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TikTok implementing features to ‘promote kindness’, will tell users to ‘reconsider posting’ mean comments

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Popular short-video platform TikTok has unveiled a series of new features it says have been designed to encourage positivity on the platform and crack down on abusive comments. … Read More >TikTok implementing features to ‘promote kindness’, will tell users to ‘reconsider posting’ mean comments

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Libya’s parliament backs unity government, PM calls on citizens to ‘forget their grudges’

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Libya’s parliament has given its approval to Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh’s cabinet during a vote in the war-torn city of Sirte, with representatives overwhelmingly backing the motion by 132 votes to two. … Read More >Libya’s parliament backs unity government, PM calls on citizens to ‘forget their grudges’

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New research reveals that you can, in fact, quite easily bullsht a bullshtter

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Hilarious new research claims that those who engage in, ahem, “persuasive bullsh*tting,” are themselves more likely to be duped by other bullsh*tters. … Read More >New research reveals that you can, in fact, quite easily bullsh*t a bullsh*tter

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At least eight killed in week-long Senegal unrest after president imprisons opposition leader (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Despite the release of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko Monday, violent protests which have so far claimed the lives of eight people continued across the country. … Read More >At least eight killed in week-long Senegal unrest after president imprisons opposition leader (VIDEOS)

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British gave colonial lands back ‘because people asked them to,’ claims US security expert, stirring Twitter rage

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021By Editor

A US security expert’s tongue-in-cheek claim about how the British Empire ceased to exist when colonized peoples ask for it to end, triggered online rebukes from those who saw it as an attempt to whitewash the UK’s dark history. … Read More >British gave colonial lands back ‘because people asked them to,’ claims US security expert, stirring Twitter rage

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Flu-like illness an expected side-effect of Covid vaccines, says WHO, with symptoms including fever and headache

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021By Editor

An influenza-like illness is a likely side effect of being inoculated against Covid-19, the World Health Organization’s global advisory committee on vaccine safety said in a statement on Monday. … Read More >Flu-like illness an expected side-effect of Covid vaccines, says WHO, with symptoms including fever and headache

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Chinese-flagged trawler runs aground off Mauritius, sparking concerns about potentially devastating oil leaks

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021By Editor

Coastguard and naval forces have been deployed by Mauritius after a Chinese-flagged trawler carrying 130 tons of petroleum ran aground off the island nation, sparking fears of an environmental disaster if it starts to leak oil. … Read More >Chinese-flagged trawler runs aground off Mauritius, sparking concerns about potentially devastating oil leaks

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New Zealand makes Pfizer its primary vaccine supplier after AstraZeneca jab concerns

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021By Editor

New Zealand’s government has announced it has bought enough Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer to inoculate its entire population following concerns about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca jab, which the country initially ordered. … Read More >New Zealand makes Pfizer its primary vaccine supplier after AstraZeneca jab concerns

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Serbian president & family illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, including by ‘high-ranking officials,’ investigation reveals

Posted on March 9, 2021March 9, 2021By Editor

An internal government investigation has found that Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic and his family were illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, and “high-ranking officials in the Ministry of the Interior” were involved. … Read More >Serbian president & family illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, including by ‘high-ranking officials,’ investigation reveals

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Academics rank Western world’s MISERY INDEX post-Covid response – UK & Spain end up floundering at the bottom

Posted on March 9, 2021March 9, 2021By Editor

Disease, death, and lockdowns have taken their toll on the world, and a group of Canadian researchers set out to quantify the suffering. They found that their own country suffered severely, along with the UK, Spain, and France. … Read More >Academics rank Western world’s MISERY INDEX post-Covid response – UK & Spain end up floundering at the bottom