Will Australia’s social media ban actually work?
Australia is banning social media for everyone under the age 16 - here's everything you need to know in 60 seconds.
Australia’s social media ban explained… in 60 seconds
Australia is banning social media for everyone under the age 16 - but will it actually work? Here's everything you need to know.
India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app
Critics voice concern as government says its Sanchar Saathi app combats cybersecurity threats for 1.2bn telecom users
India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cybersecurity app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to antagonise Apple and privacy advocates.
In tackling a recent surge of cybercrime and hacking, India is joining authorities worldwide, most recently in Russia, to frame rules blocking the use of stolen phones for fraud or promoting state-backed government service apps.
Continue reading...India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app – The Guardian
- India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app The Guardian
- Sanchar Saathi: India mandates state-owned cyber safety app on all smartphones BBC
- India demands installation of government app on all smartphones Financial Times
- Big Row Over Centre's Sanchar Saathi Directive To Phonemakers NDTV
- Sanchar Saathi App row: Can you delete it? Centre's big clarification after opposition's 'snooping' charg Times of India
Rebuilding Gaza
We compare and contrast Gaza’s destruction over the past two years with the ongoing Palestinian efforts to rebuild.
Macron: No ‘finalized’ peace plan on Ukraine – politico.eu
- Macron: No ‘finalized’ peace plan on Ukraine politico.eu
- Zelensky Turns to Europe After Talks With U.S. Officials The New York Times
- Zelensky says Ukraine territory 'most difficult' issue, as US envoy prepares to meet Putin BBC
- Zelenskyy says US peace plan ‘looks better’ with revisions but work continues AP News
- Zelenskyy sets out Ukraine’s red lines in press conference with Macron – as it happened The Guardian
Jamaica secures $6.7bn for hurricane recovery and reconstruction plan
Up to $3.6bn in government financing included, with major contributions from global financial institutions.
Mexican authorities kill one of country’s top fentanyl traffickers
Pedro Inzunza Coronel, alias ‘El Pichón’, was killed during an anti-drug operation by the Mexican navy in Sinaloa
Mexican authorities have killed one of the country’s top fentanyl traffickers, accused of importing tens of thousands of kilos of the drug into the US and wanted by the US authorities on narco-terrorism charges.
Pedro Inzunza Coronel, alias “El Pichón”, (The Pigeon) was killed on Sunday during an anti-drug operation by the Mexican navy in the north-western state of Sinaloa.
Continue reading...South African radio host accused of recruiting for Russia – DW
- South African radio host accused of recruiting for Russia DW
- Five South Africans in court over alleged recruitment for Russia’s war in Ukraine The Guardian
- Nonkululeko Mantula: South African radio presenter among five charged over Russia recruitment plot BBC
- A South African radio presenter is arrested on suspicion of recruiting fighters for Russia NBC News
- Zuma’s daughter quits South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations CNN
Europe is going on a huge military spending spree – The Economist
- Europe is going on a huge military spending spree The Economist
- European defence sector's turnover surges 13.8% to €183bn in 2024 Euronews.com
- Europe’s Defense Industry Grew by Nearly 14% in 2024 Bloomberg.com
- Europe ponders how to ready industry for war, without being at war Defense News
- Europe's aerospace and defence turnover jumped 10.1% in 2024 to $378 billion, industry body ASD says Reuters
Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’
Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?
He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine.
“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos,” the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state.
Continue reading...Shock in Cameroon as 74-year-old opposition firebrand dies in detention
Anicet Ekane's lawyer says the family was given little explanation - "his wife was just presented the corpse".
Shock in Cameroon as 74-year-old opposition firebrand dies in detention
Anicet Ekane's lawyer says the family was given little explanation - "his wife was just presented the corpse".
Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
The former investment manager was convicted of defrauding thousands of investors.
Missing American cruise ship passenger Ann Evans found by police – NewsNation
- Missing American cruise ship passenger Ann Evans found by police NewsNation
- She went missing from a cruise. Police found her a week later. USA Today
- American woman who mysteriously disappeared from cruise excursion on Caribbean island is finally found Yahoo
- Missing Cruise Ship Passenger Found Alive Over Week After Vanishing Newsweek
- Mystery over American woman missing from Caribbean cruise excursion The Independent
Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence
Italy and Canada have raised concerns about the treatment of their citizens who were beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Three Italians and a Canadian were attacked early on Sunday morning in the village of Ein al-Duyuk, near Jericho, where they had volunteered to help protect the Palestinian population from intensifying settler violence.
Continue reading...OBR says its inadvertent release of budget report is ‘worst failure’ in its 15-year history – UK politics live
Office for Budget Responsibility says Rachel Reeves ‘had every right to expect that the [report] would not be publicly available until she sat down at the end of her budget speech’
Q: Yesterday you said Rachel Reeves was lying. Today you are saying she gave out false information. Are you still accusing her of being a liar?
Badenoch replies: “Yes.”
Continue reading...Top Russian banker says the EU faces 50 years of litigation if it takes Russia’s frozen assets – Reuters
- Top Russian banker says the EU faces 50 years of litigation if it takes Russia's frozen assets Reuters
- Europe needs help funding Ukraine. So why can't it agree on using frozen Russian assets? France 24
- The EU should play its Russian assets card Financial Times
- Reparations loan for Ukraine won't derail peace process, Kallas tells Belgian PM Euronews.com
- Belgium hits back at EU plan to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine The Guardian
Elizabeth Tsurkov: Israel’s Syria policy lacking – The Jerusalem Post
- Elizabeth Tsurkov: Israel's Syria policy lacking The Jerusalem Post
- Surgeons save soldier wounded in Syria who has a bullet lodged in his heart The Times of Israel
- Instead of Seeking Deals, Israel Prefers Keeping Syrian and Lebanese Fronts Hot Haaretz
- Thirteen killed in deadliest Israeli raid for months in southern Syria BBC
- Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says CNN
MP Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh jail term is ‘unfair’
The MP, and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, received a two-year sentence in her absence over corruption allegations.