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Switzerland must do more to protect children from the risks posed by social media, Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider said on Sunday, signalling she is open to a potential ban on the platforms for young users. In an interview with…
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Wildfires and the dangerous smoke they generate have intensified across the western United States since the 1990s, but pinning down the exact causes has long been challenging. A new study led by Harvard researchers now provides strong…
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North Korea has said Japan’s ambitions to possess nuclear weapons must be “thoroughly curbed,” state media KCNA reported on Sunday. KCNA cited a commentary by a North Korean foreign policy official, claiming Japan has openly shown intent…
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Australia observed a national day of reflection on Sunday to honor those killed and wounded in a mass shooting that targeted a seaside Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach a week ago. The attack, Australia’s deadliest in nearly 30…
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More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced after two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighboring Thailand, the country’s interior ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said that at least 518,611…
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Vladimir Putin is ready to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Sunday. Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti that Putin has “expressed…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to meet US President Donald Trump on December 29, is likely to brief him on Iran’s alleged expansion of its ballistic missile programme and the need to take action against what…
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बीते एक साल से सुलग रहे बांग्लादेश में आम चुनाव के ऐलान के बाद हिंसा का दौर और तेज हो गया है। हालिया घटनाक्रम को महज़ संयोग नहीं माना जा रहा, बल्कि इसके पीछे एक सुनियोजित साजिश के संकेत मिल रहे हैं। छात्र नेता शरीफ उस्मान हादी की गोली मारकर…
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A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years’ imprisonment each in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case, news agency PTI reported. The verdict was delivered by special court…
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Democracy is essential for an effective response to climate change, International IDEA said at the UN Climate Conference (COP30) in Brazil, as it launched the International Climate and Democracy Coalition (ICDC) at an event in the German…
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