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Morning Digest | FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies; Canada moves diplomats out of India to Singapore, Malaysia, and more 

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Morning Digest | FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies; Canada moves diplomats out of India to Singapore, Malaysia, and more 

The FIR filed by the Delhi Police cites tax evasion cases being faced by companies such as Xiaomi and Vivo in India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies The Delhi police have levelled a wide range of charges in their First Information Report (FIR) against NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, American…

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In Tit-For-Tat Move, US Expels Two Russian Diplomats

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In Tit-For-Tat Move, US Expels Two Russian Diplomats

The unidentified Russian diplomats were given seven days to depart the US. The US expelled two Russian diplomats, weeks after Moscow ordered two Americans to leave, the latest tit-for-tat expulsions as relations continue to worsen between the two countries. The move came after Russia ousted the two US diplomats for contacts with a former consular…

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Iran slams Its Jailed Activist Nobel Peace Prize Win

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Iran slams Its Jailed Activist Nobel Peace Prize Win

Iranian jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Tehran: Media in Iran on Friday lambasted jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, saying she had “collaborated with terrorist groups” and committed “anti-Iranian activities”. The 51-year-old journalist and activist has spent much of the past two decades…

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Canada moves diplomats out of India to Singapore, Malaysia: report

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Canada moves diplomats out of India to Singapore, Malaysia: report

Canada has shifted a number of its diplomats stationed at missions in India outside of New Delhi | Photo Credit: The Hindu Canada has shifted a number of its diplomats stationed at missions in India outside of New Delhi to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, CTV news of Canada has reported citing sources. The report came…

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Amazon Launches Its 1st Pair Of Prototype Satellites For Internet Network

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Amazon Launches Its 1st Pair Of Prototype Satellites For Internet Network

Amazon’s first pair of prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network. Washington: Amazon’s first pair of prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network were launched to space on Friday from Florida, the company’s first step before it deploys thousands more in orbit to beam the internet globally. (Except for the headline, this story…

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Snapchat’s AI Chatbot May Pose Privacy Risks To Children: UK Watchdog

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Snapchat’s AI Chatbot May Pose Privacy Risks To Children: UK Watchdog

Snapchat said it was reviewing the ICO’s notice and that it was committed to user privacy. Snapchat may have failed to properly assess privacy risks to children from its artificial intelligence chatbot, Britain’s data watchdog said on Friday, adding it would consider the company’s response before making any final enforcement decision. The Information Commissioner’s Office…

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Russia “Will Again Try To Destroy” Ukraine’s Power Grid: Zelensky

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Russia “Will Again Try To Destroy” Ukraine’s Power Grid: Zelensky

Zelensky said government officials met to discuss the protection of energy facilities. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Friday that Russia will “again try to destroy” Ukraine’s power grid this winter and that Kyiv was making “preparations” to protect its heating facilities. Fears for Ukraine’s energy security have risen ahead of the winter months as…

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18 US-Bound Migrants Killed, 27 Injured After Bus Overturns In Mexico

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18 US-Bound Migrants Killed, 27 Injured After Bus Overturns In Mexico

The accident happened at around dawn on a highway. (Representational) Mexico City, Mexico: A bus carrying migrants overturned in southern Mexico on Friday, leaving at least 18 passengers dead and 27 injured, authorities said — the latest fatal road crash involving US-bound migrants. The dead, three of them minors, were from Venezuela and Haiti, according…

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Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years

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Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years

Family members of some of the victims of a deadly drone attack on a crowded military graduation ceremony that killed scores gathered outside a military hospital in the central city of Homs on Friday to collect the bodies of their loved ones, who died in one of Syria’s deadliest single attacks in years. Thursday’s strike…

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