China’s heavyweight jet-powered Jiutian drone, said to…
Category: 2. World
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After Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for Children
Australia this week became the first country to bar anyone under the age of 16 from gaining access to social media apps like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok as part of a push to prevent children from being exposed to the potential harm caused by…
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Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France
French marine archaeologists have discovered a massive undersea wall off the coast of Brittany, dating from around 5,000 BC.
They think it could be from a stone age society whose disappearance under rising seas was the origin of a local sunken…
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US official hails ‘successful’ operation directed by Trump after Venezuelan oil tanker seized
Trump gave few details on the seizure, and saved his harshest words for Colombia’s presidentpublished at 01:36 GMT
Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House
I was in the sweltering hot Roosevelt Room of the White House this…
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Bangladesh to hold general election, referendum on Feb. 12-Xinhua
by Naim-Ul-Karim
DHAKA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s Election Commission has announced that the country’s first-ever twin polls — the 13th National Parliamentary Election and a referendum — will be held on Feb. 12 next year.
The…
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Bulgarian govt resigns after months of anti-corruption protests
Tens of thousands protested across Bulgaria against the government and corruption on Wednesday
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov attends a press conference following a report concerning Bulgaria’s criteria to adopt the Euro starting in…
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A missed opportunity or the ‘first domino?’ Northeastern experts differ on Australia’s youth social media ban
The wailing sound you may hear emanating from the southern hemisphere is the collective angst of Australian youth who lose access to TikTok and its peers this week, when their country enacts the world’s first social media ban for…
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Zelensky says US wants ‘special economic zone’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk region
ReutersThe US has proposed Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region and create a “special economic zone” in the areas it currently controls, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Zelensky said territory and control of the…
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From Iran to China to Venezuela
Joshua Cheetham, Paul Brown, Richard Irvine-Brown & Matt MurphyBBC Verify
BBCThe oil tanker seized by US forces on Wednesday had a track record of faking or concealing its location information, apparently to hide its activities, ship tracking…
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Bulgarian PM and government resign after mass protests
The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night.
Zhelyazkov’s dramatic move came ahead of a…
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