Sat 17 April 2021: The UK bid its final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth’s husband, prince Philip, with a national one-minute silence that marked the beginning of his funeral at Windsor Castle, in a ceremony restricted to only 30 members of the royal family in order to comply with the COVID-19 guidelines. Prince Philip began his […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said on Saturday. No casualties were reported following the attack, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. The Israeli army claimed on Twitter that it hit targets belonging to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, including a training facility, an anti-aircraft […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: State prosecutors in Russia have asked a court to label groups linked to jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny as “extremist organisations”, a move that would ban them and expose activists to long prison terms. Friday’s move, if approved, would mark one of the most serious steps taken by authorities yet to […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: Brazil asked women on Friday to delay getting pregnant until the worst of the pandemic passes, saying the virus variant that is devastating the South American country appears to affect expectant mothers more than earlier versions of the coronavirus. The recommendation comes as Brazil continues to be one of the global […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: Britain is set to hold on Saturday the funeral of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9. The funeral service, which will take place at 3pm (4pm SA time) at St George’s Chapel, will be proceeded by a ceremonial procession. The […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: India on Saturday recorded a new high of more than 234,000 daily coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry figures. The figures show 234,692 cases were registered, which pushed the total to 14.5 million. There were 1,341 new deaths, taking the number of fatalities to 175,649. Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The Australian Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd (together, Google) misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018, in a world-first enforcement action brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Google misled Android users into […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday decried an Israeli raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Muslim worshippers in the courtyard of the holy site, and destroyed some of the doors of the mosque, the OIC said in a statement. The hostile and provocative attack […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: An advocacy group on Thursday urged Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to cancel plans to launch a version of the popular photo-sharing app Instagram for children under 13, saying that it would put the preteens at “great risk”. “Instagram, in particular, exploits young people’s fear of missing out and desire […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The number of Covid-19 infections in England fell by a third in the week ending April 10 to levels not seen since September last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Friday. The latest level equates to one in 480 people. It is the lowest figure since the week […]
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