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The U.S. embassy in Havana in Cuba where the syndrome was first reported in 2016. File. | Photo Credit: AP The mysterious so-called Havana Syndrome symptoms experienced by U.S. diplomats in recent years have been linked to a Russian intelligence unit, according to a joint media investigation released on April 1. Havana Syndrome was first…
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The latest battle in the culture wars cleaving American society centres around diversity programmes on university campuses, now restricted or banned in a growing number of U.S. States. The debate pits those on the Left, who advocate for boosting minority students victimised by deep-rooted inequality, and those on the Right who say people should be…
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Google announced in January 2020 that it would begin eliminating third-party cookies. San Francisco: Google has agreed to delete a vast trove of search data to settle a suit that it tracked millions of US users who thought they were browsing the internet privately. If a proposed settlement filed Monday in San Francisco federal court…
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London: Controversial new laws in Scotland, which make stirring up hatred against a number of groups including transgender people an offence, were criticised after coming into force Monday. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act — passed by Scottish lawmakers in 2021 but only now being rolled out — consolidates existing hate crime legislation…
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Judith Suminwa Tuluka. | Photo Credit: X/@SuminwaJudith President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo on April 1 appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister, fulfilling a campaign promise and making an important step towards the formation of a new government after being reelected late last year. Former Planning Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka will…
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The 8 passengers left behind have now been struggling to catch up with their ship. Eight cruise ship passengers, including a pregnant woman and an elderly man with a heart condition, were left stranded on an African island after their Norwegian Cruise line ship departed without them, New York Post reported. A couple from South Carolina,…
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File picture of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Marco Bello Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, averting asset seizures by state authorities that could have hobbled the former U.S. president’s business empire. The Republican Trump, set to face…
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New York: Embattled former US president Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case Monday, a court document showed, avoiding payment of a $454 million penalty while his case winds through the appeals process.Last week, a New York appeals court cut the $454 million bond payment he was originally…
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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud addresses during the 20th D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture on Adopting Technology to Advance Criminal Justice, in New Delhi on April 1, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Interplay between law and technology can ensure criminal justice reform: CJI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on April 1 said…
More than 32,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October in Israeli retaliation against Hamas. Washington: Several people working for US-based charity World Central Kitchen were killed Monday in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip, according to the organisation’s founder. World Central Kitchen “lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF…
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