France becomes first EU country to ban social media access for under-15s

Parliament votes to stop children using apps such as TikTok in policy championed by Emmanuel Macron

France’s parliament has approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making it the first EU country to bar children from apps such as TikTok.

The president, Emmanuel Macron, has championed the ban as a key reform of his final term in office and pledged to enforce it by September.

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Americans tourists stabbed outside Athens’ Acropolis as police detain suspect in apparent random attack – Fox News

  1. Americans tourists stabbed outside Athens' Acropolis as police detain suspect in apparent random attack  Fox News
  2. Greek-American tourists stabbed in rare attack near the Acropolis  CNN
  3. 2 Americans stabbed outside the Acropolis in Greece  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. 2 American tourists injured in stabbing near Acropolis in Athens  USA Today
  5. American Tourists Stabbed in Knife Attack at Historic Landmark  The Daily Beast
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France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children – CNN

  1. France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children  CNN
  2. 'Major step forward': French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15  France 24
  3. French parliament backs social media ban for children under 15  Reuters
  4. French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15  NBC News
  5. French lawmakers approve social media ban for children  dw.com
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Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants – The New York Times

  1. Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants  The New York Times
  2. 3 Myths Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in South Africa  The New York Times
  3. What’s behind SA’s latest wave of xenophobia?  Daily Maverick
  4. South Africa’s anti-migrant unrest led over 160,000 to flee  The Japan Times
  5. South Africa unites against hate speech amid anti-migrant tensions  UNESCO
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Airbus to test folding wings for next generation of bestselling planes

Such technology solves problem of longer, thinner, energy-saving wings not fitting in airports around the world

Airbus has said it will test folding wings for the next generation of its bestselling planes, as the world’s largest planemaker races to work out the shape of future commercial aircraft by the end of the decade.

Longer, thinner wings made of light but strong composite materials offer the promise of energy savings but present a problem for manufacturers because they will not fit in airports around the world, many of which are already at or near full capacity.

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