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Australia mulls making social media giants responsible for defamation

Australia mulls making social media giants responsible for defamation

-- 2021-10-10 11:13:00

The Australian government is considering a range of measures that would make social media companies more responsible for defamatory material published on their platforms, Communications Minister Paul...

China's Xi vows 'reunification' with Taiwan

China's Xi vows 'reunification' with Taiwan

-- 2021-10-10 10:58:07

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to achieve "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan, and did not directly mention the use of force after a week of tensions with the Chinese-claimed island t...

Hundreds detained in security crackdown in Kashmir, police say

Hundreds detained in security crackdown in Kashmir, police say

-- 2021-10-10 10:54:52

Security forces in Indian Kashmir have detained more than 300 people for questioning in recent days as they try to stem a wave of targeted killings that has spread panic among minority groups, two pol...

Battle-hardened Taliban fighters enjoy a day off at amusement park

Battle-hardened Taliban fighters enjoy a day off at amusement park

-- 2021-10-09 19:51:45

Strolling casually with their machine guns in hand, Halimi and hundreds of fellow Taliban fighters enjoyed a rare day off with a visit to a popular waterside amusement park in Kabul. Friday's day tri...

Over 50 dead, 70 more missing after boat sinks on Congo River

Over 50 dead, 70 more missing after boat sinks on Congo River

-- 2021-10-09 18:48:07

More than 50 people have died and more are believed to be missing following the capsizing of a makeshift vessel on the Congo River earlier this week, according to provincial authorities in the Democra...

Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in Paris

Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in Paris

-- 2021-10-09 17:36:55

Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, who became Iran's first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution before fleeing into exile in France, died on Saturday aged 88. He died at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in P...

Chinese president vows peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan

Chinese president vows peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan

-- 2021-10-09 16:14:45

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to realise peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan, though did not directly mention the use of force after a week of tensions with the Chinese-claimed islan...

US to accept WHO-approved Covid vaccines for international visitors

US to accept WHO-approved Covid vaccines for international visitors

-- 2021-10-09 13:33:24

The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorised by US regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said l...

Drone attacks in Saudi airport leave 10 injured, including three Bangladeshis

Drone attacks in Saudi airport leave 10 injured, including three Bangladeshis

-- 2021-10-09 11:15:49

Ten people were injured in two explosives-laden drone attacks at King Abdullah airport in the southern Saudi city of Jizan late on Friday and early on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition said. The mili...

Hindus fearful in Indian Kashmir after wave of assassinations

Hindus fearful in Indian Kashmir after wave of assassinations

-- 2021-10-09 10:32:42

Small groups of militants armed with pistols have carried out a spate of targeted killings in Indian Kashmir, sowing fear among some minority communities, according to security officials and residents...

French court rules against tighter porn curbs on legal technicality

French court rules against tighter porn curbs on legal technicality

-- 2021-10-09 09:03:37

A French court on Friday, citing a legal technicality, rejected a claim brought by two children's associations that aimed to tighten access to some of the world's biggest porn websites. Through their...

German police investigating 'Havana syndrome' cases at US Embassy

German police investigating 'Havana syndrome' cases at US Embassy

-- 2021-10-09 09:00:04

Police opened an investigation in August into several cases of so-called Havana syndrome among staff at the US embassy in Berlin, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. The syndrome - a mysterious set of ai...

Trump's DC hotel lost millions despite foreign payments: US House panel

Trump's DC hotel lost millions despite foreign payments: US House panel

-- 2021-10-09 08:55:58

Former US President Donald Trump's showcase hotel in Washington - a popular gathering spot for supporters and foreign dignitaries - bled millions of dollars during his time in office even as he concea...

Suicide bomber kills at least 46, injures 140 at Afghan mosque

Suicide bomber kills at least 46, injures 140 at Afghan mosque

-- 2021-10-08 20:29:31

A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing 46 people and wounding more than 140 others. Video footage showed bodies surrounded by debris insid...

Call Taiwan a country, French senator says, angering China

Call Taiwan a country, French senator says, angering China

-- 2021-10-08 19:48:51

Taiwan should be called a country, a senior French senator said on Friday during a visit to Taipei, doubling down on earlier comments that have angered Beijing, which views the island as one of its pr...

