San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Apple on Wednesday announced Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to Apple genuine parts and tools. Available first for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, and soon to be followed by Mac computers …
Read More »Offenders to be banned from drinking in UK to cut alcohol-fuelled crime
London, UK | Xinhua | Serious and prolific offenders in Britain will be tagged with devices which monitor alcohol levels in sweat if their probation officer thinks they will be more likely to reoffend when drinking, the British Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said on Wednesday. The tag will help probation officers …
Read More »Islamic State say they carried out Kampala attack
🔴 UPDATE ➡ 3 suicide bombers blew themselves up ➡ Police say 4th suspected suicide bomber arrested ➡ 33 injured Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed three …
Read More »U.S. entangled in COVID-19 vaccine mandate dispute as cases rise in cold weather
New York, U.S. | Xinhua | As the cold days set in, the United States is again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases, though deaths and hospitalizations trend lower, while the federal government’s vaccine mandate consistently faces legal challenges and sectoral resistence. According to The New York Times, the seven-day average …
Read More »UK terror threat level raised to “severe” following Liverpool explosion
London, UK | Xinhua | Britain’s terror threat level has been upgraded from “substantial” to “severe” following an explosion outside a Liverpool hospital that had been declared a terrorist incident on Monday. The upgrade, confirmed by British Home Secretary Priti Patel, means further attacks are judged to be “highly likely.” “The …
Read More »Researchers call for phasing out of cigarette sales in Australia
Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Public Health called for a restriction of tobacco sales in Australia as the next step towards phasing out tobacco related products completely. In a perspective article published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) on Monday, UQ …
Read More »S. Korean popular drama “Squid Game” depicts cruelty of capitalistic society
Seoul, South Korea | Xinhua | A South Korean drama “Squid Game” has drawn worldwide attention as it vividly depicts the cruelty of capitalistic society through children’s games played by a group of debt-ridden underdogs for money. The dystopian drama, which debuted on Netflix on Sept. 17, attracted over 111 million …
Read More »COP26 concludes with new global deal on climate
Glasgow, UK | Xinhua | The United Nations climate change conference concluded Saturday after a one-day extension, with negotiators agreeing on a new global pact to tackle climate change. Nearly 200 participating countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact at the end of 26th session of the Conference of the Parties …
Read More »Putin blames West for migrant crisis on Belarus-EU border
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | It is the Western countries themselves who caused current migrant crisis on the borders between Belarus and the European Union (EU), Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. The Western countries fought many years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and economically, high social benefits are attracting migrants …
Read More »COP26 ends, agrees to accelerate action on climate this decade
COP26 ends with global agreement to accelerate action on climate this decade Two weeks of intense negotiations finally complete the Paris Rulebook For the first time COP agrees position on phasing down unabated coal power The Glasgow Climate Pact caps two years of diplomacy and ambition raising Glasgow, Scotland | …
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