META MAY FLAG MORE SOCIAL POSTS CONTAINING WORD ‘ZIONIST’ AS ANTI-SEMITIC: REPORT

Sat 10 February 2024: US newspaper The Washington Post says it has seen internal guidance from tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, that shows a debate is occurring within the company over how to flag user posts containing the word “zionist”. The Washington Post says the move would be to “counter […]

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UKRAINIAN MILITARY SHAKEUP WILL NOT AFFECT CONFLICT’S OUTCOME, KREMLIN SAYS

Fri 09 February 2024: The Kremlin said on Friday that it did not believe that a change at the top of Ukraine’s military leadership would alter the outcome of what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday saidhe had replaced the country’s outgoing armed forces commander General Valeriy […]

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GOOGLE REBRANDS ITS AI SERVICES AS GEMINI TO HELP YOU THINK, WRITE AND READ

Fri 09 February 2024: Google released a free artificial intelligence app on Thursday that would allow individuals to write, read and perform a number of other tasks in their life without using their own minds. In a few weeks, Google will put Gemini’s features into its existing search app for iPhones, where Apple would prefer […]

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PRICE OF BITCOIN SURPASSES $47,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH 2022

Fri 09 February 2024: At the end of the week, Bitcoin continued to rise, breaking through the $47,000 barrier for the first time in nearly two years. According to Coin Metrics, the leading cryptocurrency increased by more than 4% on Friday to reach a level not seen since March 2022: $47,307.00. Ether surged to $2,511.75, […]

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BRAZIL POLICE CONFISCATE PASSPORT OF EX-PRESIDENT BOLSONARO FOR ‘ATTEMPT TO PLAN COUP’

Fri 09 February 2024: Police in Brazil confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport Thursday and accused him of attempting to overturn the country’s 2022 election results to continue in power after he lost to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading the investigation, said Bolsonaro received a […]

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“HOW IN THE HELL DARE HE RAISE THAT?” BIDEN DEFENDS ALLEGED MEMORY LAPSES

Fri 09 February 2024: US President Joe Biden has defended his memory in the wake of a special counsel investigation about his handling of confidential documents that raised additional questions about his suitability for office, ahead of the presidential election in November. Biden, who is the oldest US president in history and would be 86 […]

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALLS ON UK TO HALT PLANS FOR RWANDA DEPORTATION FLIGHTS

Thu 08 February 2024: The Council of Europe has called on the United Kingdom not to proceed with its plans to launch flights to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning of the risks the policy could pose to their safety and human rights. In a report published today by the Council of Europe’s Committee for […]

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FOX, WARNER BROS. ESPN, DISCOVERY TO LAUNCH JOINT SPORTS STREAMING IN US

Thu 08 February 2024: A joint venture between ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery aims to introduce a streaming sports service in the United States. According to a joint statement made on Tuesday, the streaming platform intends to combine the firms’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer sports services, and sports licenses that include content […]

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FEMALE PARAMEDICS IN UK EXPOSE ‘TOXIC CULTURE’ OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Thu 08 February 2024: Widespread sexual harassment is prevalent on the job in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), according to the College of Paramedics, the professional body for all paramedics in the country. Some former and current paramedics who were victims of sexual harassment spoke about how the problem is “widespread” and affects their lives, Sky News reported. […]

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