Millions of Australian teens will no longer be allowed to use social media. Who wins and who loses out?
Category: 2. World
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'It's insulting they think we can't handle it': The Australian teens banned from social media
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Iranian deputy FM meets Tajik foreign minister in Dushanbe
Vahid Jalalzadeh, Iran’s Deputy Minister for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriates Affairs, travelled to Dushanbe for the seventh meeting of the Iran-Tajikistan Joint Consular Commission.
On Tuesday, he held talks with Sirojiddin…
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Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent
ShutterstockThe donor’s sperm was used in clinics across Europe (stock image) A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at…
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Kids barred from apps as world-first policy kicks in
Watch: Australian teens test out social media as ban takes effect Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark.
Others tell BBC they have already…
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Watch Australian teens test out social media as ban takes effect
Teenagers affected by Australia’s under 16 social media showed the BBC what happened when they tried to access their accounts.
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Zelensky admits Ukraine has no chance of joining NATO for now
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has acknowledged that Ukraine has no realistic prospect of joining the North Atlantic Alliance at this time.
“We are realists. We truly want to join NATO – that’s fair. But we know for sure that neither the…
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Military transport aircraft crashes in Sudan
An Il-76 cargo plane crashed in Sudan on Tuesday, killing all members of its crew on board, AFP reported, citing a source.
“The Il-76 aircraft went down as it attempted to land at the Osman Digna Airbase in the Red Sea port city of Port Sudan…
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Iain Douglas-Hamilton, pioneering elephant conservationist, dies aged 83
Indianapolis ZooThe Prince of Wales has paid tribute to pioneering elephant conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who died aged 83 at his home in Nairobi on Monday.
Douglas-Hamilton spent his life studying and campaigning to protect African…
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Chaos breaks out in Congress during Jair Bolsonaro sentence vote
Brazil’s parliament descended into chaos on Tuesday as conservative lawmakers continued to push a law which would reduce the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
One left-wing lawmaker was forcibly removed by police after trying to…
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Trump touts upbeat message on cost of living as Americans feel the pinch
Danielle Kaye,Business reporterand
Natalie Sherman,Business reporter
Watch: Trump claims “prices are coming down” as he rallies on affordability President Donald Trump has told a campaign-style rally that consumer prices are falling “tremendously”…
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