Facebook and Instagram began shutting down half a million accounts of users under 16 years old on Thursday as the deadline for Australia’s social media ban looms.
The under-16s social media ban is due to take effect from 10 December, but Meta…
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South Africa vows not to bend to US pressure after G20 snub – Reuters
- South Africa vows not to bend to US pressure after G20 snub Reuters
- US invites Poland to take its “rightful place” at next year’s G20 summit Notes From Poland
- The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a…
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After a terrible fire in Hong Kong, public fury smoulders – The Economist
- After a terrible fire in Hong Kong, public fury smoulders The Economist
- ‘My heart breaks every time I’m called a hero’ – Hong Kong fire survivor BBC
- China cracks down on calls for accountability over deadly Hong Kong blaze Al Jazeera
- Hong…
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Israel says it killed Hamas commander trying to flee Rafah tunnel-Xinhua
JERUSALEM, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Israel’s military said on Thursday it had killed a Hamas commander and his deputy during their attempts to flee a tunnel in southern Gaza.
The military said in a statement that Muhammad Jawad Muhammad al-Bawab,…
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South Africa prepared to ‘take a break’ from G20 after US ban
South Africa said Thursday it was prepared to wait out next year’s G20 after being barred by the United States and did not expect other countries to lobby for its inclusion.
The United States this month took over the year-long presidency of the…
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Third Afghan national arrested in US, accused of providing ‘material support to ISIS-K’ – World
A third Afghan national has been arrested in the US, days after another Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, shot two National Guards, for providing “material support to ISIS-K”, according to a statement issued by the US Department of…
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India Clinches $2 Billion Russia Submarine Deal as Putin Visits – Bloomberg.com
- India Clinches $2 Billion Russia Submarine Deal as Putin Visits Bloomberg.com
- Russia’s Putin heads to India for defence, trade talks Dawn
- Putin and Modi to meet amid politically treacherous times for Russia and India The Guardian
- Aaj Ki Baat:…
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Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres – Reuters
- Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres Reuters
- Cyclone Ditwah: Flood catastrophe awakens volunteerism in Sri Lanka BBC
- Cyclone turns Sri Lanka’s tea mountains into death valley Dawn
- Sri Lanka’s latest…
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Meta starts removing accounts for under-16s ahead of Australia social media ban
Meta says it is starting to remove the accounts of teenagers under the age of 16 ahead of Australia’s world-first social media ban.
Under the new Australian law, which goes into effect on December 10, children under 16 will be unable to…
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Russia will take Donbas. End of. – POLITICO
According to open-source maps of the conflict, Russian forces now control about 80 percent of the Donbas region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia this week claimed it had — after more than a year of fighting — captured the key city…
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