Instagram deploys new tools to guard young people from nudity
Instagram said it’s deploying new new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it’s testing out the features as part of its campaign to fight sexual scams...
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China acts tough against two US defence companies
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US, Japan, Philippine hold first trilateral summit to counter China in Indo-Pacific
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Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
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Chandrayaan-3 team receives award for Space exploration
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Novels from Asia, Europes and S America vie for Booker Prize
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‘Gunmen kill 6 cops in southeastern Iran’
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Sri Lankan President calls for legalising agreements with IMF
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Pak deploys police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr
Pak authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and marketplaces across the country ahead of the massive Eid al-Fitr holiday, officials said Tuesday. Eid al-Fitr, which means feast, will be celebrated in Pakistan on Wednesday, subject to sighting of the moon. The three-day holiday marks...
US plan linking AUKUS submarine pact to Taiwan upsets China
China on Tuesday said it will resolutely oppose any plan by the Biden administration to connect the AUKUS pact between Australia, the UK, and the US to the Taiwan issue, saying it will risk nuclear proliferation and exacerbate the arms race in the Asia-Pacific. Reacting to reports quoting US Deputy Secretary...
US Commander worried about Chinese South China Sea aggression
The head of the US Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday that he was “very, very concerned” about China’s aggression toward Philippine forces near disputed islands in the South China Sea. The Chinese coast guard has repeatedly clashed with Philippine patrol vessels near the Philippines-occupied Second Thomas Shoal. Last month, several Filipino...
Cameron heads to Washington for Ukraine talks
(): British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is in Washington on Tuesday to press senior Republicans to unlock money for Ukraine, after meeting a skeptical Donald Trump in Florida. Cameron says victory for Ukraine is “vital for American and European security,” but the former president and presumptive Republican candidate is a critic...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Gillani becomes Senate chairman; PML-N’s Nasir gets deputy role
Veteran Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was elected unopposed as chairman of the Senate on Tuesday, as lawmakers from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party boycotted the elections to the key posts in the upper house of Parliament. Saidal Khan Nasir of the ruling...
Ukrainian N-plant occupied by Russia is ‘extremely serious’
An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious situation” at the facility that repeatedly has been caught in the war’s crossfire, the UN’s atomic watchdog agency said. The International...
Pak Sikh man runs ‘Iftar Langar’ on Lahore’s outskirts
For more than two decades, Sardar Jitendar Singh and his family have followed a unique tradition that draws from the principles of their faith - they run ‘Iftar Langar’ that provides food for poor Muslims during the Ramazan month. Langar is a communal meal offered to visitors to any Gurdwara where...
