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LAHORE – In Pakistan, Facebook has chosen to launch a test programme for video monetization. Officials from the Ministry of Information Technology (IT) have also confirmed the news. According to sources, Facebook will initially start a trial project, after which the firm will decide on its video monetization strategy basedRead More →

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WASHINGTON : (AFP)On Tuesday, US Vice President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “dictator” who faces economic and diplomatic isolation for invading Ukraine, and warned that the world is in a “battle” between democracy and despotism. Biden made it clear that there would be no US boots onRead More →

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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Vice President Joe Biden urged on the Taliban on Sunday to “immediately release” the man thought to be the insurgents’ final American captive, saying that acknowledging the militants’ authority in Afghanistan would be impossible until he was free. The statement came on the eve ofRead More →

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BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Top American and European officials are gathering in Berlin on Thursday to present a united front to Russia amid fears that it is contemplating an invasion of Ukraine. Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 soldiers near Ukraine, and US Vice President Joe Biden stated on WednesdayRead More →

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) – According to indigenous organisations and government, a 14-year-old environmental activist was shot and killed in Colombia, the world’s worst country for environmentalists. Breiner David Cucuname was one of two persons slain by an indigenous guard while participating in a rural security patrol in the southern CaucaRead More →

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MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Russia increased the stakes in its conflict with the West over Ukraine on Thursday, with a top diplomat refusing to rule out a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the US escalate. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who headed the Russian teamRead More →

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BRUXELLES (AFP) – On Wednesday, NATO and Russia confronted their stark divide over European security, with the allies challenging President Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and join talks to reduce the threat of open conflict. Meeting with senior Kremlin envoys at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Western ambassadors saidRead More →

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NEW YORK (AFP) – The U.S. Apple became the first US company to have a market value of $3 trillion, briefly reaching the milestone on Monday in the latest demonstration of the tech industry’s pandemic surge. The iPhone maker set a new high near 1845 GMT, reaching $182.88 per shareRead More →