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Facebook reverses course, won't ban lab virus theory
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - Facebook has reversed its policy banning posts suggesting Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory amid renewed debate over the origins of the virus, raising fresh questions about social media's role in policing misinformation.
No surprises as Syria's Assad re-elected for 4th term
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» DAMASCUS - Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as president of war-ravaged Syria, official results showed on Thursday, despite Western accusations the polls were "neither free nor fair".
UN body orders probe of 'systematic' abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council decided Thursday to create an open-ended international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, and into "systematic" abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel.
Australia's Covid success under threat as Melbourne goes into lockdown
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» MELBOURNE: Five million weary Melbourne residents returned to lockdown Friday, straining local resolve and testing Australia's "zero-Covid" strategy of smothering outbreaks however small.
Millions in Myanmar struggle to buy food as coup price hike bites
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» YANGON: Aye Mar sits with her seven children in their Rangoon kitchen and worries whether their meal of rice and stringy vegetables -- all she can afford in coup-stricken Myanmar -- will satisfy their hunger.
No end in sight as Colombia marks full month of protests
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» BOGOTA - Colombia on Friday marks a full month of anti-government protests that have claimed dozens of lives and invited international condemnation of its police response. Observers fear the end is nowhere in sight.
Germany says committed genocide in Namibia during colonial rule
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» BERLIN - Germany for the first time on Friday recognised it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation.
China tech CEOs slip off backstage to avoid Beijing's glare
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» BEIJING - Bytedance founder Zhang Yiming, the brains behind TikTok, said he preferred "daydreaming" as he stepped down as head of his own firm last week. But his departure comes as several of China's once-lauded tech entrepreneurs step aside under increasing scrutiny from a government concerned about their growing power and influence.
Tycoon Jimmy Lai, 7 others handed new jail terms over Hong Kong protests
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown.
Jimmy Lai among eight more Hong Kong democracy activists jailed
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» HONG KONG - Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown.