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Climate-laggard Australia vows to reach net zero

26-10-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: One of the world’s most criticized polluters, Australia, has promised it will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. PM Scott Morrison made the long-delayed pledge after bargaining with resistant MPs within his government. He said Australia had a plan to lower emissions, but it …

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Facebook failing to contain hate speech in India

25-10-2021 NEW YORK: The so-called Facebook Papers, leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen, have already revealed the impact of Facebook as well as of WhatsApp and Instagram, both of which it owns, on the deep polarization of politics in the United States and on the mental health of some teenagers but …

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Colombia’s most wanted drug lord Otoniel captured

25-10-2021 BOGOTA: Colombia’s most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday. The government had offered a $800,000 (£582,000) reward for …

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Pakistan crushes India in T20 World Cup

25-10-2021 DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan smashed unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets on Sunday to register their first win over their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 World Cup. Chasing 152 for victory, Babar (68) and Rizwan (79) took apart the Indian bowling …

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