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Australia is banning social media for kids under 16

24-11-2025 CANBERRA: From 10 December, social media companies will have to take “reasonable steps” to ensure that under-16s in Australia cannot set up accounts on their platforms and that existing accounts are deactivated or removed. The government says the ban, a world-first policy popular with many parents is aimed at …

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BBC’s Banerji resigns after Trump documentary edit

24-11-2025 LONDON: Shumeet Banerji has resigned from the BBC board and criticized governance issues at the organisation, the latest blow to the broadcaster weeks after its director general quit. The BBC confirmed Banerji’s departure on Friday, saying he stepped down only weeks before the end of his four-year term. According …

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Islamic State-linked rebels kill 89 civilians in Congo

23-11-2025 KINSHASA: Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lubero territory, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African country, known as MONUSCO, said on Friday. The attacks were carried out by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in several …

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