Mon 19 February 2024: Misinformation is the number one risk facing society over the next two years, according to the World Economic Forum. With key elections due in the US, UK and many other nations this year, an onslaught of political misinformation can be expected. Some of this material is distributed through paid advertising on social […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: Argentina’s percentage of the population living in poverty has risen to 57.4%, the highest level in at least 20 years, according to the recent study conducted by the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) has revealed alarming statistics. The study, which has been reported by regional media, emphasizes the South American country’s […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: Four people in Australia have been taken to hospital after being struck by lightning near the iconic Sydney Opera House, authorities have said. The four victims, including a 36-year-old couple and a 19-year-old man, were sheltering under a tree near the famous landmark during a violent storm on Monday when they […]
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Cillian Murphy, winner of the leading actor award for “Oppenheimer,” at the 77th British Academy Film Awards in London on Sunday.Vianney Le Caer / Invision / AP Mon 19 February 2024: Oppenheimer, a three-hour epic about the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, has swept the board at the 77th British […]
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Photos of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, with flowers and candles, are laid on a ground in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Friday, February 16, 2024 Mon 19 February 2024: In the last known video of Alexey Navalny shot one day before his death on Friday, the lanky, fair-haired 47-year-old looks […]
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Sun 18 February 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates will not go unpunished if the death of Alexei Navalny, announced by the Russian prison service on Friday, is confirmed, the Kremlin critic’s wife said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Yulia Navalnaya said she was skeptical about the news of her husband’s death because it […]
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Russia’s Nauka module undergoes launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos (FILE PHOTO) Sun 18 February 2024: Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon that is “troubling” but poses no immediate threat, the White House has said. National security spokesman John Kirby said US intelligence officials had information that Russia had developed […]
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Sat 18 February 2024: Stella Assange, the wife of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, said her husband is already suffering from many health problems and that “he will die” if he is extradited to the US by the UK government. “If he gets extradited he will be put in a hell hole that is […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other weapons to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has said it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half the enclave’s displaced population is trapped. […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: Following two days of debate and weeks of public reaction, Greece legalizes same-sex marriage, despite opposition from the church and some lawmakers. Same-sex couples will now be able to legally adopt children. Greece is the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Parliament passed the legislation late Thursday, with 176 […]
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