The Facebook subsidiary brought a legal complaint in the Indian capital on Tuesday, arguing one of the new rules violates privacy rights protected by the country’s constitution while asking the Delhi High Court to strike it down, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the case. Announced in February and coming …
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In an interview with the Telegraph published on Saturday, Wallace praised the new additions to the UK Navy, which he said will put it back on the map as a military powerhouse. In particular, Wallace was referring to the £3 billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth which, along with HMS …
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“We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel,” Musk tweeted on Wednesday evening. Tesla doesn’t intend to sell any of the Bitcoin it currently holds, however, but will hold on to it until …
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The South American country is in desperate need of Covid-19 vaccine doses, and has been one of the hardest-hit nations throughout the pandemic. However, despite requests from Brazilian politicians, regulator Anvisa believes there is a lack of documentation to guarantee its safety, and data about its efficacy is “uncertain.” After …
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On Monday, Foggy Bottom announced that it will be updating the travel advisory during the week, to “better reflect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) science-based Travel Health Notices,” which will result in the number of places at Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory to increase to “approximately …
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The regulator said in a statement published in the Official Gazette that cryptocurrencies and other such digital assets based on distributed ledger technology could not be used, either directly or indirectly, as an instrument of payment. “Payment service providers will not be able to develop business models in a way …
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“Due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, French nationals and French companies are recommended to temporarily leave the country,” read the letter from the French embassy to its citizens in Pakistan on Thursday. The move comes after a week of intense protests against French interests in the country, …
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Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov was asked by journalists on Monday to justify sizable army movements around the southern city of Rostov. One reporter asked whether the soldiers might get “lost like they did in 2014,” when Ukraine claims Russian forces ‘invaded’ the Crimean peninsula. “Nobody has wandered and nobody …
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The move comes after a recommendation from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization on Monday, which called for a pause to buy time to evaluate the safety concerns, namely over a rare blood clotting condition known as vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia, or VIPIT. “There is substantial uncertainty about the benefit …
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An increasing need to watch one’s mouth, which is in no small way influenced by modern “woke” trends, seems to be “getting on the nerves” of many Austrians, a survey commissioned by Der Standard newspaper revealed. Indeed, 57 percent of respondents said they’ve grown tired of being “increasingly dictated” to what …
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