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People having the freedom to express what is in their thoughts stops when it comes to offending the feelings of more than 1.5 billion people, according to Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Muslims also have rights, they have the right for their feelings not to be hurt and for their values not to be hurt
World
People having the freedom to express what is in their thoughts stops when it comes to offending the feelings of more than 1.5 billion people, according to Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Muslims also have rights, they have the right for their feelings not to be hurt and for their values not to be hurt
France urges Arab countries to stop calls for boycotts of French products over the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad after French President Emmanuel Macron criticised Islamists and vowed not to "give up cartoons" depicting the Prophet Mohammed
Taiwan indicts a Chinese captain of a Taiwanese fishing vessel for ordering the killing of four suspected Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, pirates shot at his boat and three other boats fishing in the area, before one of the fishing boats managed to knock the men into the sea, the captain then ordered his Pakistani security guards to shoot them to protect himself and his vessel, the killings were exposed after a mobile phone containing footage of the incident was left in a taxi in Fiji, and found by someone who posted the video on YouTube in 2014
French officials plan to expel 231 radicalized foreign nationals after the brutal slaying of Samuel Paty, Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin had planned to expel the people already, having traveled to Morocco the previous week to ask the government to accept nine of its radicalized nationals, he plans to meet with officials in Algeria and Tunisia to discuss similar deals
Vladimir Putin makes a positive resemblance between Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and Soviet communists in a wide-ranging interview with the Rossiya TV channel, Putin also reminisced on the Soviet Union's rhetorical support for African-American civil rights struggle
UK secures agreement with Japan on first major post-Brexit trade deal after only three months of talks, trade minister Liz Truss says agreement goes far beyond the existing EU deal with 99% of Britain's exports to Japan tariff-free
2019 Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole in first ever use of the penalty in New Zealand, Tarrant choose not to speak at his own sentencing despite opting to represent himself and did not oppose the sentence
Miscellaneous
South Korea faces a kimchi crisis after the price of cabbage skyrockets 60% this year, an abnormally long monsoon between June and August topped by three typhoons in August and September destroyed cabbage fields needed to make kimchi
A ban on transgender women competing in international rugby matches will not stop them playing the women’s game in England if they maintain testosterone levels below a certain level for a year as it is claimed more evidence is needed to justify a full ban, Fair Play For Women, which campaigns against trans women in women’s sport, say the international ban put safety top of its agenda and ask why the same is not offered to amateurs
12-year-old Jackson Oswalt has managed to build a working nuclear reactor making him the youngest on record to achieve this feat, he began building his own DIY nuclear reactor after being inspired by the previous Guinness World Record holder Taylor Wilson, who had managed to construct one by the age of 14
Slovenian Tadej Pogačar set to be the youngest winner of Tour de France in 111 years after turning a 57-second deficit to favourite and fellow countryman Primož Roglič into a 59-second lead on the penultimate stage, will also claim the King of the Mountains jersey and the young riders' white jersey
Two strict vegan parents plead guilty to negligently causing serious injury after their baby developed cerebral palsy, they repeatedly ignored medical advice that their plant-based diet would not sufficiently nourish their young child, the father made his own vegan formula out of dates, fruit and other vegetables, he has now adjusted his own diet and eats meat
Oscars introduce diversity requirements for films that wish to be eligible for the Best Picture Award, needing to hire more black, female, LGBT or disabled cast and crew or address themes that affect those communities, new rules to be introduced in 2024
Liberty Minecraft announces end of project, libertarian game server will be online until June 2021 but will not receive any updates, founder Nathan Dempsey thanks players for five wonderful years
Media
Twitter deletes Breitbart video of press conference held by America’s Frontline Doctors sharing their views on Covid-19 and the medical community’s treatment of the virus for violating social media's Covid-19 misinformation policy, also removes posts by President Trump and suspends Donald Trump Jr. for sharing video footage
John Malkovich blames social media idiocy for the death of comedy with its toxic outrage culture, says what is considered funny one day could well end an entertainer’s career the next, the ire of a generation a few clicks away from being sparked
Social media to be regulated through executive order by Donald Trump, could change interpretation of 1996 law which shields platforms from legal liability for content published by users
Dutch grandmother ordered to delete photos of grandchildren which she uploaded to social media against the wishes of parents, court finds GDPR applies despite exception for personal processing of data since pictures where made available to wider audience
New York Times develops own ad system and phases out third-party data collected on other sites, part of industry trend where publishers move toward more privacy-friendly solutions
Politics
Japan prime minister Abe Shinzo resigns due to health concerns, recently became the longest sitting prime minister in the post world war two era, Abe has a brief stint as prime minister between 2006 and 2007 when he was also forced to resign due to chronic illness which was later claimed to have been successfully medicated
Opinion
Ricardo Duchesne: White men are the most resented group because they are responsible for almost 100% of the greatest achievements in all fields of human endeavor in all of history, created all fields of academic study, were the foremost thinkers, artists, statesmen and explorers
Peter Hitchens: The lockdown and destruction of statues show the pillars of freedom and civilization are rotten as police chiefs and political leaders kneel like conquered slaves to the new gods of woke, and while the Left controls every lever of power, ignorant armies seek the final abolition of Britain as we face nothing less than a regime change
Europe
Japan prime minister Abe Shinzo resigns due to health concerns, recently became the longest sitting prime minister in the post world war two era, Abe has a brief stint as prime minister between 2006 and 2007 when he was also forced to resign due to chronic illness which was later claimed to have been successfully medicated
North America
Firearm sales in the U.S. are surging, first-time buyers has skyrocketed this year and account for about 40% of sales, this includes many women, minorities and politically liberal buyers who once would not have considered gun ownership
President Trump says next week he will nominate a woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, prompting his supporters to chant Fill that seat
