META SHUTS DOWN 4,800 ACCOUNTS OVER AN ALLEGED CHINESE INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN

Fri 01 December 2023: Meta has removed nearly 4,800 fake accounts that were part of a China-based influence campaign aimed at spreading polarising content about United States politics ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the tech giant has announced. The influence operation was one of two China-based campaigns detected by Meta, which owns Facebook and […]

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OLIVIA COLMAN AMONG 1300+ ARTISTS ACCUSING INSTITUTIONS OF PALESTINE CENSORSHIP

Fri 01 December 2023: More than 1,300 artists, including Academy Award winning Olivia Colman and Olivier Award winners Harriet Walter and Juliet Stevenson, have signed an open letter addressed to the arts and culture sector, that accuses cultural institutions in Western countries of “repressing, silencing and stigmatising Palestinian voices and perspectives”. Other signatories include BAFTA […]

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PALESTINE ADVOCATES DECRY MSNBC’S CANCELLATION OF MEHDI HASAN NEWS SHOW

Sat 02 December 2023: Washington, DC – MSNBC has cancelled Mehdi Hasan’s weekend TV programme, sparking anger from many Palestinian rights supporters who consider the progressive host a rare critic of Israeli policies on United States cable news. The decision, first reported by the news website Semafor on Thursday, came amid what advocates describe as a crackdown on […]

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TALIBAN ASKS WASHINGTON TO RELEASE AFGHAN PRISONER HELD IN GUANTANAMO

Thu 30 October 2023: Afghanistan’s caretaker government has asked Washington to set free the only Afghan prisoner still held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the local Tolonews TV channel reported Thursday. “We are in contact with the United States to release Abdul Rahim. He is the only Afghan who has been languishing in […]

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INACTIVE GOOGLE ACCOUNTS WILL BE DELETED STARTING FRIDAY. HERE’S HOW TO PREVENT IT

Fri 01 December 2023: Google will begin removing user accounts that haven’t been used for a few years on Friday, December 1, according to a BBC report.  Under its inactive account policy, the tech giant will start the purge, albeit in a phased manner, with accounts that “were created and never used again” getting the […]

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EU COUNTRIES’ 2023 MILITARY SPENDING SET TO REACH RECORD $295B

  German soldiers demonstrates the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) defense system, Jammer HP 47, at the German Defense Ministry. Fri 01 December 2023: The total defense spending of individual member countries of the European Union is on track to reach a record 270 billion euros ($295 billion) in 2023, as the Russia-Ukraine war rolls on, European Council […]

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AFGHAN EMBASSY IN INDIA WILL SOON RESUME OPERATIONS: STANIKZAI

Thu 30 October 2023: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Taliban Political Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that the Afghan consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad are in contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, and the Afghan embassy in New Delhi will soon resume operations. “Our consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad […]

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RUSSIA’S SUPREME COURT BANS ‘LGBTQ MOVEMENT’ AS ‘EXTREMIST’

Thu 30 October 2023: Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that LGBTQ activists should be designated as “extremists”, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. The court ruled on Thursday that “the international LGBT public movement and its subdivisions” were extremist, and issued a “ban on […]

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