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Facebook Reverses News Ban in Australia
Australia’s government announced on Tuesday that Facebook agreed to lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck on legislation that would make digital giants pay for
El Chapo’s 31-year-old Wife Arrested in US for International Drug Trafficking
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexico’s most notorious cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, has been arrested in Virginia on drug trafficking charges. In a statement released on Monday,
Mars Rover Sends Home Movie of Daredevil Landing on Red Planet
NASA scientists on Monday unveiled first-of-a-kind home movies of last week’s’ daredevil Mars rover landing, vividly showing its supersonic parachute inflation over the red planet and a rocket-powered hovercraft lowering
UK PM Johnson Sets Out Roadmap to End England’s Lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a phased plan to end England’s Covid-19 lockdown. Johnson, under pressure to allow more freedoms to millions of people stuck at home
UK Temporarily Bans Some Boeing 777s from Its Airspace After Denver Incident
Boeing 777s with the same engine as the one which caught fire after taking off from Denver will be temporarily banned from entering UK airspace. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced
US Supreme Court Allows Release of Trump Tax Returns
In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state
Biden to Mark Lives Lost With Ceremony as US Death Toll Approaches 500,000
President Joe Biden will mark the US crossing 500,000 lives lost from COVID-19 with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the White House. The nation is expected
Strike Grips Myanmar as Anti-coup Protesters Defy Junta’s Lethal Warning
Businesses shut in Myanmar on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup and thousands of protesters gathered in towns and cities despite a chilling message from
Texas Disaster ‘Foreseeable and Preventable’, Houston Mayor Says
Texas will hold hearings this week into how a winter storm cut millions off from utilities and killed dozens, a disaster which the mayor of Houston called “foreseeable and preventable”.
Funeral, More Protests Follow Deadly Shootings in Myanmar
Crowds in Myanmar’s capital attended a funeral Sunday for the young woman who was the first person confirmed to have been killed in protests against the military’s takeover, just one
