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Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s
SYDNEY — Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its Senate approved the world's strictest laws.The ban — which will not take effect for at least 12 months — could see tech companies fined up to A$50m ($32.5m; £25.7m) if they don't comply.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the legislation is needed to protect young people from the "harms" of social media, something many parent groups have echoed.But critics say questions over how the ban will work — and its impact on privacy and social connection — have been left unanswered.This is not the first attempt globally to limit children's social media use, but it involves the highest age limit set by any country, and does not include exemptions for existing users or those with...
November 28, 2024

Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s

Several Muslim groups have called the proposed changes politically motivated
Why Muslims in India oppose changes to 'waqf' law
NEW DELHI — A proposal to amend a decades-old law that governs properties worth millions of dollars donated as endowments by Indian Muslims over centuries has triggered protests in the country.The endowment properties, or waqf, which include mosques, madrassas, shelter homes and thousands of acres of land, are called waqf and are managed by a board.The new bill — which introduces more than 40 amendments to the existing law — was expected to be tabled in the current parliament session after incorporating changes suggested by a joint committee of MPs.But the committee is now set to ask for more time to submit its recommendations.Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government says that the proposed changes are necessary to root out corruption in the management of these properties and...
November 28, 2024

Why Muslims in India oppose changes to 'waqf' law

Most people in Delhi and its suburbs don't have the choice to leave cities in search of cleaner air
Families fleeing Delhi to escape deadly smog
NEW DELHI — Saurabh Bhasin loved Delhi, the city where he was born.Growing up, he longed for the winter months which offered a brief escape from the Indian capital’s long and harsh summers.But over the years, his yearning for winters turned into fear. Air pollution increasingly crossed hazardous levels between October and January, leaving the city’s skyline hazy and air poisonous. Ordinary activities like walking outdoors or even playing with his child at home started feeling stressful and risky.In 2015, Bhasin, a corporate lawyer, filed a petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of his toddler — along with the fathers of two six-month-olds — seeking a ban on the use of firecrackers, which are burst mostly during festivals and weddings.“The alarming rate of deterioration of the...
November 28, 2024

Families fleeing Delhi to escape deadly smog

Macao tourists wearing Korean traditional Hanbok dresses take pictures amid snowfall at the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, 27 November 2024
Seoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on record
SEOUL — The South Korean capital has recorded its heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago in 1907.Seoul was covered with at least 16 cm of snow on Wednesday — beating the city's previous record of 12.4cm from November 1972.It caused significant disruption across the country, with local media reporting that flights had been grounded, roads closed, and that there were delays to transport services.At least one person is reported to have died in a weather-related traffic accident near Seoul.Youn Ki-han, the head of Seoul's Meteorology Forecast Division, told the AFP news agency that the heavy snowfall was due to strong westerly winds and a "significant temperature difference between the sea surface and the cold air".It is expected to continue...
November 28, 2024

Seoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on record

Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested on sedition charges
India and Bangladesh spar over Hindu monk's arrest
DELHI — The arrest of a Hindu monk in Bangladesh has triggered a fresh war of words with neighbor India over the condition of minorities in the country.Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson of a Bangladesh-based Hindu organization, was arrested on sedition charges this week, spurring clashes that led to one death.India issued a statement expressing "deep concern" over the arrest and asking Bangladesh to ensure the safety "of Hindus and all minorities".Bangladesh responded hours later, expressing its "utter dismay" at the arrest being "misconstrued by certain quarters".Ties between the neighbors, who have traditionally shared a warm relationship, have been frosty since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power in August after...
November 27, 2024

India and Bangladesh spar over Hindu monk's arrest

Security forces pushed protesters back from D Chowk in central Islamabad on Tuesday
Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown
ISLAMABAD — Opposition supporters in Pakistan have temporarily called off protests demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, a day after marching on central Islamabad.Protesters had vowed not to leave the capital until Khan's release. But as they breached barriers and made their way to Democracy Square on Tuesday, they were pushed back by police and were met with volleys of tear gas.At least six people - four security officers and two civilians - died in clashes during the latest protests, which began on Sunday.Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said in a statement on Wednesday that the protests had been "temporarily suspended" due to the "government's brutality".The crackdown on the protestors was swift. Although...
November 27, 2024

Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a key military factory in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 14, 2023
North Korea expands weapons plant that makes missiles used by Russia
SEOUL — North Korea is expanding a weapons plant that manufactures missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, according to new research from a US-based think tank.The facility produces both KN-23 missiles (Hwasong-11A) and KN-24 missiles (Hwasong-11B), according to researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.Located in the country’s second-largest city, Hamhung, the factory has been visited several times by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with North Korean state media previously touting its mass production of tactical missiles.Ukraine has been hit by a recent surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks, about a third of which used North Korean weapons, according to Ukrainian military officials.Moscow and...
November 27, 2024

North Korea expands weapons plant that makes missiles used by Russia

Clare Nowland died one week after Senior Constable Kristian White shocked her with a Taser
Police officer who shocked 95-year-old woman with Taser found guilty of manslaughter
BRISBANE — A police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old woman with a Taser in an Australian nursing home has been found guilty of manslaughter after the jury found that the great-grandmother, who was holding a knife, did not pose an “imminent” threat.Senior Constable Kristian White was one of two police officers called in May last year to Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home in regional New South Wales, when staff asked for help with a resident who was holding two knives as she pushed a mobility walker around the facility.Clare Nowland – who had dementia – had refused her carers’ requests to return to her room and threw a knife at a staff member that fell on the floor before they dialed emergency services, according to court documents.The court heard she had been cornered in...
November 27, 2024

Police officer who shocked 95-year-old woman with Taser found guilty of manslaughter

The city's roads have been blocked with shipping containers to stop the march reaching the centre
Imran Khan supporters pushed back by security forces
ISLAMABAD — Supporters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan have been pushed back by security forces after reaching the heart of the heavily-barricaded capital earlier on Tuesday.The convoy of opposition protesters has been marching towards Islamabad's D Chowk - or Democracy Square - since the weekend, demanding Khan's release, among other things.At least six people were killed - four paramilitary soldiers, and two protesters - as the march moved through the city, clashing with security forces at points.A number of protesters did make it as far as D Chowk however, and were seen scrambling over shipping containers placed to block their way.But hours after protesters reached the square, security forces successfully cleared the area. As darkness fell, the lights were...
November 27, 2024

Imran Khan supporters pushed back by security forces

Nafees says his son Bilal who died in Sunday's violence was innocent
Fear grips Indian city after deadly weekend clashes
NEW DELHI — Two days after deadly violence in Sambhal left four people dead and many others injured, the city in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh remains gripped by tension.The violence broke out on Sunday during a court-ordered survey of the centuries-old Shahi Jama Masjid (mosque) that some Hindu groups claim was built at the site of a destroyed temple.Police said the protesters, most of them Muslims, pelted them with stones and that they fired teargas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds. They said 20 policemen were injured.But family members of the four Muslim men who died on Sunday alleged that they were shot dead by police - a charge the police have denied.Officials say the situation is now under control but a large number of police and paramilitaries are...
November 26, 2024

Fear grips Indian city after deadly weekend clashes

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