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Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jack Dorsey defend platforms before US hearing
In his opening remarks published ahead of the hearing, Zuckerberg said that the company believes "Congress should consider making platforms' intermediary liability protection for certain types of unlawful content conditional on companies' ability to meet best practices to combat the spread of this content".
Cooperation with EU very important: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson made the remarks on Wednesday during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons as the tension between the UK and the EU over vaccines supply remains high, reports Xinhua news agency. The Prime Minister said he doesn't believe blockades "are sensible", adding that the long-term damage done by blockades can be "very considerable".
Joe Biden wants immigration reform to speed up green cards for Indians
Last month, Democrats introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress that would remove the country quotas for green cards. While spouses of citizens are not restricted by the quotas, all other countries except for Canada and Mexico are each allowed only 26,000 green cards each year and this has created a huge backlog for applicants from countries like India, while some nations do not use their full quota.
Angela Merkel cancels hard Easter Covid-19 lockdown in Germany
Although a complete shutdown in Germany next week was originally announced with "the best of intentions" in order to slow down and reverse the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea was a "mistake", Merkel said on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Russia passes bill allowing Vladimir Putin to run for 2 more terms
One of the 206 constitutional amendments stipulates that the limit of two presidential terms applies to the incumbent head of state, but without taking into account his previous terms. In light of the amendment, the bill grants Putin the possibility of starting his presidency from scratch in 2024 and holding the office for two more terms until 2036.
Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as point person for diplomatic efforts
Biden made the announcement at the White House on Wednesday, describing Harris as someone compared to whom nobody "is better qualified to do this," citing the vice president's experience as California's former attorney general, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel: PM Netanyahu short of majority amid vote count
"A huge victory to the right-wing and the Likud (party) under my leadership," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night. He said his right-wing Likud party is "by far" the largest party in Israel, after the polls suggested it won about 31 seats.
UAE finance minister and deputy Dubai ruler dead
He was the brother of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and Ruler of the emirate of Dubai. Hamdan, who was 75 years old, had been a financing minister since 1971 when the country was founded. UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed ordered that flags be flown at half-mast across the country until Saturday to mark three days of mourning, according to a statement by the official news agency WAM, DPA news reported.
North Korea slams EU for human rights sanctions
A report by the Korean Central News Agency released on Tuesday night quoted a foreign ministry spokesperson as saying that the EU performed "a farce of announcing the targets of sanctions" by pointing its finger at what it calls "human rights violations" in several countries, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
North Korean missile launch not provocation, says Joe Biden
The launch is the first since Biden took office. Biden said defence officials called it "business as usual", the BBC reported on Wednesday. North Korea is said to have fired non-ballistic cruise missiles, which do not flout UN Security Council resolutions, over the weekend. The incident happened after Pyongyang criticised the US and South Korea for conducting joint military exercises.
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