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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Tue 15 August 2023: An asylum seeker who was among those removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge after the Legionella bacteria was found in the on-board water system said that the government is endangering migrants and treating them like “less than animals,” local media reported on Monday. Controversy over the government’s barge plan continued after […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: The number of black and minority ethnic (BME) workers in insecure work has more than doubled, from 360,200 to 836,340, between 2011 to 2022, data revealed. The research, published by the Trades Union Congress on Monday, showed the proportion of BME workers in low-paid and insecure work increased from 12.2% to 17.8% in […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: A deadly fire tore through a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, claiming the lives of 35, including three children, while dozens of others were sustained injuries, media reports said Tuesday. The flames initially ignited at an auto repair shop situated along a highway in the capital city […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: CA Cedergrens, Sweden’s largest egg producer, has been affected with salmonella yet again. According to a Swedish Board of Agriculture decision, two stables must be cleaned, and 340,000 hens must be culled. CA Cedergrens, an egg producer near Fliseryd, accounts for little under a fifth of the Swedish egg market, but […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: Trump slammed what he called a “rigged” indictment brought against him on racketeering charges in the state of Georgia. “Sounds rigged to me!” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Why didn’t they indict 2.5 years ago? Because they wanted to do it right in the middle of my political campaign. Witch […]
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Mon 14 August 2023: The cost of some basic food items such as cheese, butter and bread has soared by more than 30% in the last two years, forcing poorer households to “make desperate choices between keeping up with their bill payments or putting food on the table,” campaigners said. Food price inflation has slowed in […]
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Mon 14 August 2023: Five people reported missing in Bardonecchia after a wave of mud, water and detritus triggered by a landslide at high altitude swept through the town on Sunday night have been traced, Piemonte Governor Alberto Cirio said on Monday. “I am in direct contact with the mayor, who has confirmed that there […]
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