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Russian court fines Facebook for failing to delete banned content

A Russian court said on Thursday it had fined U.S. technology giant Facebook 17 million roubles (about $235,000) for failing to delete content which Moscow deems illegal. Source(s): Reuters

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Hundreds of children in India orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic

01:01 Hundreds of children in India have lost both parents to COVID-19, and many more have lost at least one. Hear from surviving family and other community members as they try to help

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Health workers in India cross rivers on foot to vaccinate remote areas

01:00 With only five percent of adults fully vaccinated, Indian health workers cross rivers on foot to get COVID-19 vaccine shots to more remote rural towns. Take a look at India's inoc

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Conservationists warn of the growing dangers of plastics to rivers

03:12 Conservation groups are holding various events around the world to remind people of how vital it is to take care of our oceans.One new initiative has pulled together resources to

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Albanian lawmakers vote in favor of impeaching President Meta

Albanian lawmakers voted on Wednesday in an extraordinary plenary session in parliament in favor of the impeachment of President Ilir Meta who they accused of violating the country's Constitution. S

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El Salvador approves law to make bitcoin legal tender

El Salvador has approved a law that will classify Bitcoin as legal tender in the Latin American country, its president announced, making it the world's first nation to adopt a cryptocurrency."The #Bi

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High Court finds UK government acted unlawfully over contract

London's High Court has found that Britain's government acted unlawfully when it gave a contract to a public relations firm which local media said was run by friends of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's

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U.S. CDC eases travel recommendations on 110 countries, territories

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Japan, from its highest "Level 4" rating that had dis

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Two Chinese mining employees kidnapped in western Niger: report

Two Chinese employees of a mining company near western Niger's borders with Mali and Burkina Faso were kidnapped by armed men, Tillaberi region's Governor Ibrahim TijaniKatiella told AFP on Monday.Th

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Kremlin calls U.S. sanctions against Russia pointless

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks at a press conference in Moscow, December 23, 2016. /VCG Photo The Kremlin said Monday that despite over 90 U.S. sanctions against Russia throughout hist

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Afghan president meets with U.S. peace delegation in Kabul

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with the visiting U.S. inter-ministerial delegation led by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, the presi

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Nepali PM reshuffles cabinet after taking in other party members

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reshuffled his cabinet on Friday evening after offering 10 ministerial posts to a faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP).The JSP faction led by Chairman Mahan

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Nicaraguan opposition figure Chamorro under house arrest: family

Nicaraguan opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro was placed under house arrest on Wednesday after the government accused her of money laundering, her brother said.Police had earlier raided Chamorro's

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Follow a drone right into an erupting volcano

00:54 Drone operator and Youtuber Joey Helms captured the moment his drone crashed into Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano during an eruption. Watch the moment the camera hits the lava. C

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6 wounded in a car bomb blast in E. Afghanistan

At least six people were wounded in a car bomb blast targeting a security forces convoy in Jalalabad city, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, on Wednesday, a local official said. S

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Iran navy ship sinks in the Gulf after catching fire

Iran's largest navy ship sank after catching fire near the mouth of the Gulf, but the entire crew was able to safely disembark, Iranian semi-official news agencies reported on Wednesday."All efforts

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OPEC+ sticks to plans to ease oil cuts

OPEC+ agreed on Tuesday to stick to the existing pace of gradually easing oil supply curbs, two OPEC+ sources said, as producers balanced expectations of a recovery in demand against a possible incre