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China’s Weibo CEO Tests New Real-Name Policy On His Own Account

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China’s Weibo CEO Tests New Real-Name Policy On His Own Account

Most of China’s media industry is heavily regulated by the government Beijing: The chief executive of China’s Weibo on Friday confirmed that China may start denying anonymity to online commentators on politics and finance by requiring them to display their names on their accounts, telling users the policy was incoming. The comments by Wang Gaofei,…

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Israel Hamas War Palestine Gaza Aid UN Says Gaza Aid In Next Day Or So As Israel Rallies Troops For Invasion

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Israel Hamas War Palestine Gaza Aid UN Says Gaza Aid In Next Day Or So As Israel Rallies Troops For Invasion

Medicine, water purifiers and blankets were being unloaded at El Arish airport near Gaza Gaza: Trucks stuffed with international aid for Gaza should be rolling “in the next day or so,” the United Nations said Friday, with Palestinians desperate for life-saving supplies after relentless bombing from Israel, still reeling from its bloodiest-ever attack. Israel has…

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First Aid Delivery In Gaza To Begin “The Next Day Or So”: UN

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First Aid Delivery In Gaza To Begin “The Next Day Or So”: UN

The first aid delivery into Gaza Strip will be sent via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt Geneva: The first aid delivery into the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt should take place “in the next day or so”, the United Nations said Friday. “We are in deep and advanced negotiations…

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Italy PM splits from partner after his sexist TV comments

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Italy PM splits from partner after his sexist TV comments

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno. File | Photo Credit: AFP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments made on and off air. “My relationship with Andrea…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Vietnam not to forget roots of their friendship

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Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Vietnam not to forget roots of their friendship

Chinese President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Vietnam’s second-highest ranking official on October 20 that both countries must not forget the “original intention” of their traditional friendship. China and the United States have been jostling for influence among Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, which in September elevated its…

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British PM Sunak suffers crushing by-elections blow

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British PM Sunak suffers crushing by-elections blow

Ballot papers are verified at Priory House in Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England, during the count for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election, on October 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives suffered two crushing defeats in previously safe parliamentary seats on Friday, raising doubts about his party’s ability to win the general…

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President Xi meets Pak PM Kakar, seeks ‘effective measures’ for Chinese personnel working for CPEC projects

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President Xi meets Pak PM Kakar, seeks ‘effective measures’ for Chinese personnel working for CPEC projects

Xi assured Kakkar that China will continue to support Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed to upgrade the USD 60 billion CPEC during a meeting with Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar here but sought “effective measures” to ensure security…

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4 dead in central Washington shooting including gunman, police say

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4 dead in central Washington shooting including gunman, police say

A 19-year-old man shot four people Thursday in central Washington state, killing three of them, and then killed himself, police said. Toppenish Police Chief John Clary said in a statement that at about 5 a.m. the man shot and killed a 13-year-old boy, an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old woman at a house in Toppenish….

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U.S. military shoots down missiles and drones as it faces growing threats in volatile Middle East

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U.S. military shoots down missiles and drones as it faces growing threats in volatile Middle East

With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel on October 19 and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. Later on October 19, a U.S. official said there had been…

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