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Even as Trump ally Elon Musk goaded European leaders, the European Commission -- the EU's digital watchdog -- has tried to stay out of the fray

US Tech Titans Ramp Up Pressure On EU

Mark Zuckerberg's U-turn on Meta's content rules piles pressure on the EU -- already in the crosshairs of Donald Trump ally Elon Musk -- to prove it still calls the shots when it comes to Big Tech's behaviour in Europe.

Italian Reporter Jailed In Tehran Returns To Italy

Cecilia Sala at an Italian literary festival in 2023. She was arrested in Tehran on December 19
An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran since December has been freed and returned to Rome on Wednesday, even as a diplomatic spat between the two countries lingers over an Iranian held in Milan.
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Ahmad al-Awdeh's forces don't belive in dissolving, a spokesman has said

South Syria Fighters Reluctant To Give Up Weapons: Spokesman

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country's new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An Islamist-led offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a sudden end five decades of rule by the Assad clan.
Britain's anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq (shown in 2019) is the niece of Bangladesh's ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, whose family is being probed over alleged $5 billion embezzlement

Bangladesh Orders Banks To Assist UK Minister Graft Probe

Bangladesh money laundering investigators have ordered the country's big banks to hand over details of transactions relating to British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq in an ongoing graft probe, officers told AFP. Siddiq is the niece of former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled abroad last August after a student-led uprising against her iron-fisted tenure.
Samsung Electronics said it expected fourth-quarter profits to be sharply down from the previous quarter

Samsung Warns Fourth-quarter Profit To Miss Forecasts

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it expected fourth-quarter profits to fall sharply from the previous quarter and miss forecasts as it struggled to meet robust demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers.
Four years ago, Donald Trump was kicked off Facebook -- this time around, Meta's policies are more likely to please conservatives

Big Tech Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Trump

Tech leaders continue to fall in line around Donald Trump, with Facebook's announcement that it would end its US fact-checking program the latest victory for the president-elect and his billionaire advisor Elon Musk.
Mohamed Hamdan Daglo waves a baton to supporters in 2019

Daglo, Feared Darfuri General Accused By US Of Genocide

Sudanese paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who has been sanctioned by the United States for genocide, went from feared Darfur militia commander to de facto vice-president before unleashing a devastating war for power.
Health experts have warned people against drinking raw milk, which has the potential to be contaminated with bird flu

US Urged To Do More To Fight Bird Flu After First Death

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.
X, formerly Twitter, has relied on 'community notes' to alert to false or misleading posts since 2021

X's 'Community Notes': A Model For Meta?

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future imitate rival X's "Community Notes" feature rather than using professional fact-checkers.

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