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Online media fuelling divisions, global tensions: report

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Online

According to a media watchdog, unregulated online content has propagated disinformation and propaganda that has exacerbated political divisions, stoked international tensions, and even led to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Reporters Without Borders, widely known by its French acronym RSF, presented its findings in the 2022 edition of its annual World Press Freedom Index. Democratic societies, … Read more

Ecuador declares state of emergency in three provinces over drug violence

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drug

Ecuador’s President, Guillermo Lasso, stated on Friday that he has declared a state of emergency for two months in three districts where drug trafficking has resulted in the worst levels of violence. “I have declared a state of exception in the (coastal) provinces of Guayas, Manabi and Esmeraldas, effective from midnight tonight,” he said in … Read more

Iran Guards seize ship smuggling fuel in Gulf: state media

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Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized an overseas vessel smuggling gas inside the Gulf and arrested its team of individuals, country media said Sunday, in the 0.33 such incident mentioned this month. The Guards “seized a foreign vessel sporting 200,000 liters (around 53,000 gallons) of smuggled fuel within the north of the Persian Gulf and directed it … Read more

Turkey closes airspace to Russian planes flying to Syria: minister

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Turkey

Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian civilian and army planes flying to Syria, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu became quoted as pronouncing Saturday by nearby media. “We closed the airspace to Russia’s military planes — and even civilian ones — flying to Syria. They had until April, and we asked in March,” Turkish media quoted … Read more

Six Senegalese midwives charged over pregnant woman’s death

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Six midwives in Senegal have been prosecuted in the death of a pregnant woman in hospital earlier this month, according to their lawyer, in an incident that has raised uproar in the West African country. Astou Sokhna died at nine months pregnant in a public hospital in early April in the northern town of Louga … Read more

Catalan separatists accuse Spain of ‘huge’ espionage

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Catalan

Catalan separatists on Monday accused Spain of spying on dozens of its leaders’ cellular telephones with Pegasus spyware after info came to mild in a report via a Canadian company. At least 65 Catalan separatists had been targeted such as the place’s modern-day leader, in step with the document by Citizen Lab studies center at … Read more

LeBron James pays homage to Lakers coach Frank Vogel

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lebron

LeBron James on Monday paid homage to Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel but claimed he was unaware of his termination. The Lakers are likely to fire Vogel, according to ESPN, after the NBA giants’ dismal failure to make the playoffs. However, when Lakers players spoke to the media for end-of-season interviews on Monday, the … Read more

Liberal media critic Eric Boehlert dies

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Eric Boehlert, 57, was also a fellow at Media Matters, a leftist media watchdog. His family, which included a wife, Tracy Breslin, and two children, recalled him lovingly. According to his relatives, a leftist media critic who established Salon magazine was killed when he was struck by a NJ Transit train while riding his bicycle. … Read more

Media working independently, no ban on it: Ali Muhmmad

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan has media was working independently in the country and the government would not impose any ban on it. Talking to a private news channel, Ali Muhammad Khan said the objective of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) was to stop the fake news and it … Read more

Racism echoes again in English cricket

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english

English cricket is back in the firing line over racism in the game after “stereotypical” and “outdated” views were expressed about the reasons for a lack of interest in the game among Britain’s ethnic-minority communities. Former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq delivered harrowing testimony to lawmakers in November, where he said his career had been ended … Read more

Erdogan warns Russia against invading Ukraine

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erdogan

ISTANBUL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned Russia against invading Ukraine, calling the former Soviet republic a “powerful” country with international friends. Turkey’s supply of combat drones to Ukraine has drawn the wrath of Russia, which fears they could be used by Kyiv in its years-long conflict in two regions of the Moscow-backed separatist … Read more

A multifaceted challenge

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The mysterious killing of former media in-charge and senior member of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Khalid Balti – known as Muhammad Khurasani – in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province last Sunday signals that the territory once seen as a safe-haven by the militant group is no longer that hospitable. Unknown assailants killed the TTP spokesman … Read more

Fawad Chaudhry claims govt believes in freedom of expression

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said the government fully believed in freedom of expression, said Radio Pakistan. Read more: Pakistani dramas can be played in Azerbaijan with translation: Fawad Felicitating the newly elected office bearers of Lahore Press Club, he said promotion of responsible journalism was also needed along with freedom of expression. … Read more

The need for representation in our media

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media

Glee, One Tree Hill, Skins, The Danger of a Single Story, The End of the F***ing World, Freaks and Geeks, Yeh Meri Family. Our lives, our cultures, and our struggles are composed of many overlapping stories. Eventually, these stories are transformed to tell tales on a television screen, comprising all the trials and tribulations of … Read more

NCHR holds consultation with civil society, media

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KARACHI: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in collaboration with European Union, funded Huqooq-e-Pakistan Project (HeP), launched its country-wide consultative process for the commission’s four-year strategic plan. Read more: Religious scholars, civil society activists vow to defeat violent extremism In this regard, two consultative sessions were held with civil society representatives and media where participants … Read more

India tour to go ahead under “strictest Covid-19 guidelines”: CSA

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India

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa confirmed on Saturday India will play three Test matches on their tour which starts later this month but “under the strictest Covid-19 guidelines”. The CSA added the tour will be delayed by a week to allow for “effective logistical planning” following an outbreak of the coronavirus Omicron variant in the host country. … Read more

Rafiq predicts ‘floodgates’ will open in cricket racism crisis

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Rafiq

LONDON: Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq expects the “floodgates” to open in cricket’s racism crisis, predicting thousands could come forward after giving a disturbing account of his own experiences to British lawmakers. Pakistan-born Rafiq told MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee on Tuesday how racist language was “constantly” used during his two spells at … Read more

