Fri 03 March 2023: Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmut have dug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers. Russian forces have been attacking Bakhmut in Donetsk province for months, sometimes in waves and the site has become one of the bloodiest battles of the war. “Fighting is going […]
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Fri 03 March 2023: Tech giant search Google has announced various updates to its Chrome web browser that will increase the battery life on MacBooks, extending the usage users can get from a single charge. With improved systems like memory compression and JavaScript timers, search MacBook users can now browse the web via Chrome and can watch YouTube videos for a […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 (G20) nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries. US officials said Blinken and Lavrov chatted for roughly 10 minutes on […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: Protesters clashed with police in the Greek capital Athens, after a passenger train carrying more than 350 people, collided with a freight train on Tuesday evening, in Tempi, leaving at least 46 people dead and scores injured. The death toll is expected to rise. The Greek transport minister resigned in the […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: The messaging app WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is releasing an iOS sticker maker tool that will let users turn images into stickers. According to WABetaInfo, the new feature eliminates the need for third-party applications to create stickers. After extracting a subject out of an image, users just need to […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the house within the grounds of King Charles’s Windsor Castle estate they use when in Britain, a spokesperson for the couple said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan said a request was made for the couple to […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: Micro-blogging platform Twitter on Wednesday announced that it has updated its rules on “violent content and similar language”, and has now “officially launched” its “Violent Speech” policy. The new policy prohibits violent threats, wishes of harm, glorification of violence and incitement of violence, the company tweeted from its @TwitterSafety account. The […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: Toilet paper is an unexpected source of potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in wastewater across the globe and could be leaching into soils via sewage, a new study on Wednesday said. “Forever chemicals”, or PFAS, are found in cosmetics, non-stick cookware and waterproof clothing. They have been linked to several types of […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: Britain’s food insecure households number nearly double the number from the previous year, affecting 3.7 million children according to a new report. According to a study released on Wednesday by The Food Foundation, approximately 22% of households this January reported that their children had directly experienced food insecurity in the previous […]
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Wed 01 March 2023: Turkish authorities have fined TikTok 1.75 million liras ($93,000) for not taking sufficient measures to protect users from unlawful processing of their data, the Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The fine comes amid growing international concern over the Chinese short video-sharing app and who accesses its user data. […]
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