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Sydney: Australia’s online safety regulator has issued legal notices to major social media firms such as Google, Meta, X, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Reddit. The regulator demanded that these companies report on the measures they are taking to protect Australian users from violent extremists and terrorists who may use their online platforms. In the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, 51 people were killed, and in a murder spree at Buffalo in New York in 2022, 10 black Americans were murdered. Accessing violent and extremist content on social media was accused of radicalising the gunmen. Both gunmen also live-streamed parts of their attack…

Mana: Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has arrived in the Philippines’s capital Manila amid rising regional tensions with China. According to a senior State Department official, Blinken’s visit aims to discuss trade and reinforce America’s ‘ironclad’ security commitments to the country. Recent months saw an escalation in tensions between Manila and Beijing over territorial claims in the South China Sea. US officials stated that the relationship between the two countries will undoubtedly be part of the discussions. This visit is also likely to be viewed as a move to strengthen American support for Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who…

Washington: US President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order aimed at advancing women’s health studies. The order will bolster data collection, as well as supply more comfortable and adequate funding possibilities for biomedical research. Even though women make up half the population, they are underfunded and understudied when it comes to their health. The federal government did not mandate women’s inclusion in federally funded medical research until the 1990s. For most of medical history, a scientific study was almost completely male-oriented. Research often fails to properly track gender differences and represent women equally for certain illnesses. Biden’s executive…

United Kingdom: A new method of detecting and treating bowel cancer has been discovered by researchers in Glasgow, UK. Biopsies carry multiple health risks, such as infection, and are limited in what they can capture in the patient’s bowel. Scientists functioning with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) uncovered that positron emission tomography (PET) imaging permits the complete bowel to be reviewed and tumours to be analysed while still inside the body, rather than examining the tissue after it is removed. PET scans make a three-dimensional portrait of the inside of the body, and researchers assume that doing several scans during treatment…

United Kingdom: Dame Laura Kenny, the most decorated female Olympian, has announced her retirement from professional cycling. The cycling rock star announced her retirement through her Instagram post saying that it was ‘time to move on.’ Dame Laura said in her message that, “Thank you cycling for everything you’ve given me – including a husband and our growing family! Having people say I have inspired women and girls to get active and get on a bike means the world to me.” “Thanks to Team GB, British Cycling and all the partners who have supported my journey. A special thanks to every…

United Kingdom: A joint NATO Open Skies operational mission has been conducted for the first time over the United Kingdom since 2021. The Open Skies team, part of the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG), works with partner countries’ surveillance aircraft equipped with authorised sensors to collect pictures of Treaty signatories, monitoring and photographing more than 200 kilometres of terrain in the past year. The Joint Arms Control Implementation Group was established in 1990 and is now under the control of the Directorate of Overseas Bases. Its primary role is to conduct arms control inspection and observation duties in 23…

Seoul: South Korean officials have reported that North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea. The launch occurred as US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, was scheduled to open a democracy summit in South Korea. The US Joint Chiefs of Staff referred to the body of water which is also known as the Sea of Japan and stated that an unidentified ballistic missile was fired into the East Sea. Japan’s Coast Guard confirmed the launch and reported that the objects appeared fallen. The missile launches occurred just days after the US and South Korea concluded 11 days of…

Russia: Vladimir Putin has won the 2024 Russian presidential election with a record margin, claiming the victory shows Russians trust him. Early returns from Russia’s Central Election Commission indicate that Putin is likely to extend his 25-year rule until 2030, with about 87 percent of the votes counted after 80 percent of precincts reported. Putin dismissed the protests during the election and warned that any ‘crimes’ would be punished after the elections. According to the Russian political leader, he was briefed on an idea to free his political foe, Alexei Navalny, from prison, just days before the opposition leader died…

Cairo: European leaders are set to announce an upgraded relationship with Egypt along with a funding package worth 7.4 billion euros ($8.06 billion) in Cairo. However, rights organisations raised concerns about this move, citing potential implications for the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean. The agreement aspires to bolster Egypt’s struggling economy over the next three years by providing grants, loans and other funding while fostering cooperation in areas such as trade, security and renewable energy. Egypt is facing economic hardships for years, with high inflation rates and increasing numbers of people fleeing the nation. However, recent developments such as…

United States: President Joe Biden’s campaign and its corresponding fundraising organisations have declared that they raised a total of $53 million in February. This increased their cash on hand to $155 million at the end of last month. This marks a $25 million upsurge from January’s blended cash on hand for the Biden campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and Democratic state parties. The fundraising increase came as both Biden and former President Donald Trump secured their party nominations and the commencement of the general election. The campaign affirmed that February was the most powerful month for grassroots fundraising since it…