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Malaysia holds trio accused of aiding Israeli ‘spy’
Reuters, Published on 30/03/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities have arrested three people suspected of supplying firearms to a 36-year-old man carrying an Israeli passport, who was detained this week at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, police said on Saturday.
X lifts ban on Taylor Swift searches
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2024
» BENGALURU - Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday evening, after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer on the social media site last week.
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before polls
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2024
» LONDON - Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?
Musk: Twitter to launch blue check subscription next week
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2022
» BENGALURU, India: Twitter will tentatively launch its blue check subscription feature next Friday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet, after holding off on the launch earlier this week.
Mahathir: Jailed Najib 'highly likely' to get royal pardon
Reuters, Published on 25/08/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's veteran politician Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that the disgraced former premier Najib Razak, who he helped bring down, was likely to receive a royal pardon and be released from a 12-year jail sentence for graft that he began this week.
Ukraine insists on territorial integrity as talks to continue
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2022
» LVIV, Ukraine: With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set for Turkey this week, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.
Philippines passes law to tackle anonymous social media abuse
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2022
» MANILA: Philippines lawmakers have approved legislation requiring social media users to register their legal identities and phone numbers when creating new accounts, a senator said on Thursday, in an ambitious move to thwart online abuse and misinformation.
Pope: Covid fake news is human rights violation
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2022
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights.
Vietnam deputy health minister prosecuted over counterfeit medicines
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» HANOI: Police in Vietnam have prosecuted a deputy health minister over his alleged involvement in a fake medicine trading ring, the country's security agency said on Thursday.
Suu Kyi's lawyer says he has been gagged by coup junta
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2021
» The head lawyer representing Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday authorities in the military-ruled country had imposed a gag order on him because they said his communications could cause instability.