ineligible. Tilewa Adebajo, the CEO of CFG Advisory, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.
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Even though the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, pro-Russian social media users and bots are continuing to insist that Ukraine was involved in the atrocity.
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FRANCE 24 spoke to Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef, who is speaking out against the war in Gaza. Formerly a TV icon in Egypt before fleeing to the US, Youssef called accusations of anti-Semitism against him "laughable". Calling the label "overused", especially against Jews supporting the Palestinian cause, he said that anti-Semitism "has become a comical accusation". "Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism," he added.
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Even though the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, pro-Russian social media users and bots are continuing to insist that Ukraine was involved in the atrocity. We debunk all the false claims for you in this edition of Truth or Fake.