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How millions of people are at risk of being locked out of society
Many are at risk of digital exclusion (Picture: Getty) Earlier this week it was revealed that visitors and residents in Paris would need to show a QR code on their phone to enter certain parts of the city. The temporary requirement is part of security measures being put in place around this summer’s...
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Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?
Described as the world’s most persecuted people, an estimated 600,000 Rohingya people live in Myanmar. They live predominately in Rakhine state, where they have co-existed uneasily alongside Rakhine Buddhists for decades. ......
photo: AP / Reza Saifullah
Putin and Xi vow to step up fight to counter US ‘containment’
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin pledged to intensify cooperation against U.S. “containment” of their countries, as they warned of growing nuclear tensions between rival powers. Putin and Xi accused the U.S. of planning to station missile systems around the world that...
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European Organisers Respond After EU Makes An Official Complaint About This Year's Competition
Malmö Arena, where this year's Eurovision Song Contest took place Eurovision bosses have responded to a complaint made by the European Union’s vice president about this year’s competition. Last week, the annual song contest took place in Malmö amid a wave of controversy that included calls for a...
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EU leader Josep Borrell calls for collective global action in Gaza and Ukraine
European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell M.S. ’75 visited the Hoover Institution on Monday for an event hosted by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. In a keynote speech followed by a conversation with the...
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North Korea test-fires suspected missiles a day after US and South Korea conduct a fighter jet drill
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful fighter jets in a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat. South Korea's Joint Chiefs...
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
Massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea leaves Sevastopol without power
Russian authorities say a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea has left the city of Sevastopol...
photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky, File
Donald Trump's son-in-law to redevelop NATO-bombed buildings
An investment group led by Jared Kushner has landed a deal to build a $500 million hotel in Serbia Former US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and another former White House aide have landed a contract with the Serbian government to develop a luxury hotel on the site of a military...
photo: AP / Andrew Harnik
Texas governor Abbott pardons man who killed Black Lives Matter protester
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has granted a full pardon to a former US Army sergeant and Uber driver who was jailed for 25 years for fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020. Abbott, a Republican, in his pardon proclamation, cited the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defence law, one of...
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Kurdish leader jailed by Turkey court for 42 years over 2014 deadly riots
Ankara [Turkey], May 17 (ANI): A Turkish Court has sentenced over 20 Kurdish politicians, including former presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas, on bogus charges of crimes against the state and for their role in the 2014 deadly riots that erupted as Islamic State group overran the Syrian town...
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