Thu 08 August 2024: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused WhatsApp of being a spying system and advised people to switch to other applications. During a meeting with representatives of the fishing and agriculture sectors at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Maduro commented on current issues. Maduro said: “WhatsApp gave the list it has […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: Ukraine has requested Mexico to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin should he visit the country, amid media reports about an invitation for him to attend his Mexican counterpart’s inauguration later this year. “We trust that the Mexican government would comply in any case with the international arrest warrant by handing the […]
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Wed 07 August 2024: Around 40 French museums, including the Grand Palais where Olympic events are being held, fell victim to a ransomware attack last weekend, local media BFMTV reported on Tuesday. The ransomware encrypts files to prevent access and typically demands a ransom for their release, according to the French National Agency for the […]
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Wed 07 August 2024: Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has initiated legal action against a global advertising alliance and several major corporations. The platform accuses them of colluding to boycott X and causing substantial financial loss. The lawsuit, filed in Texas, targets the World Federation of Advertisers, Unilever, Mars, CVS Health, and Orsted. […]
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Local government council security officers patrol near the East London Mosque following violent riots across regions of England. [FILE PHOTO] Wed 07 August 2024: Liverpool, United Kingdom – The United Kingdom is bracing for another day of unrest with more far-right race riots reportedly planned in several cities. Activists monitoring far-right communications fear that on Wednesday, […]
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Tue 06 August 2024: Chief of social media platform X, Elon Musk, responded sharply to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as tensions between the tech mogul and the UK government continue to escalate. The clash follows Musk’s controversial assertion that “civil war is inevitable” in the UK after a week of far-right riots that have […]
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Tue 06 August 2024: Whether it’s COVID-19, climate change or migration — fake news spreads six times faster on social media than facts. But how can I identify and check fake news? Here’s some advice from DW’s fact-checking team. In April, a screenshot of a quote from Annalena Baerbock circulated on Facebook. In it, the German Green […]
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Tue 06 August 2024: Far-right violence has continued across parts of the United Kingdom. Clashes between rioters and police took place on Monday night in Belfast, Darlington in northeast England and Plymouth in the south. Devon and Cornwall police said they had arrested six people in Plymouth after “levels of violence across the city” in […]
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Mon 05 August 2024: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cautioned social media companies against acting irresponsibly by inciting violence and disseminating false information. “Let me also say to large social media companies and those who run them: Violent disorder clearly whipped up online—that is also a crime. It’s happening on your premises, and the […]
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Mon 05 August 2024: The price of bitcoin sank more than 14% to hover around $52,000 on Monday with growing fears of a US recession in the wake of softer-than-expected jobs data which prompted a rush to safe-haven assets. Bitcoin saw its price dive to as low as $52,029 at 06.14 a.m. GMT, a daily […]
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