At least 15 phones were wiped by top members of Mueller's investigative team before they could be reviewed, Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General had opened an investigation into possible bias in the origins of the Russia Investigation and asked for the phones to be handed over
Six Minnesota Democratic mayors endorse President Trump after writing letter stating that Joe Biden hasn't done anything to help working-class people and that hard-working Minnesotans that built their lives and supported their families here have been abandoned by radical Democrats
Chief Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker said in May autopsy revealed no physical evidence suggesting George Floyd died of asphyxiation, that Floyd had a potentially fatal level of fentanyl and if he had been found anywhere else Baker would conclude it was an overdose death
Joe Biden formally nominated for president at the Democratic Party's largely virtual national convention, vowing his election would repair a pandemic-battered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined President Trump’s administration
Donald Trump announces plan to grant a posthumous pardon to women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony, who was charged with voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election, the president made the announcement while signing a proclamation marking the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women with the right to vote
Latin America
Argentina’s government is considering a one-off tax on the super-rich, the tax would start at 2% and rise depending on wealth starting at a fortune of 2.7 million USD affecting about 12 000 people
The Cuban government has turned 72 state-run shops into "dollar stores", shelves, unlike many regular supermarkets dealing in local currency, are well stocked with basic food and hygiene products but must be paid for in USD, the government denies the new stores are part of a "dollarisation" process turning the USD into the official currency as has happened in Panama, Ecuador and El Salvador
Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for covid-19, is said to have mild fever and receiving treatment including hydroxychloroquine and azitromycin
London court rules British government recognizes Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president in case to decide which leader controls USD 2 billion worth of Venezuelan central bank gold stored in Bank of England, Nicolas Maduro’s lawyers say they will appeal judgement
Asia
A majority of voters in New Caledonia voted against full sovereignty and independence, 53.3% of the voters who participated in the referendum on Sunday have chosen to maintain ties with France
The Azerbaijani military launches a cross-border artillery attack on Artsakh along the entire length of the line of contact, settlements including the capital city of Stepanakert are also under bombardment, Artsakh leadership promises to respond proportionally
Found offers a range of coffees, biscuits, beer and fruit juices that contain cannabidiol at a new cafe in Hong Kong, cannabinoids in foods are legal as long as there is no tetrahydrocannabinol compound in them, Hong Kong is one of Asia's most progressive cannabinoid markets
Singapore makes incoming travellers wear electronic monitoring device to ensure they comply with Covid-19 quarantines, similar to wristbands used in Hong Kong and South Korea, travellers will be allowed to isolate at home rather than at state-appointed facility
Russia is holding military exercises amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces, more than a dozen Armenian and Azeri soldiers have been killed in recent days, the countries at odds over Azerbaijan’s breakaway, mainly ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh
Taiwan officials in Hong Kong told they must sign document supporting Beijing's claim to Taiwan under its one-China policy before their visas are renewed, after Taipei opened an office to help people who want to leave Hong Kong due to the new security law imposed
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia officially bans Turkish products, the Saudi government has been reported to contact individual businesses and order them not to trade with Turkish companies or buy any products made in Turkey, it has also launched a campaign to discourage its citizens from travelling to Turkey
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab set to announce the resignation of his government after the explosion in Beirut which killed at least 163 people and has stirred public outrage and spurred a string of ministers to step down
At least 10 dead and hundreds wounded in a massive explosion at Beirut's port, General Abbas Ibrahim said it appears the explosion was caused by highly explosive material confiscated years ago stored in a warehouse
Southern Yemen separatists Southern Transitional Council announces having seized government facilities and military bases on the main island of Socotra, Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi condemns the action as a full-fledged coup, Socotra governor Ramzi Mahroos accuses coalition leaders Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of turning a blind eye
Africa
Economy
Scandinavian airline SAS signs SEK 3.3 billion three-year revolving credit facility agreement where 90% is guaranteed by the Swedish and Danish states approved by the European Commission, the company says it will further its dialogue with the Norwegian government regarding NOK 1.7 billion state guaranteed funding and that it will seek additional governmental support to ensure its providing of critical Scandinavian airline infrastructure
Technology
Segway ends production of iconic self-balancing transportation device which was hailed as revolutionary but remained a curiosity, brand name lives on as well as thousands of patents used in e-scooters, hoverboards and other successor technologies
Texas Instruments removes support for C-based and assembly-based programs on the TI-84 Plus CE and the TI-83 Premium CE to minimize security risks and impede cheating, the development community views the decision as the end of an era
Science
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus, which essentially eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis
The Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Roger Penrose for the discovery that black hole formation is a prediction of the general theory of relativity and to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy
Hundreds died or developed heart failure in Britain as result of not seeking treatment for their heart attack due to Covid-19 fears, with 5,000 fewer admissions with heart attack than expected by the end of May, according to University study published in The Lancet
22-year-old Grey parrot outperforms 21 Harvard students and 21 6- to 8-year-old children in complex version of shell game where participants needed to track locations of fluffy pom-poms hidden under cups that swapped places an increasing number of times
Magnetic north pole shifting with increasing speed from Canada toward Siberia due to changes in underground blobs of molten iron, blob under Canada split in two about 20 years ago and largest part is now shifting toward corresponding blob under Siberia
Female mosquitoes carrying the microbe Microsporidia MB are protected from being infected with malaria, 295 out of 4270 mosquitoes in Kenya tested postitive for the microbe while none were of these were infected with malaria study published in Nature Communications says, seen as potential for controlling spread of disease to humans
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