AUSTRALIA SENDS LEGAL NOTICES TO 4 GAMING PLATFORMS OVER UNSAFE CONTENT

Wed 22 April 2026: Notices require companies to explain how they detect, prevent, and respond to harms such as grooming, cyberbullying, online hate, radicalization, as well as whether their systems comply with Australia’s Basic Online Safety Expectations Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has issued legally enforceable transparency notices to major gaming platforms, including Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, and […]

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US SUSPENDS DOLLAR SHIPMENTS TO IRAQ DUE TO CONCERNS OVER ‘IRAN-BACKED MILITIAS’: REPORT

Wed 22 April 2026: Washington has halted shipments of US dollars to Iraq and paused security cooperation programs with its military in an effort to dismantle “Iranian-backed militias,” the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing officials. Treasury Department officials recently stopped a cargo plane carrying close to $500 million in cash due to concerns about […]

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RUSSIAN POLICE RAID BOOK PUBLISHER ACCUSED OF PUSHING ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’

Wed 22 April 2026: Raid is part of Moscow’s hardline social conservatism and clampdown on political life. Russian police have raided the country’s top publishing house on suspicion that it has been disseminating “homosexual propaganda”, local media report. Police reportedly seized thousands of books on Tuesday and took Yevgeny Kapiev, the chief executive of Eksmo, […]

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GAZA’S UNSEEN CASUALTIES: A SURGE IN STILLBIRTHS AND BIRTH DEFECTS

Two-week-old Ahmed lies in the neonatal unit at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Born with hydrocephalus – a buildup of excess fluid on the brain – doctors link his condition to the malnutrition and contaminated water his mother was exposed to during the war [Screen grab/Al Jazeera] Wed 22 April 2026: As the impacts of […]

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‘PREDATORS’: AMNESTY SLAMS NETANYAHU, PUTIN, TRUMP AS HUMAN RIGHTS DECLINE

Wed 22 April 2026: Global rights group says leaders of three countries behind devastating wars inspire other states to carry out abuses. London, United Kingdom – The heads of Israel, Russia and the United States are leading the destruction of global human rights, Amnesty International has said, describing them as “voracious predators” intent upon economic and […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | WEDNESDAY – 22 APRIL 2026

Wed 22 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ ‘SA fuels Gaza deaths’: BDS claims that allowing mining companies to continue exporting SA’s coal to Israel was contradictory because by so doing, the country was indirectly supporting the genocide against the people of Palestine, while the government had approached the International Court […]

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UK BARS ANTI-MUSLIM INFLUENCER VALENTINA GOMEZ, HAILED AS ‘TRUE WARRIOR’ IN ISRAEL

Tue 21 April 2026: The UK has barred Valentina Gomez, the anti-Muslim influencer notorious for inflammatory and racist comments about Muslims, including repeatedly describing them as “rapists”, from entering the country ahead of Tommy Robinson’s latest rally. Gomez was initially granted a UK electronic travel authorisation (ETA), allowing her to travel to Britain, before ministers […]

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SASSA BENEFICIARIES URGED TO USE E-LIFE CERTIFICATION PORTAL

Tue 21 April 2026: The South African Social Security Agency has urged social grant beneficiaries to make use of its e-Life Certification self-service platform to complete life certification. The agency said some beneficiaries were unable to access the self-service portal after being notified to complete the e-Life Certification verification process. It apologised for the inconvenience […]

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