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This is a bombshell: US lawmakers blast FB over Instagram hurting teens
Bombshell revelations in September first reported by The Wall Street Journal have set off alarm bells yet again around Facebook's hold over young audiences. The newspaper reported that for the last three years, Facebook has been studying how its photo-sharing app affects millions of young people on its platform, especially teenage girls.
US may use Russia's bases in Central Asia to hit terror targets in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
The U.S. is in talks with countries that border Afghanistan about housing "over the horizon" counterterrorism operations that would allow the U.S. military to more easily surveil and strike targets in the Taliban-controlled nation, US news portal POLITICO has reported citing senators who attended a classified hearing with Pentagon leaders this week. Those sites could include bases run by Russia in those countries, they said.
Court dismisses Trudeau government's indigenous child-welfare appeals
Justice Paul Favel said that the Attorney General of Canada, who had filed the application for a judicial review and a stay of the order from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, had "not succeeded in establishing that the compensation decision is unreasonable", the XInhua news agency reported. In September 2019, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled the government didn't properly fund child and family services
Taliban rolling back rights for women in at least 32 different areas
While restricting access to education has been the most high profile abuse, discrimination is taking place systematically across women's lives, HRW said, The Telegraph, UK, reported. The acting director of HRW's women's rights division, Heather Barr, a leading expert on Afghanistan, said the Taliban were violating the rights of women and girls across a number of categories, including education, employment.
Weapons left behind by US in Af could threaten Pak's national security
According to The Times, this includes firearms and ammunition, military aircraft, ground vehicles, and a range of military technology such as night-vision goggles, drones and access to Afghan National Army's garrisons in several provinces. The numbers include 22,174 Humvees, 64,363 machine guns, 358,530 assault rifles, 33 Blackhawk helicopters, 176 artillery pieces and 126,295 pistols, among others.
Taliban PM orders fighters to stop entering homes, grabbing properties, vehicles
The interim premier issued the decrees for the first time after taking charge of the office. The two decrees came after several complaints from various parts of the country were received regarding Taliban ranks searching peoples' houses, taking away their vehicles and also stealing properties in the name of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the report said.
Afghan local govt launches new security plan for restive province
"In order to strengthen security and prevent corruption, serious plans have been adopted by provincial security personnel in Jalalabad city and Nangarhar province at large," the statement said. "The Islamic Emirate assures all citizens in Nangarhar that they will soon see improvement in security and safety," it added.
Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of illegal financing of election campaign
Sarkozy was found guilty of having spent almost twice the legal limit on his re-election bid. He has denied any involvement in the logistics of his campaign, but the court said he "continued the organization of meetings after having been warned in writing of the risk of exceeding the legal ceiling."
US nuclear envoy reiterates 'no hostile intent' toward N. Korea
Kim made the remarks after he held talks with his South Korean counterpart, Noh Kyu-duk, in Jakarta, to discuss humanitarian support, confidence-building measures and other steps to encourage Pyongyang's return to dialogue. The talks came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told a parliamentary session Wednesday that the US remains "utterly unchanged" in pursuing hostile policy toward his country.
China loans to Pakistan at commercial rates, not grants
China committed $34.4 billion in development finance to Pakistan between 2000 and 2017. Islamabad is the seventh largest recipient of Chinese overseas development financing with 71 projects worth $27.3bn currently under way. The interest rate is 3.76 per cent for an average loan with 13.2 years' maturity (when full repayment with interest is due) and 4.3 years grace period, it said.
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