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France’s Macron says arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov wasn’t political

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France’s Macron says arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov wasn’t political

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, wasn’t a political move but part of an independent investigation. Durov was detained Saturday at Le Bourget airport in a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations, the Paris prosecutor’s…

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Indians who migrate abroad see incomes double; residents need 20 years to catch up

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Indians who migrate abroad see incomes double; residents need 20 years to catch up

An immigrant from Mexico picks up a delivery in New York | Photo Credit: AP Indians who migrate abroad often experience more than a 100% increase in their income levels whereas Indians who continue to work in their homeland often have to wait for over 20 years to get such a hike. This explains why…

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Biden Administration “Repeatedly Pressured” Meta: Mark Zuckerberg In Letter

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Biden Administration “Repeatedly Pressured” Meta: Mark Zuckerberg In Letter

New Delhi: In a letter to the US Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has alleged that the US government under Joe Biden “repeatedly pressured” Meta to censor certain content on its platforms. In the letter addressed to US House of Representatives, Mr Zuckerberg said that the platform had to make some changes, that “with the…

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Philippines says China ‘biggest disruptor’ of peace in Southeast Asia

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Philippines says China ‘biggest disruptor’ of peace in Southeast Asia

Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China is the “biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia, the Philippine defence chief said on Tuesday (August 27, 2024), as tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed reefs and waters in the South China Sea escalate. “China… is the biggest disruptor of international peace…

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Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal with Sage Geosystems to power U.S. data centres

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Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal with Sage Geosystems to power U.S. data centres

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed [File] | Photo Credit: AP Facebook owner Meta Platforms struck a deal to buy up to 150 MW of geothermal power from Sage Geosystems to supply its U.S. data centres, it said in a statement on Monday, as it races to build out the infrastructure to support…

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Why Chhatrapati Shivaji Statue Collapsed

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Why Chhatrapati Shivaji Statue Collapsed

The charges include collusion, fraud, and endangering public safety. Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against the contractor of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg which collapsed on Monday just eight months since it was inaugurated. The statue was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 in 2023.  The FIR was…

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Manipur CM N Biren Singh Condemns Attack On Thadou Leader, BJP Spokesperson Michael Lamjathang Haokip Churachandpur House

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Manipur CM N Biren Singh Condemns Attack On Thadou Leader, BJP Spokesperson Michael Lamjathang Haokip Churachandpur House

Michael Lamjathang Haokip said the attackers poured kerosene inside the house and burned two rooms Imphal/Guwahati: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and other leaders have condemned the attack on the house of a BJP spokesperson from the Thadou tribe in the state’s Churachandpur district. Over two dozen people, some of them armed, had vandalised…

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Coco Gauff Rolls Into US Open 2nd round, Novak Djokovic Under The Lights

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Coco Gauff Rolls Into US Open 2nd round, Novak Djokovic Under The Lights

Coco Gauff powered into the second round of the US Open on Monday, launching her title defence with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Varvara Gracheva as defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic prepared to start his repeat bid under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium. Gauff, seeded third, fired 10 aces and needed just…

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Bangladesh Star Shakib Al Hasan Reprimanded By ICC Amid Talks Of Legal Trouble

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Bangladesh Star Shakib Al Hasan Reprimanded By ICC Amid Talks Of Legal Trouble

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in action© AFP Pakistan were docked six points on the World Test Championship (WTC) table while Bangladesh were penalised three points for maintaining slow over rate during the first Test in Rawalpindi, the ICC said on Monday. Bangladesh recorded a historic, maiden Test win over Pakistan on Sunday….

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Chinese military’s airspace violation is utterly unacceptable, says Japan

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Chinese military’s airspace violation is utterly unacceptable, says Japan

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The violation of Japan’s airspace by a Chinese military aircraft is “utterly unacceptable”, the top Japanese government spokesperson said on Tuesday (August 27, 2024), a day after Japan scrambled jets and summoned a Chinese embassy official in Tokyo in protest. The airspace breach was…

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