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Australian TV Slammed After Pic Of “Sexy Santa” Dancers At Staff Meeting Goes Viral

August 29, 2024 admin

During the meeting, female staff reacted with shock. A local Australian news channel has come under fire after a video of a dancing group of “sexy Santas” emerged from what has been described as a routine staff meeting. According to the New York Post, the meeting of Seven Network’s parent company Seven West Media in…

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A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says

August 29, 2024 admin

A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday (August 28, 2024). The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei…

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Leaders of Pacific Islands endorse joint policing plan

August 29, 2024 admin

Australia’s Prime Minister Antony Albanese. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan at a summit in Tonga on Wednesday (August 28, 2024), a contentious move seen as trying to limit China’s security role in the region. The plan seeks to create up to four regional police training centres and…

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Campaign For Georgia Intensifies Ahead Of US Polls

August 29, 2024 admin

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are now ramping up their campaigns in seven key battleground states. Savannah, United States: US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned across southern Georgia by bus on Wednesday as Democrats try to harness a surge of enthusiasm and put the swing state back in play in November’s election against Donald…

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Water trucks keep olive trees alive in drought-hit Greece

August 29, 2024 admin

An olive grove is watered through irrigation pipes from a container in the village of Nea Silata in northern Greece. | Photo Credit: AP Six weeks before harvest, there is no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis’s olive grove in northern Greece, so he has started a new morning routine. Joined by…

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Condom Use Among European Teens “Worryingly” Declining: WHO

August 29, 2024 admin

The report also showed that teens from low-income families were more likely to not use a condom. Copenhagen: Condom use among sexually active teens has declined significantly in Europe over the past decade, with rates of unprotected sex “worryingly high”, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “This is putting young people at significant risk of…

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The Hindu Morning Digest: August 29, 2024

August 29, 2024 admin

Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya holds a meeting with trade union members on the proposed employment-linked incentive (ELI) scheme, on Wednesday (August 28, 2024). | Photo Credit: ANI Telegram founder-CEO Pavel Durov charged, banned from leaving France France on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a…

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Typhoon Makes Landfall On Japanese Island Of Kyushu: Weather Office

August 28, 2024 admin

A major typhoon made landfall on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning. Tokyo: Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu early Thursday, with authorities advising thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges. The weather office said that Japan’s most powerful…

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United Nations Vehicle In Gaza Hit By Israeli Gunfire

August 28, 2024 admin

The UN has reported that one of its humanitarian vehicles in Gaza hit by Israeli gunfire. United Nations: The United Nations has reported that one of its humanitarian vehicles in Gaza, marked with the organisation’s insignia, was fired upon 10 times by Israeli forces, including shots targeting its front windows, while it was part of…

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Telegram founder-CEO Pavel Durov charged, banned from leaving France

August 28, 2024 admin

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov. File | Photo Credit: AP France on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a litany of violations related to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the country while allowing the billionaire to walk free after four days under arrest. Mr. Durov,…

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