Category: Global Politics

Solomon Islands Government Prepares To Ban Facebook

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ The Solomon Islands government is attempting to limit ‘abusive language’ therefore they are preparing to ban Facebook. Critics argue that it is an attempt to curtail criticism of the government. If the ban is implemented, Solomon Islands will join China, Iran and North Korea in outlawing Facebook. Other countries including the island nation of Nauru have temporarily blocked it. Solomon’s Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, brought the ban to cabinet on Monday. It’s not yet clear as to when the proposed ban will be implemented and for how long the…

Saudi Anti-Corruption Campaigns Reach SR247 Billion

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Saudi Arabia has been able to make unparalleled achievements in less than four years, said Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman on Thursday. He also mentioned that the Kingdom would strike with an “iron first” at those who threaten its security and stability. The crown prince said he perceives corruption as cancer and the enemy of development and prosperity. The total proceeds of the anti-corruption settlements reached SR247 billion over the past three years. “Saudi Arabia is considered to be one of the 10 best countries in dealing…

US Election 2020: Federal Officials Reject Trump’s Fraud Allegations

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ US Federal election officials have rejected President Donald Trump’s election fraud claims. Officials have said that the 2020 White House vote was the “most secure in American history”. “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” a committee announced. The announcement holds significance as it marks the most direct rebuttal from Federal and state officials of President Trump’s claims. The joint statement was released by the Election Infrastructure Government Co-ordinating Council, which consists of senior officials…

India to regulate streaming services, online content

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ India’s federal government will regulate content on video streaming platforms, including global services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Walt Disney’s Hotstar, as part of rules announced this week. India’s ministry of information and broadcasting will oversee streaming video content, which was previously unregulated, a brief government circular said on Tuesday, without providing further details. Earlier this year, more than a dozen local and global streaming services, including Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hotstar, had signed a code for self-regulation. India’s internet and mobile lobby group,…

UK becomes fifth country to exceed 50,000 coronavirus deaths

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ LONDON: The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the fifth country in the world to record more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths. Figures from the British government showed that 595 more people in the country died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus, the highest daily number since May. The figure took the UK’s total death toll in the pandemic to 50,365. The UK, which has persisted in having the most virus-related deaths of any European country, joins the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico in reporting…

US Election 2020: Joe Biden Presents His Plans For Office

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ US President-elect Joe Biden has presented his plans to work on after winning the election. Joe Biden’s team said that Joe Biden will likely make coronavirus pandemic his top priority. His team announced the first steps in his transition plan. The team said that there would be more testing and Americans would be asked to wear masks. Mr. Biden is likely to announce a 12-member coronavirus task force.  Mr. Trump has yet to accept the results and Mr. Biden’s win remains a projection as several states are still counting…

US Election Results: Biden Predicts Victory Over Trump

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said he is confident of victory as he is close to Donald Trump. He has won 253 out of 270 Electoral College votes needed to make way towards the White House. In addition to this, he is also leading vote counts in the battlegrounds of Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. What Did Biden Say? Mr. Biden told supporters to win Delaware in a confident tone, “We’re going to win this race.” His running mate Kamala Harris joined him. He said he…

Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting election outcome

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/news/1588768/trump-sues-in-3-states-laying-ground-for-contesting-election-outcome US President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. The new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, and raise absentee ballot concerns, the campaign said. However, at one Michigan location in question The Associated Press observed poll watchers…

France fighting Islamist extremism, not Islam: Macron

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country is fighting “Islamist separatism, never Islam”, responding to a Financial Times article that he claimed misquoted him and has since been removed from the newspaper’s website. In a letter to the editor published on Wednesday, Macron said the British paper had accused him of “stigmatising French Muslims for electoral purposes and of fostering a climate of fear and suspicion towards them”. “I will not allow anybody to claim that France, or its government, is fostering racism against Muslims,” he said. An…

Searches For Joe Biden Surpass Donald Trump, Google Trends

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ As online interest in both presidential candidates increases going into Election Day, the number of searches for Joe Biden surpasses those for Donald Trump. Google Trends reports that 50 percent of candidate searches are for the Democrat, with 44 percent for the Republican. Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian candidate is the subject of 5% of searches while 1% is for the Green Party’s Howie Hawkins. Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton never ranked higher than Trump in Google searches during 2016, after Trump became the Republican Party’s nominee. Earlier, Trump led…