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Snapchat blocks 415,000 underage accounts in Australia
AFP, Published on 02/02/2026
» SYDNEY — Snapchat has blocked 415,000 accounts under Australia's social media ban for under-16s, the company said Monday, but warned some youngsters may be bypassing age verification technology.
Australian lawmakers pass stricter gun, hate crime laws
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SYDNEY - Australian lawmakers passed tougher hate crime and gun laws Tuesday, weeks after gunmen targeting a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach killed 15 people.
Russia slams Western peacekeeping plan for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 08/01/2026
» MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday slammed a plan for European peacekeepers to be deployed to Ukraine as "dangerous" and dubbed Kyiv and its allies an "axis of war", dousing hopes the plan could be a step towards ending the almost four-year-war.
Over 70 shark, ray species win new wildlife trade protections
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» BANGKOK - The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win".
Rhino horn sales, shark protection on wildlife talks agenda
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» Global wildlife talks open Monday, with debates set to take on questions ranging from protection of sharks, a bid to allow limited rhino horn sales and a push to restrict the trade in eels.
UK toughens asylum system with radical overhaul
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» LONDON — The UK government on Monday unveiled dramatic changes to its asylum system, including drastically cutting protections for refugees and their children, seeking to stem a wave of irregular migrants which has fuelled rising anger on the far-right.
UK govt defends refugee shakeup in face of hard right
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» LONDON - Britain's interior minister on Sunday defended plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, insisting that irregular migration was "tearing our country apart".
UK to cut protections for refugees under asylum 'overhaul'
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» LONDON - Britain will drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, the Labour government announced late Saturday, under new plans aimed at slashing irregular immigration and countering the hard-right.
Meta and TikTok to obey Australia under-16 social media ban
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» SYDNEY - Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce.
Under-fire Brazil Senate scraps immunity bid
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» BRASíLIA - Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday quashed a bid to expand criminal immunity for lawmakers after the proposal unleashed mass protests over the weekend.