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Offences range from sextortion to abuse of AI to create deepfake videos, pictures (Representational) More than 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the first global estimate of the scale of the problem published on Monday. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that one in eight…
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North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite by June 4, Japanese media reported Monday citing the coast guard, after Seoul said Pyongyang was preparing to put another military spy satellite into orbit. The Japanese Coast Guard said the eight-day launch window began at midnight Sunday into Monday, with North Korea’s notice…
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Nuclear-armed North Korea launched its first reconnaissance satellite last November (Representational) Seoul, South Korea: North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite by June 4, Japanese media reported Monday citing the coast guard, after Seoul said Pyongyang was preparing to put another military spy satellite into orbit. The Japanese Coast Guard said…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Qiang before their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Japanese and South Korean leaders raised sensitive topics like Taiwan, North Korea and the South China Sea as well as ways to boost cooperation when they…
Over 1 lakh people were evacuated in West Bengal before the cyclone struck. With winds gusting up to 135 kilometres per hour, severe cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ made landfall between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal, bringing heavy rains that flooded homes and farmland, and leaving a trail of destruction. The landfall process began…
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A view shows a destroyed building following what local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike in the settlement of Yubileiny in the Luhansk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, in this still image from video released May 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Russia’s defence ministry said Sunday its forces had captured a village in the…
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Israel-Hamas war has been going on since October 7, 2023 (File) Rafah: Gaza officials said Israeli strikes on a centre for displaced people killed dozens in a “massacre” near the southern city of Rafah on Sunday, while the Israeli army said it had targeted Hamas operatives. The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said in…
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Taiwan’s new president said Sunday he was still ready to work with China, despite this week’s military drills around the self-ruled island. Three days after Lai Ching-te was sworn in, Chinese warships and fighter jets encircled Taiwan in drills that China said were a test of its ability to seize the island. During the two-day…
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks to media as he celebrates victory in the final round of presidential election in Vilnius. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda won re-election on Sunday in a vote marked by defence concerns over neighbouring Russia, official results showed. The count published by the electoral commission showed that Nauseda…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was convening his War Cabinet later on Sunday, a senior official said, amid intense diplomacy to forge a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. In Brussels, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told journalists before meeting the Palestinian Premier that a strong Palestinian Authority (PA) was in Israel’s…
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