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UK waters down internet rules plan after free speech outcry

Britain’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) By The Associated Press The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups. The U.K. on

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German government defends plan to ease citizenship rules

By Reuters Germany’s government on Monday defended a plan to make it easier for people to apply for citizenship, countering complaints from within the ruling coalition and the opposition that it might encourage illegal immigration. The government has said it wants to boost immigration and training to tackle a skills shortage weighing on Europe’s largest

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Irish watchdog fines Meta 265M euros in latest privacy case

Meta’s logo can be seen on a sign at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File) By The Associated Press Irish regulators slapped Facebook parent Meta with a 265 million-euro ($277 million) fine Monday, the company’s latest punishment for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules.

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Burkina Faso’s vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk

An excavator clears out rocks into a dumper at the gold mine, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 11, 2020. Picture taken. Reuters/Anne Mimault By Reuters A gold mining boom in Burkina Faso over the last decade propelled Boukary Diallo from being a vendor on a market stall to running a

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St. Cloud schools to offer state’s first Somali language immersion program

Ahmed Jama (left) and Munira Ahmed were two of about 40 students in the St. Cloud school district who took a yearlong Somali language course for native speakers in 2021. The two Tech High School students said they hoped to improve their Somali reading and writing skills, and learn more about their cultural identity. Courtesy

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Turkish-made MILGEM ships to boost our defense: Pakistan’s naval chief

By Anadolu Agency Pakistan’s top naval official said the inclusion of Turkish-made state-of-the-art MILGEM-class ships will be a “huge boost to our defense” and will keep the country’s enemies at bay. “Weakness invites aggression, but strength keeps your enemy at bay. So, the inclusion of the MILGEM-class ships will significantly strengthen the Pakistan Navy in

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Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announces to resign as Democratic Progressive Party chair to take responsibility for the party’s performance in the local elections in Taipei, Taiwan, November 26, 2022. Photographer Ann Wang By Reuters Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame

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Kenya’s Amina Mohamed to lead Commonwealth Observer Mission to Dominica

Amina Mohamed. She was former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary By Daily Nation Kenya’s former Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed will lead a Commonwealth election observer mission to the Dominica, the organisation’s secretariat announced on Saturday. A statement said Ms Mohamed, who was President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary,

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1 dead, up to 12 missing in landslide on Italian island

Rescuers stand next to a bus carried away after heavy rainfall triggered landslides that collapsed buildings and left as many as 12 people missing, in Casamicciola, on the southern Italian island of Ischia, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Firefighters are working on rescue efforts as reinforcements are being sent from nearby Naples, but are encountering

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Botswana Woman Executed in Bangladesh for Smuggling Heroin

By The African Exponent A 30-year-old Botswana woman – caught smuggling heroin into Bangladesh faces execution today, (25 November 2022). Molapisi’s goose was cooked when she arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh, on a Qatar Airways flight from South Africa, which came via Doha. Dressed in white and wearing a medical mask,

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