BIDEN SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO RESTRICT USE OF COMMERCIAL SPYWARE

Mon 27 March 2023: President of the United States Joe Biden has signed an executive order limiting the use of commercial spyware by the government, which has been used to target political dissent globally. The decision was made on Monday, more than a year after the Biden administration sanctioned the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, […]

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ISRAEL: NETANYAHU DELAYS JUDICIAL OVERHAUL PLAN AFTER PROTESTS

Mon 27 March 2023: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that a controversial plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary will be delayed after months of protest and opposition from within his own government. Netanyahu said on Monday the controversial legislation would be postponed until the next parliamentary session. “I am not ready to divide the nation […]

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“EVIL ENTERPRISE”: UN CHIEF WARNS SLAVERY’S LEGACY ‘HAUNTS US TO THIS DAY’

Mon 27 March 2023: Global societies are still feeling the effects of the more than 400-year-long transatlantic slave trade, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking at a commemoration ceremony marking the UN’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Guterres said the “evil enterprise” of […]

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SCOTLAND TO GET 1ST MUSLIM LEADER AS RULING SNP PICKS HUMZA YOUSAF TO SUCCEED STURGEON

Mon 27 March 2023: Scotland’s governing party has elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader. The 37-year-old son of Asian immigrants is now set to become the first person of colour to serve as Scotland’s first minister, less than six months after Rishi Sunak became the first British prime minister of Indian heritage. Yousaf will lead the […]

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‘IMMEDIATE JUSTICE’ SCHEME LAUNCHED IN UK TO COMBAT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

The words “Muslim cowards” have been sprayed onto a wall at Thornaby Muslim Association in Stockton-on-Tees. FILE PHOTO Mon 27 March 2023: Under a government pledge to combat antisocial behavior, offenders convicted of crimes such as vandalism will be ordered to begin repairing the damage they caused within two days of receiving their punishment. Authorities […]

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RUSSIA WILL IDENTIFY WHO WAS BEHIND NORD STREAM GAS PIPELINE BLASTS: KREMLIN

Mon 27 March 2023: The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would establish which state or states were behind blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines and would do everything to stop what it called Western efforts to “cover-up” what happened. The pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, were hit by unexplained blasts last September in what Moscow called an […]

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DATA BREACHES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AFFECT 14 MILLION

Mon 27 March 2023: Around 14 million customers of the consumer lender Latitude Financial from Australia and New Zealand had their personal information stolen, the business announced on Monday. Despite the fact that the attack was only recently made public, a “forensic review” revealed a much higher number of people had been impacted than initially […]

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SAUDI, IRAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET DURING RAMADAN TO IMPLEMENT LANDMARK DEAL

Mon 27 March 2023: In an effort to put into effect a historic bilateral reconciliation agreement that was mediated by China, Iran and Saudi Arabia’s top diplomats have agreed to meet before the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The decision was reached after a second phone call in less than a week between […]

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ANTI-NETANYAHU PROTESTERS BLOCK ROADS ACROSS ISRAEL, PROTESTS AT OVER 150 LOCATIONS

Mon 27 March 2023: Anti-judicial protesters are blocking roads and intersections at multiple locations across Israel on Sunday night to protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire Defense Minister Gallant. According to police, demonstrations are taking place at over 150 locations. Apart from the Ayalon Highway in central Tel Aviv, demonstrators are blocking traffic outside the […]

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