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Australia passes law requiring Google, Facebook pay for news

Google Australia Managing Director Melanie Silva told Aussie senators last month that the news media bill, as it stood at the time, would result in a revocation of the country’s access to Google Search. In recent weeks, Facebook also responded to the legislation by blocking the […]

Biden to sign order to bolster critical supply chains

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday intended to strengthen the nation’s supply chains of key goods and materials after biting shortages hobbled public health efforts and manufacturing. Biden specifically pointed to shortages of personal protective equipment in the early days of the US coronavirus outbreak that included a […]

Malaysia under fire after controversial Myanmar deportation

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s government faced mounting criticism from opposition MPs and rights groups Wednesday over its decision to deport over 1,000 Myanmar nationals in defiance of a court order. The migrants, whom activists say include vulnerable asylum seekers, departed Tuesday on Myanmar navy ships from a […]

Amnesty strips Navalny of ‘prisoner of conscience’ status

Moscow, Feb 24 – Amnesty International said Wednesday that it no longer recognises jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a prisoner of conscience because of past “advocacy of hatred” comments but vowed to still push for his release. Navalny’s arrest at a Moscow airport […]

US seeks UN rights council seat after Trump pullout

Geneva – The United States is seeking a return to the UN Human Rights Council, three years after former president Donald Trump’s administration withdrew, the US top diplomat told the rights body Wednesday. “I’m pleased to announce the United States will seek election to the Human Rights Council […]

Biden, Trudeau look to ‘build back’ US-Canada relations

US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in their first official bilateral meeting, as they vowed to cooperate on a range of security, health and climate issues, seemed eager to get beyond tensions lingering from Ottawa’s battles with the previous administration in Washington. Before […]

EU aims to create global vaccine c

The European Commission is preparing a digital vaccine certificate which is expected to be globally recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), an EU official said Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference following a virtual meeting of EU affairs ministers, Maros Sefcovic, vice president of the European […]

Demos planned in Georgia after opposition leader arrested

Tbilisi, Feb 23 – Opposition parties called for major demonstrations in Georgia Tuesday after a leading political figure was arrested in an early morning raid on his party headquarters, deepening a spiralling political crisis following disputed parliamentary elections last year. Hundreds of riot police used tear gas […]

7,000 flee western Ethiopia fighting: UN

Geneva – Around 7,000 people have fled rapidly-escalating communal violence in western Ethiopia, seeking safety in neighbouring Sudan, the United Nations said Tuesday. The region has long been plagued by competition over land and resources, and the UN said many people arriving in Sudan are […]

UN envoy for Libya calls for compliance with cease-fire

A UN official has called on all parties in Libya to comply with a cease-fire agreement signed last year, according to a statement issued Monday by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Jan Kubis, the UN secretary-general’s special envoy for Libya and head […]

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