Trump wants Section 230 ‘terminated’: All about the law which protects social media platforms
The law was passed in 1996 as a part of the Communications Decency Act, which encouraged the emergence of a...
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Volkswagen plans small electric car for mass market
BERLIN: Volkswagen is bringing forward the development of a small electric car for the mass market in anticipation of tougher...
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Brazil’s Sau Paulo could roll out China’s Covid-19 vaccine without approval
Sau Paulo governor Joao Doria in an interview on Thursday said Sinovac could be rolled out without approval from the...
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China weighs legal steps against ‘diehard’ supporters of Taiwan independence
BEIJING: China is considering drawing up a blacklist of “diehard” supporters of Taiwan's independence, the government said today, which may...
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Indonesian fisheries minister arrested by anti-graft agency
JAKARTA: Anti-graft officials arrested Indonesia's minister for maritime affairs and fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, early today, an agency spokesman said, without...
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Hong Kong’s Lam says restoring ‘political system from chaos’ is priority
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is seen on a screen as she delivers her annual policy address at the...
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Brazil has enough infection data to analyse Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine, say officials
SAO PAULO: Brazil has gathered enough infection data from a late-stage trial of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's...
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Football: Liverpool’s Salah to train after negative COVID-19 test, says Klopp
LONDON: Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, who missed Sunday's (Nov 22) 3-0 Premier League win over Leicester City after contracting COVID-19,...
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Joshua Wong says will plead guilty at Hong Kong protest trial
HONG KONG: Prominent democracy dissident Joshua Wong announced he and two other leading activists will plead guilty today at the...
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S. Korea reports 271 new Covid-19 cases as tighter curbs to take effect
SEOUL: South Korea reported another daily rise of more than 200 new coronavirus cases today, a day after it tightened...
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Biden to start naming cabinet picks tomorrow as Trump resists
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks tomorrow, his chief of staff said, even as Donald...
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Football: Under-strength Liverpool still too strong for Leicester
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool were not derailed by an injury crisis as Jurgen Klopp's men produced a dominant display to beat Leicester...
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Australia defence chief pledges changes after damning Afghanistan report
MELBOURNE: Australia’s top military official said today the country’s defence force must ‘own’ a recent report on soldiers committing crimes...
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US approves Regeneron COVID-19 antibody treatment given to Trump
WASHINGTON: A COVID-19 antibody therapy used to treat President Donald Trump was approved by the US drug regulator on Saturday...
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Pompeo meets Taliban and Kabul negotiators, wants talks to speed up
DOHA (Qatar): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan government and Taliban negotiators in Doha, calling for them to...
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US judge calls Trump claim challenging Biden win in Pennsylvania ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’
WASHINGTON: A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit critical to President Donald Trump’s long-shot bid to overturn his Nov. 3...
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Masks, screens and empty chairs as Saudi summit goes virtual
RIYADH: Mask-clad reporters filed into a Riyadh ballroom-turned-media centre yesterday after mandatory temperature checks, to cover physically a virtual G20...
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Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden on inauguration day
WASHINGTON: Twitter confirmed yesterday it will hand control of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn...
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Xi says China ready to boost global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said on Saturday (Nov 21) that China is ready to step up global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation,...
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European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January
PARIS: Europe is set to lift its flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX passenger jetliner in January after...
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