Sun 18 December 2022: Pope Francis revealed for the first time in an interview Sunday that he had signed a resignation letter nearly a decade ago should poor health prevent him from carrying out his duties. Francis — who turned 86 on Saturday — has said in the past that he would step down from the […]
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Sun 18 December 2022: The time is approaching for a negotiated peace in Ukraine to reduce the risk of another devastating world war, but dreams of breaking up Russia could unleash nuclear chaos, veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger said. Kissinger, an architect of the Cold War policy of detente towards the Soviet Union as secretary of state under Republican presidents Richard Nixon […]
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Sun 18 December 2022: Global mobile ad expenditure is predicted to reach $362 billion in 2023 as mobile advertising continues to grow in popularity. According to a data.ai report, mobile will take over the advertising wallet as more time is spent in apps than ever before, with total hours on track to exceed four trillion […]
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Sat 17 December 2022: William Burns, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), cautioned Americans to use TikTok with “really careful” on Friday since the Chinese-owned video-sharing network has been blocked by numerous federal institutions, including the White House. Burns stated in an interview with PBS that he agreed with other US officials’ worries […]
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Sat 17 December 2022: “Good news that journalists are being reinstated on Twitter, but serious concerns remain,” tweeted United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, after Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s decision to reinstate several journalists on the social media platform but said that “serious concerns remain”. The decision to suspend the accounts of […]
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Sat 17 December 2022: Seven of 20 attempted executions in 2022 were ‘visibly problematic’, research group says, but practice is in decline. Los Angeles, California – While the use of the death penalty continues to decline in the United States, a new report has found that “botched” executions reached a new high this year. In its annual report […]
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Sat 17 December 2022: German police said Friday they have taken down three darknet sites used to distribute images and videos of child sexual abuse. Federal Criminal Police said four men were arrested in connection with the sites. The sites had hundreds of thousands of registered users, making them among the biggest platforms worldwide for sharing child abuse images, police said. […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Angelina Jolie and the United Nations Refugee Agency are parting ways after more than two decades of working together. In a joint statement issued Friday, the actress and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency’s special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.” […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Another scam case makes headlines. This time a scam message has made Australians lose over seven million dollars this year. The majority of the scams took place on Whatsapp, where fraudsters pretended to be family members and messaged asking for money. The fraudsters texted “Hi mum” in the messages to get […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Instagram, a platform for sharing pictures and videos, has stated that it will now assist users in regaining access to their hacked accounts. Instagram.com/hacked is a new location where users can report and fix account access issues, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. If users are unable to […]
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