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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Wed 01 March 2023: A far-right political party’s demand for a parliamentary discussion on enacting a headscarf ban in schools has been rejected by the Danish government, Anadolu Agency reported. The proposed ban, according to Tuesday’s written statement from Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek, would be against Danish law and the nation’s international commitments. “It […]
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Wed 01 March 2023: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said, on Wednesday, that Moscow would only agree to extend the Black Sea grain deal, which allows grain to be safely exported from Ukrainian ports, if the interests of its agricultural producers are taken into account, Reuters reports. “(The) Russian side stressed that continuing the package agreement on grain is […]
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Wed 01 March 2023: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Tuesday that the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic likely came from a laboratory in China. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray in a statement posted on Twitter. […]
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Wed 01 March 2023: Following a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece that left dozens of people dead and scores more injured, rescue workers are desperately looking for survivors. The Greek Fire Service reported that at least 36 people were killed on Tuesday night, just before midnight, in Tempi, central Greece, close to […]
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Wed 01 March 2023: For security reasons, the European Parliament has decided to ban the Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok from staff phones, becoming the third EU institution to do so after the European Commission and the European Council. An EU official said on Tuesday that the planned ban will also apply to private devices […]
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Tue 28 February 2023: A devastating earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by AFP that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria. A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Türkiye recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6 earthquake. The new tally brings to 50,325 the […]
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