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Australia has passed a law to ban children under 16 from using any social media site- what is a social media site has yet to be defined. The new law contains no details about how the ban will work, only that the companies will be expected to take reasonable...
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On Sunday the 24th of November, a boat named The Sea Story left port for a five-day diving trip. The boat would then proceed to sink off the coast of Egypt in the Red Sea on the 25th of November. Their distress call went out at approximately 5:30am. The...
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On Tuesday 19 November, more than 40,000 people gathered in protest outside New Zealand’s Parliament in the country’s capital city of Wellington. This protest intended to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill, which effectively proposes to remove the rights of all Maori people in New Zealand by reinterpreting the country’s...
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The UK Government plans to phase out the NCS scheme as it initiates a consultation on a
new youth strategy. NCS (National Citizen Service) is a UK youth volunteering service and
social development program that provides 16 to 17-year-olds volunteering opportunities to
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On Sunday, Hezbollah officially announced the killing of its head of media relations, Mohammed Afif. The attack was conducted by the Israeli military in a strike that targeted the headquarters of the Baath political party situated in the Ras al-Naba neighbourhood, central Beirut. A neighbourhood that, prior to the...
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On 28th October, Sir Keir Starmer announced an increase in the national bus fare cap, raising it from £2 to £3. The new cap will last until the end of 2025, extending the previous Conservative government’s cap which was set to expire in December 2025. Labour argues that this...
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Two black Olympians Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos were deemed victims of an unlawful stop and search after two officers accused the pair of smelling like cannabis. Two out of the four officers involved Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were subsequently fired as they were found...