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Bill Gates hails India’s digital health ID framework News outlet CNN has said it scrapped its Facebook presence in Australia claiming that the social media behemoth refused to disable the comments section, while also citing the country’s high court ruling which made publishers responsible for defamatory comments posted by users on social media.

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Global Citizen Live generates $1.1 billion to fight poverty Global Citizen Live, a 24-hour concert that featured performances from Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Lopez, BTS and Elton John and dozens of other stars, raised more than $1.1 billion in commitments and pledges over the weekend to fight extreme poverty. Broadcasting from sites on six continents, includingContinue reading “World”

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CNN pulls out of Facebook in Australia, citing defamation risk News outlet CNN has said it scrapped its Facebook presence in Australia claiming that the social media behemoth refused to disable the comments section, while also citing the country’s high court ruling which made publishers responsible for defamatory comments posted by users on social media.

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Three hours a week: Play time’s over for China’s young video gamers China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as “spiritual opium”.

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From Tibetan resistance to international tensions, China’s obstacles in TAR Chinese nervousness about the situation in Tibet has been especially noticeable during this period of enhanced military tension between India and China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has stepped up activities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to achieve President Xi Jinping’s directive of “oneContinue reading “World”

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Analysing North Korean missile test: What it means for the region North Korean news media KCNA described the new missile as an important addition to the country’s “strategic” weaponry, implying that the system is being developed to deliver nuclear weapons. North Korea test-fired a newly developed hypersonic missile earlier this week, state news media KCNAContinue reading “World”