Instagram unveils teen accounts to boost online safety
(): Instagram is introducing separate teen accounts for those under 18 as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives. Beginning Tuesday in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, anyone under under 18 who signs up for...
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Nikki Haley to launch weekly radio talk show
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Florida to launch probe into Trump assassination attempt
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Trump blames Biden and Harris’ rhetoric, despite his own history
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US lawmakers, officials condemn vandalism of temple in New York
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Mayor unveils plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street
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Typhoon Yagi death toll in South Asia surpasses 500
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German CDU picks Merz as chancellor candidate
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Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now war goal as officials warn of wider operation
(): Israel announced Tuesday that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the north in order to allow its residents to return is now an official war goal, as the country considers a wider military operation that could ignite an all-out conflict. Israeli officials have repeatedly threatened to take heavier military action to...
US criticises Israel’s Gaza strikes
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Israel’s military of striking schools, humanitarian workers and civilians in Gaza in a sign of growing American frustration with its close ally as the war approaches its first anniversary. Israel has repeatedly said it targets Hamas militants, who often hide...
Nepal’s PM to raise issue of melting snow, mountain eco-system
(): Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said on Monday that he would draw the world’s attention to the issues of melting snow and rising sea levels at the United Nations General Assembly’s 79th session. Addressing the House of Representatives about his forthcoming visit to the US to attend the...
20 to 50 people killed in PNG violence, says UN
(): Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said on Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than...
China seeks ‘resolute crackdown’ on Tibetan separatists
China’s top security official visited Tibet last week and instructed the local authorities to step up a crackdown against separatists in the backdrop of the US stepping up its support for the region by passing a new law pressing Beijing to hold talks with the Dalai Lama. Chen Wenqing, the head...
Court orders release of arrested lawmakers of Imran’s party
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Monday ordered the immediate release of all the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) lawmakers arrested from the Parliament House following the party’s power show on September 8 in Islamabad. Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain heard the bail pleas and granted post-arrest bail to the PTI MNAs...
Constitutional changes to keep him jailed: Imran
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday rejected the anticipated constitutional changes, claiming that it was an effort to keep him in prison by controlling the judiciary. The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician made the remarks during an informal conversation with journalists at the Adiala Jail, where he has been lodged...
