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FB 'harming', not 'killing' people with Covid misinformation: Biden
Last week, Biden told reporters that platforms like Facebook were "killing people" by allowing misinformation to spread. "Facebook isn't killing people, these 12 people are out there giving misinformation," he said on Monday. "My hope is that Facebook, instead of taking it personally that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine," Biden added.
Rockets land near Afghan prez palace during Eid prayers
The rockets landed when they just started the Eid prayers, said a TOLO News report. Sources have confirmed that the rockets were fired from Parwan-e-Se area in Kabul's District 18. The rockets landed in Bagh-e-Ali Mardan and Chaman-e-Hozori areas in Kabul's District 1 and Manabe Bashari area in Kabul's District 2, all near the Presidential Palace.
'Horrific things happened to Native American kids at govt-run boarding schools'
Hundreds of thousands of Native Americans children were housed and educated in a network of institutions, created to "civilize the savage", in the century and a half that the US government ran boarding schools for them. "There were horrific things that happened at boarding schools," Tom Stritikus, the president of Fort Lewis College, was quoted in The New York Times report as saying.
WMO warns of extreme weather events, natural disasters
Speaking exclusively to Xinhua news agency on Monday, Taalas said: "We have always had extreme weather events, but because of climate change, we have started seeing them more often and they are more intense. "Without climate change, we wouldn't have observed such high temperatures in western parts of Canada and the US, so that's a clear indication of climate change."
Afghan Army Chief to visit India next week to discuss military needs
Afghanistan Army Chief General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai will be in India from July 27 to July 29 during which he is going to meet top dignitaries here, including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Top officials in the government remained quiet over the issue. However, sources said that the Afghanistan Army Chief might look for logistic support and military equipment.
Pedro Castillo declared President-elect of Peru
The announcement was made by the election board's highest authority, Jorge Salas Arenas, during a ceremony that took place virtually late Monday night, reports Xinhua news agency. "I declare Jose Pedro Castillo Terrones President of the Republic, and Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, First Vice President of the Republic," said Salas.
Ariel Henry to take over as Haitian PM
Henry and Joseph have been discussing the formation of a new government for several days, leading to new authorities taking office on Monday, with the acting Prime Minister becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Xinhua news agency reported. Henry was named Prime Minister in a decree signed by Moise two days before he was killed, but was not sworn in, the Electoral Affairs said on Monday.
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 190.8 mn
In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number of vaccine doses administered stood at 190,853,085, 4,095,437 and 3,646,500,394, respectively. In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 31,144,229 cases.
No threat to neighbouring countries: Taliban chief Hibatullah
Hibatullah in his message said that foreign diplomats, embassies, consulates, welfare organisations and investors are of utmost importance and the Taliban will strive to ensure their security and safety. He added that other countries do not necessarily need to worry about the recent territorial gains of the Taliban and can carry on their operations as normal.
US, with allies, finally accuses China publicly of massive global hack
The US and allies exposed China's pattern of malicious cyber activities and taking further action to counter it, saying it poses a major threat to US and allies' economic and national security. "The United States is deeply concerned that the PRC has fostered an intelligence enterprise that includes contract hackers who also conduct unsanctioned cyber operations worldwide.: the White House said in a detailed statement.
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