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Australian national broadcaster stops airing Chinese state-run TV over human rights concerns

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Australian national TV network SBS has announced that it will no longer broadcast content from CGTN and CCTV, China’s state-run TV channels, over claims that the stations aired dozens of forced confessions from prisoners. … Read More >Australian national broadcaster stops airing Chinese state-run TV over human rights concerns

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Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

France could take a cue from Italy and ban the export of Covid-19 vaccines, the French health minister said. Italy blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca jabs to Australia under the EU’s anti-shortfall rules. … Read More >Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

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‘Unbridled crisis situation’: Australian PM says he understands Italy’s export block on 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines

Posted on March 7, 2021By Editor

Australia’s prime minister has brushed off Italy’s decision to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines as the EU continues to try to limit deliveries to other countries to address a shortage of doses across the continent. … Read More >‘Unbridled crisis situation’: Australian PM says he understands Italy’s export block on 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines

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20 killed in Somali capital after suicide car bomb detonates outside restaurant

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu. The incident occured on the same day Somali Islamist militants stormed a jail in the semi-atonomus Puntland state. … Read More >20 killed in Somali capital after suicide car bomb detonates outside restaurant

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South Africa in talks with African Union to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after initial AstraZeneca order proves ‘disappointing’

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

South Africa’s Health Ministry has revealed it’s in talks with the African Union (AU) to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after an initial order of AstraZeneca vaccines proved “disappointing” in fighting the new variant of the virus. … Read More >South Africa in talks with African Union to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after initial AstraZeneca order proves ‘disappointing’

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Australian reporters ‘angered’ after advice to stop using term ‘pedophile’ to refer to accused serial child molestor

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021By Editor

Reporters for Australia’s ABC Tasmania have reportedly been warned to avoid using the term ‘pedophile’ when referring to an accused serial child molestor, for fear of “discouraging” non-offending pedophiles from seeking help. … Read More >Australian reporters ‘angered’ after advice to stop using term ‘pedophile’ to refer to accused serial child molestor

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Russia & China’s partnership not only about ‘containing’ American aggression, also vital for creation of multi-polar world order

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021By Editor

It’s common for Western observers to dismiss the emerging strategic partnership between Russia and China as merely a “marriage of convenience” and a union excessively reliant on shared opposition to US foreign policy ambitions. … Read More >Russia & China’s partnership not only about ‘containing’ American aggression, also vital for creation of multi-polar world order

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US announces sanctions on top Ukrainian oligarch & Zelensky ally Kolomoisky for ‘undermining democratic processes’ in country

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021By Editor

Washington has introduced a package of measures against a billionaire Ukrainian businessman and long-time supporter of the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The US claims he has used his political links for personal gain. … Read More >US announces sanctions on top Ukrainian oligarch & Zelensky ally Kolomoisky for ‘undermining democratic processes’ in country

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Belarus issues extradition request to Lithuania for exiled opposition figurehead Tikhanovskaya over alleged ‘crimes against state’

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021By Editor

Lithuania has rejected a formal request from neighboring Belarus, which demanded it enforce an arrest warrant against Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a prominent opposition figure and protest leader now living in the Baltic state. … Read More >Belarus issues extradition request to Lithuania for exiled opposition figurehead Tikhanovskaya over alleged ‘crimes against state’

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Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021By Editor

Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged it will ditch the third-party cookie-based model of online advertising – and promised not to invent something similar that would allow it to keep slurping up the same kind of data. … Read More >Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out