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Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief: Pegasus leaks show nobody is safe from espionage

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In this episode of Going Underground, we speak to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson. He discusses the leaks that showed some 50,000 people are potential targets of the Pegasus spyware that has been sold to governments around the world by NSO, an Israeli company, and the inescapable global surveillance apparatus that has now become privatized. He also discusses Julian Assange’s US extradition case, slamming the ongoing detention of the WikiLeaks founder … Read More >Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief: Pegasus leaks show nobody is safe from espionage

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NSW health official tells Australians to refrain from TALKING to people to blunt spread of Covid-19

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With Sydney still in lockdown amid a handful of new Covid-19 cases, the top health official for New South Wales has called for a new level of social-distancing inhumanity: not having conversations with other people. … Read More >NSW health official tells Australians to refrain from TALKING to people to blunt spread of Covid-19

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Australia CANCELS Katie Hopkins’ visa after quarantine breach, reveals TV star was allowed in on basis of ‘economic benefit’

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The Australian government has said it will be sending Katie Hopkins back to the UK as soon as logistically possible after the TV personality claimed to have breached lockdown rules, sparking backlash and calls for deportation. … Read More >Australia CANCELS Katie Hopkins’ visa after quarantine breach, reveals TV star was allowed in on basis of ‘economic benefit’

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Australians call for Katie Hopkins to be deported as she arrives in Sydney & breaks quarantine rules while citizens stuck abroad

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Several Australian lawmakers called for Katie Hopkins’ deportation after it was revealed that the British provocateur was allowed into the country despite strict Covid-19 border rules that have kept many Aussies stranded abroad. … Read More >Australians call for Katie Hopkins to be deported as she arrives in Sydney & breaks quarantine rules while citizens stuck abroad

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Sydney’s lockdown extended for another two weeks as restrictions fail to bring down Covid infections

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The Australian authorities have elected to extend a lockdown in the country’s largest city as the infection tally from the latest outbreak nears 900 and initial restrictions fail to deliver the intended impact. … Read More >Sydney’s lockdown extended for another two weeks as restrictions fail to bring down Covid infections

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Turn down the music & slow your treadmill! Seoul introduces bizarre Covid-19 measures to combat virus surge

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South Koreans living in the Greater Seoul area have been asked to slow their roll – literally. Virus authorities have reportedly ordered people to quit “high-speed running on treadmills and fast dance music for group exercises.” … Read More >Turn down the music & slow your treadmill! Seoul introduces bizarre Covid-19 measures to combat virus surge

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Sydney faces further lockdown extension as Australia reports 77 new cases in NSW & first Covid-19 death this year

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New South Wales’ premier has warned residents to brace for a lockdown extension as the state struggles to contain a growing outbreak of Covid-19. A woman in her 90s died as the state recorded another daily record of 77 cases. … Read More >Sydney faces further lockdown extension as Australia reports 77 new cases in NSW & first Covid-19 death this year

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Australians warned there’s worse to come as locally transmitted Covid-19 cases surge in Greater Sydney area

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A top official in New South Wales, Australia has sounded the alarm over the recent local coronavirus infection surge. The rise in cases has prompted even stricter rules for the lockdown in Sydney. … Read More >Australians warned there’s worse to come as locally transmitted Covid-19 cases surge in Greater Sydney area