Tue 02 June 2026: Rwanda’s $134m claim has been thrown out, which bodes ill for other governments seeking ‘return hubs’. An international court has ruled that the United Kingdom does not need to pay Rwanda more than 100 million British pounds ($134m) in compensation over a scrapped migrant deportation deal. The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Finland has announced a fresh £2 million (approximately $2.23 million) in support for the persecuted Rohingya people taking shelter on the southeast Cox’s Bazar coast in Bangladesh amid serious fund cuts. The UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, on Sunday announced the contribution from Finland to sustain life-saving assistance and protection for Rohingya refugees. “With […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (DMPR) has announced that petrol will increase by R1.43 this Wednesday, while the prices of diesel, paraffin and LP gas will decrease. The adjusted prices for this month are as follows: Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): R1.43 increase. Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): R1.43 increase. […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: It’s hard to overstate the impact that artificial intelligence has had since the release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT just three years ago. While they have led to countless advances in how we live and work, they have also been at the centre of controversies around domestic and sexual […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Malaysia started enforcing new regulations Monday that prohibit children under 16 from creating social media accounts. The move is part of wider efforts to boost online safety protections for young users. Malaysia has joined Australia and Indonesia in imposing restrictions on children’s access to social media. France, Thailand, and South Korea […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: The official White House Instagram page associated with former US President Barack Obama was hacked, according to a Monday report by entertainment news outlet TMZ. The breach was discovered Sunday after several unusual posts appeared on the account, which uses the handle @obamawhitehouse. The most prominent post was an AI-generated image […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Restaurants across the European Union will no longer be allowed to serve single-use ketchup, mayonnaise, soy sauce and other condiment sachets to dine-in customers beginning Aug. 12. The ban is part of new EU packaging waste rules targeting plastic pollution. The restriction falls under the bloc’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Not all data centres are back online while internet protocols remain blocked, restricted or ‘whitelisted’. Tehran, Iran – Authorities in Iran have reinstated some internet access three months after taking the country offline at the start of the war with the United States and Israel, but restrictions remain in place for most people. The […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022. Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy has suspended a prominent senior monk accused of sexually abusing a child, in the religiously conservative nation’s highest-profile case involving a local clergyman. In rare disciplinary action, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: Parents overwhelmingly back Australian-style restrictions on social media for children, the British technology secretary has said. Ministers are considering a ban on social media for under-16s and more than 80,000 people have responded to a consultation on whether to introduce restrictions. One option is an Australian-style ban that forbids children under 16 from having […]
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