Sat 10 February 2024: US newspaper The Washington Post says it has seen internal guidance from tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, that shows a debate is occurring within the company over how to flag user posts containing the word “zionist”. The Washington Post says the move would be to “counter […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: The Kremlin said on Friday that it did not believe that a change at the top of Ukraine’s military leadership would alter the outcome of what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday saidhe had replaced the country’s outgoing armed forces commander General Valeriy […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said that she has been receiving threatening messages since her country filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Speaking to reporters in Cape Town on Thursday evening, Pandor said she had spoken to Police Minister Bheki Cele about the matter. […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: Violent clashes broke out between police and local residents in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on Thursday, February 8, after the municipal authorities demolished a madrassa, calling it an encroachment on government land. The clashes broke out shortly after Haldwani municipal officials conducted demolition of the madrassa located near Banbhulpura police station. In retaliation, […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: Malaysia’s top court has ruled that 16 Islamic laws in the northeastern state of Kelantan are unconstitutional in a landmark decision that could have major implications for the country’s legal system. By an 8-1 majority, the Federal Court ruled on Friday that the Kelantan state government did not have the power […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: US President Joe Biden has defended his memory in the wake of a special counsel investigation about his handling of confidential documents that raised additional questions about his suitability for office, ahead of the presidential election in November. Biden, who is the oldest US president in history and would be 86 […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: The Council of Europe has called on the United Kingdom not to proceed with its plans to launch flights to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning of the risks the policy could pose to their safety and human rights. In a report published today by the Council of Europe’s Committee for […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: Counting is underway after polling for Pakistan’s crucial general elections ended on Thursday evening, Anadolu Agency reports. According to initial results, a tough contest is seen between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of three-time Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, and independent candidates backed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of incarcerated ex-Prime Minister, Imran Khan. Contrary […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: In a successful liftoff early Thursday, SpaceX launched NASA’s nearly $1 billion PACE satellite to monitor the health of the planet, from its oceans to its atmosphere, offering crucial data for understanding and combating climate change, according to the US space agency. Though the mission faced multiple cancelation threats, PACE’s liftoff […]
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Head of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan’s largest religio-socio-political party, Siraj-ul-Haq cast his vote Thu 08 February 2024: Standing in line outside a polling station in the southern district of the port city of Karachi, Unas Aamir is anxious as he awaits his turn to cast his ballot in Pakistan’s high-stakes general elections. He is one of […]
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