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WhatsApp outage causes international freakout

Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020By Editor

Users of Facebook-owned messenger service WhatsApp are reporting outages around the globe, sending many scurrying onto other social media platforms to complain. … Read More >WhatsApp outage causes international freakout

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Belarus banker Babariko jailed in money laundering probe is blocked from running against President Lukashenko in election

Posted on July 14, 2020July 14, 2020By Editor

Belarus’ Central Election Commission has barred businessman Viktor Babariko from running for presidential office. Supporters considered his bid to have the strongest chance of unseating incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko. … Read More >Belarus banker Babariko jailed in money laundering probe is blocked from running against President Lukashenko in election

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WHO reports over 230,000 new infections of Covid-19, marking a new record daily rise

Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020By Editor

The World Health Organization has registered a record increase in coronavirus cases worldwide. The confirmed-cases number has jumped by nearly a quarter million over the past 24 hours. … Read More >WHO reports over 230,000 new infections of Covid-19, marking a new record daily rise

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UN Security Council adopts Syria cross-border aid resolution, but refuses to address humanitarian costs of sanctions

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020By Editor

The UN Security Council has finally reached a compromise, agreeing to keep one checkpoint in militant-controlled Idlib open for aid deliveries from Turkey. After vetoing two initial drafts, Russia and China abstained from voting. … Read More >UN Security Council adopts Syria cross-border aid resolution, but refuses to address humanitarian costs of sanctions

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Serbian police arrest 71 protesters, including Brit, as mayhem over Covid-19 restrictions continues

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020By Editor

Police in Serbia have arrested dozens of people, including a Briton and a Tunisian, as crowds of protesters pelted stones at cops in Belgrade. Serbia’s government and police have accused “foreign factors” of instigating unrest. … Read More >Serbian police arrest 71 protesters, including Brit, as mayhem over Covid-19 restrictions continues

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Netherlands to take Russia to European Court of Human Rights over ‘role’ in MH17 crash

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020By Editor

The Dutch government has said it will file a suit against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). It alleges that Moscow played a part in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. … Read More >Netherlands to take Russia to European Court of Human Rights over ‘role’ in MH17 crash

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While ‘Fighting Terror’, the US Hides Its Own Terrorism

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020By Editor

While the US war in Afghanistan is reaching its end after almost two decades of fighting, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the US ‘war on terror’, while it fought the Taliban, did produce its own peculiar form of terrorism in the shape of war crimes and virtually unaccountable use of force on hundreds and thousands of innocent Afghan citizens. … Read More >While ‘Fighting Terror’, the US Hides Its Own Terrorism

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Russia & China veto Western resolution on keeping Syria-Turkey border crossings open, but Moscow’s counter-proposal fails

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020By Editor

A Russian UN Security Council resolution on Syrian-Turkish border crossings has been rejected, after Moscow and Beijing vetoed a draft by Western members who sought to reopen the checkpoints outside of government control. … Read More >Russia & China veto Western resolution on keeping Syria-Turkey border crossings open, but Moscow’s counter-proposal fails

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‘Pure terrorism’: Serbian president denounces violence as 4th day of protests results in more clashes & arrests (VIDEOS)

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020By Editor

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said the ‘terrorists’ fueling violence in Belgrade will be arrested and held accountable, after a fourth day of protests saw more tear gas and clashes with riot police. … Read More >‘Pure terrorism’: Serbian president denounces violence as 4th day of protests results in more clashes & arrests (VIDEOS)

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Google vows to ban companies profiting from secretly spying on people, but doesn’t think to include itself

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020By Editor

In an effort to combat the monitoring of people’s activities without their knowledge, Google is changing its policies to prohibit the advertising of spyware products. The spy-happy tech giant evidently failed to grasp the irony… … Read More >Google vows to ban companies profiting from secretly spying on people, but doesn’t think to include itself