Thu 17 August 2023: Russia penalized Alphabet’s Google $31,845 on Thursday for failing to remove what it claimed was false information regarding what it refers to as its “special military operation” in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported. A Moscow magistrate’s court has fined US tech giant Google 3 mln rubles ($31,800) for its failure […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Following an incident involving a boat off Cape Verde, West Africa, at least 60 migrants are believed to be dead, according to the International Organization on Migration (IOM). 101 people were on the boat at the time, according to the IOM, who also confirmed that 38 individuals, including four children, were […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: The Republican-led General Assembly overrode North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of three bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth on Wednesday (August 16), prohibiting minors from receiving gender-affirming health care, limiting their participation in school sports events, and restricting classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. GOP supermajorities in the House […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: New York City on Wednesday banned the short video-sharing app ‘TikTok’ on government-owned devices due to security concerns, joining a number of US cities in it, according to a report published by the news agency Reuters. In an official statement, the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams said, “TikTok posed a […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the United Kingdom (UK) climbed by 6.8 percent in the twelve months to July, down from 7.9 percent in June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. “Inflation slowed markedly for the second consecutive month, driven by falls in the price of […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that nearly 10,000 civilians have been reported dead since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. A new report confirmed 9,444 civilian deaths and 16,940 people injured since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. In […]
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Female protesters, together with their families, were present throughout the sit-in. At least two dozen women were killed during the security forces dispersal operations on August 14. Wed 16 August 2023: United States President Joe Biden has cast the conflict between the western world and its competitors as a clash between “democracies and autocracies.” This masks […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: Russia launched consumer testing of its new digital rouble on Tuesday. The country, which has been at war with its neighbor Ukraine for about 540 days, plans to get around international sanctions and tighten control over its people by using blockchain technology. The Russian ruble has dropped to its lowest level […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: A British children’s organization claimed on Tuesday that the number of online child grooming offences reported by British police reached a record high in 2022 and called for advancement on tougher cyber safety regulations, Xinhua reported. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) said that 6,350 offenses […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: On Tuesday, Google-owned YouTube announced that it would remove any content that “discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment” or “promotes cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective.” According to the company, it would consolidate dozens of its current medical misinformation guidelines into three categories going forward: prevention, treatment, and […]
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