Google has announced plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access to fast and cheaper internet and back start-ups to support the continent’s digital transformation.
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AUSTRALIA: Hillsong Megachurch Founder Denies Cover-up Of Dad’s Alleged Sexual Abuse
The Australian pastor and founder of a global Pentecostal megachurch accused of cover up of his father’s alleged child sexual abuse has pleaded not guilty.
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Colorado Hospital Takes Unvaccinated Kidney Transplant Patient Off List
A woman with stage 5 renal failure who was months away from getting a new kidney, is facing losing her spot on the transplant list for refusing to get vaccinated.
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DUMPING: Australia To Close Asylum Detention Centre In Paupa New Guinea
Australia has finally decided to end their hostile policy of detaining asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) come December,2021, the Manu detention centre is one of two remote Island where Australia dump their asylum seekers.
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Netflix Fund $5.4M Chadwick Boseman Memorial Scholarship At Howard University
Netflix is partnering with Howard University to establish a $5.4 million scholarship in the late actor’s name.
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Microsoft Selectively Launch Windows 11
Microsoft’s latest operating system has launched worldwide – although only for selected users. Microsoft says the rollout of Windows 11 “will be phased and measured”, and that “new eligible devices will be offered the upgrade first” before “in-market devices” based on hardware eligibility, reliability metrics, age of device and other factors.
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GERMANY: Berlin Residents Vote For Expropriation Mega Landlord’s Properties
Residents of Berlin, Germany have backed one of Europe’s most radical responses to the problem of housing and urban regeneration by voting to have properties seized from mega landlords.
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DENMARK: Artist In €71k Row With Museum Over Blank Canvas Artwork
A row has ensued between a Danish artist who refused to pay over €70,000 back to a local art museum in protest at what he called “miserable” working conditions and low pay.
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CHINA: State Limits ‘Non-medical’ Abortions In Stealth Move To Increase Population
China has issued new guidelines restricting the number of abortions performed for “non-medical purposes” – a move that puts women’s bodies under the state’s control just as the one-child policy China is trying to undo by stealth.
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VATICAN: Holy City To Implement No Jab No Job No Entry Covid-19 Policy From October 1st
The general decree regarding the implementation of the previous Ordinance of the President of the Pontifical Commission of the Vatican City State has been signed by Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State and comes into force on October 1, 2021.
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