Sun 05 January 2025: Google has paid $CAN100 million ($69 million) to use news stories from Canadian media outlets on its platform, the tech company said Friday. Canadian news outlets were struggling to survive and lost ad revenue to Google and Meta. Under the Online News Act, both companies were told to pay large sums […]
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Sun 05 January 2025: Israel is reportedly preparing to notify the US of its intention to maintain a military presence in southern Lebanon beyond the 60-day timeframe set in the recent ceasefire deal, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation said Saturday, Anadolu reports. The cease-fire, brokered by the US and France, took effect on Nov. 27, was meant […]
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Sun 05 January 2025: A Fox News report fuelled the spread of misinformation online – including a claim the suspect was an illegal immigrant. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old suspected driver in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans, was a United States citizen and US Army veteran. But within hours of the attack – […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: Myanmar’s embattled junta government said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country’s independence day. More than 5,800 prisoners — including 180 foreigners — will be freed, the junta said in a statement on Saturday, when the country marks 77 years of independence […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: The US State Department “informally” notified Congress of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel, including munitions for fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery shells, according to a report on Friday. The State Department presented the agreement as a measure to “support Israel’s long-term security by resupplying stocks of critical […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede encouraged the island’s independence from Denmark on Friday, framing it as a step toward breaking free from “the shackles of the colonial era,” according to media reports. His New Year’s address emphasized Greenland’s right to self-determination amid renewed global attention sparked by US President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: Israel has allocated an additional $150 million to its 2025 propaganda budget in an effort to reshape global opinion over its genocide in Gaza, according to the Knesset. The 20-fold funding increase aims to boost Tel Aviv’s narrative and justification of its war against the besieged enclave while portraying the Palestinian […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: Syria has imposed new restrictions on the entry of Lebanese citizens, two security sources from Lebanon told news agency AFP on Friday, following what the Lebanese army said was a border skirmish with armed Syrians. The developments appeared to be the first instance of diplomatic friction between the two neighbours — who share a fraught history […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has voiced grave concerns over the fate of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, especially after the Israeli occupation military denied having any record of his detention. Abu Safiya was detained on Saturday after occupation forces raided and forcibly evacuated the hospital. […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: President Nana Akufo-Addo emphasises that visa-free policy aligns with the AU’s Agenda 2063, a 50-year blueprint aimed at realising integrated and connected Africa, building on the country’s efforts to enhance its global standing. Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders from the start of […]
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