Blast hits mosque in northeastern Afghanistan causing multiple deaths

Blast hits mosque in northeastern Afghanistan causing multiple deaths

-- 2021-10-08 18:42:12

A blast tore through a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunduz on Friday, a Taliban official said, causing multiple deaths. "This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our...

Russia congratulates Nobel peace prize winner Dmitry Muratov

Russia congratulates Nobel peace prize winner Dmitry Muratov

-- 2021-10-08 16:28:04

The Kremlin on Friday congratulated Dmitry Muratov, an editor and journalist, on winning the Nobel peace prize despite the fact that his Novaya Gazeta newspaper has often criticised the Russian author...

Two journalists win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Two journalists win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

-- 2021-10-08 15:21:16

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Reuters reports. "Ms Ressa and Mr Muratov are receiving the Peace Prize for their c...

UK eases Covid travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians

UK eases Covid travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians

-- 2021-10-08 10:18:46

The UK has eased travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians who have received a UK-approved jab. Starting 11 October, they will not have to self-isolate or take a Covid test when they a...

US electronics firm struck deal with Xinjiang authorities to transport, hire Uyghur workers

US electronics firm struck deal with Xinjiang authorities to transport, hire Uyghur workers

-- 2021-10-08 10:08:59

US remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc told Reuters it struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers to its plant in the southern Chinese city of Q...

UN chief appeals for $8.0b to equitably vaccinate 40pc of world in 2021

UN chief appeals for $8.0b to equitably vaccinate 40pc of world in 2021

-- 2021-10-07 20:32:02

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for $8.0 billion to equitably vaccinate 40 per cent of people in all countries by the end of the year as the World Health Organization launch...

Investments by development banks  could destroy nature worth $800b per year

Investments by development banks could destroy nature worth $800b per year

-- 2021-10-07 19:40:02

Investments made by public development banks around the world could destroy nature worth $800 billion each year, researchers warned on Thursday, urging greater testing and transparency of the institut...

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

-- 2021-10-07 17:38:47

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday. Gurnah, whose novels include "Paradise" and "Desertion", writes in English and liv...

India begins delivering Covid jabs to remote areas by drone

India begins delivering Covid jabs to remote areas by drone

-- 2021-10-07 11:18:28

India has begun delivering Covid-19 vaccines by commercial drones to speed up the vaccination drive, a senior government scientist told the BBC. Dr Samiran Panda said drones are being used to...

Australia says return of French ambassador to aid repair of bilateral ties

Australia says return of French ambassador to aid repair of bilateral ties

-- 2021-10-07 10:59:13

Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne on Thursday said the return of France's ambassador to Canberra will help repair relations between the two countries which were damaged when Australia cancelle...

Biden, Xi plan US-China virtual summit before year's end: US

Biden, Xi plan US-China virtual summit before year's end: US

-- 2021-10-07 10:35:09

The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, a senior US administration official said on Wednesday, after high-level...

Biden, Xi agree to hold US-China virtual summit before year's end, US says

Biden, Xi agree to hold US-China virtual summit before year's end, US says

-- 2021-10-07 10:18:40

The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, a senior US administration official said on Wednesday, after high-level...

Earthquake kills at least 20 in Pakistan

Earthquake kills at least 20 in Pakistan

-- 2021-10-07 10:17:06

At least 20 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an earthquake struck southern Pakistan, Disaster Management Authority Director General Naseer Nasir said on Thursday, reports Reuters. Th...

After Pandora Papers, EU plans new rules against tax avoidance

After Pandora Papers, EU plans new rules against tax avoidance

-- 2021-10-06 20:56:26

The European Commission will present by the end of the year new legislative proposals to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion, the EU tax commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told the European Parliament on W...

France seeks compromise over global corporate tax deal

France seeks compromise over global corporate tax deal

-- 2021-10-06 20:35:22

The world is on the brink of a global corporate tax deal but compromise is still needed over the final details, France's finance minister said on Wednesday as countries that have been holding out begi...