Ex-cricketer Rafiq tells UK lawmakers: ‘I lost career to racism’

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rafiq

LONDON: Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq fought back tears as he told British lawmakers on Tuesday he had lost his career to racism, detailing widespread discrimination within the English game in a compelling testimony. An independent report found the Pakistan-born player was a victim of “racial harassment and bullying” while playing for the county club but said … Read more

Rafiq says ‘time for truths’ as MPs probe cricket racism scandal

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Rafiq

LONDON: Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq will appear before British lawmakers on Tuesday with the chance to give an unvarnished account of his experiences of discrimination at the club that is engulfed in a racism scandal. An independent report found the Pakistan-born player was a victim of “racial harassment and bullying” while Rafiq himself said he … Read more

Fazal Mahmood, Abdul Qadir inducted in PCB Hall of Fame

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Fazal Mahmood

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captains Fazal Mahmood and Abdul Qadir have been inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Boards Hall of Fame posthumously. The two stalwarts have joined Hanif Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, and Zaheer Abbas, who were the initial inductees to the PCB Hall of Fame by virtue of being part … Read more

Google to stop pairing ads with climate change misinformation

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Google to stop pairing ads with climate change misinformation

Google on Thursday said it will no longer post ads next to misinformation about climate change on its search engine or on global video-sharing platform YouTube. The new policy for Google advertisers, publishers, and YouTube creators will prohibit the platforms from helping people make money from content that “contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change.” That includes online content referring to climate change as … Read more

Whatsapp chat data transfer from iOS and Android is now available on Samsung devices

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Whatsapp chat data transfer from iOS and Android is now available on Samsung

A month earlier during the Samsung Unpacked event, Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 were unveiled. Along with that Whatsapp announced the support for moving chat messages from iOS to Samsung devices running on Android 10 or 11. And now, this feature is finally live. If you have a Samsung device running … Read more

Turkey to tighten controls on refugees in big cities: media

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Turkey

ISTANBUL: Turkey will tighten controls on non-documented refugees in big cities to ease the rising anti-immigrant sentiment among Turkish people, the Milliyet daily reported on Saturday. Turkish authorities plan to identify migrants living in cities such as Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir but are registered elsewhere in the country and send them back to their places … Read more

PML-N calls for joint opposition committee to block establishment of PMDA

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Govt Withdraws Appeal Against Allowing Shehbaz Sharif To Go Abroad

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to approach other opposition parties to form a joint committee to stop the PTI government from establishing the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The decision was taken by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif while chairing an important consultative meeting of his party over the PMDA. The party decided … Read more

PPP’s Sherry Rehman slams govt’s proposed PMDA bill

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PTI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday slammed the government’s proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) and called it another attempt of the PTI government to stifle freedom of expression. “Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) is yet another example of this government’s crackdown on freedom of expression,” said PPP’s Senate parliamentary leader … Read more

PPP rejects formation of PMDA

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PTI

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Vice President and Parliamentary Leader in Senate Sherry Rehman on Tuesday urged the federal government to withdraw the decision of forming Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) as journalists and their bodies have already rejected the formation of PMDA. She claimed that the PMDA law is a ‘media martial law’. “The … Read more

Bangladesh Bank advises against using cryptocurrencies

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Bangladesh

The public was asked by Bangladesh Bank to desist from trading or assisting in any sort of cryptocurrency or virtual money, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and others.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) continues to believe that cryptocurrency poses financial and legal hazards to its users, and has advised individuals to avoid transacting or trading with it.

The central bank clarified its stance on the use of cryptocurrency in a BB circular issued on Thursday after multiple media reports in this respect drew its notice.

BB claims that, contrary to previously published reports, cryptocurrency trading and transactions are not unlawful unless they are linked to money laundering, terrorist financing, or other violations of existing laws; the central bank continues to be antagonistic to this fin-tech.

“A confidential letter sent to an investigating officer of a particular case entailing an opinion has been upheld partially in the media,” stated the BB circular.

It further added, referring to its previous notice from December 24, 2017, that: “The notification is still being displayed on the BB website and the stance in this regard remains unchanged.”

“In this context, it is being reiterated to the public that no virtual currency/cryptocurrency is approved by Bangladesh Bank,” the circular added.

BB stated in its December 24, 2017 notice: “As these are not legal tenders issued by any legal authorities of the country, no one can make any financial claim against these.”

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Pakistani swimmer Haseeb is sure to give his best performance at Tokyo Olympics

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Pakistani swimmer Haseeb is sure to give his best performance at Tokyo Olympics

According to the news, Pakistani swimmer Haseeb Tariq has stated that he will do his best to set a new personal best time during the 100 meter freestyle event in the Tokyo Olympics swimming competition.

Haseeb Tariq, a swimmer, says he will do his best to set a new record for his career-best timing during the 100-meter freestyle event.

The competition will begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday (today) at the Aquatics Centre in Japan.

Haseeb says, “InshaAllah I hope to give my best.

The competition will begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday (today) at the Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. Haseeb is confident in his ability to achieve his own best.

Talking to the media, Haseeb said, “InshaAllah I hope to give my best.” He maintained, “I have trained here very well and have spent a lot of good time in practice. It will come down to the race execution now and Allah will help.”

Haseeb, who was born in Karachi on April 6, 1996, has been winning national titles over the past few years.

In December 2019, he won two bronze medals in the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal. He is an all-around swimmer who has national records in 11 different events. After completing his finance degree in Canada, he now lives and works there.

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