Two death row inmates have rejected the clemency granted to them by Joe Biden, opting to take their chance in the courts.
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GUARD RAIL: Meta Ditches Fact-checking On All Platforms In USA
Meta has announced that it is abandoning its third-party fact-checking programs on Facebook, Instagram and Threads and replacing its army of paid moderators with a Community Notes model that mimics X’s much-criticised volunteer program, where commenting on the accuracy or otherwise of posts is left to users.
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UK: Prince Andrew Under Police Investigation Over ‘Fake Name’ Use
Prince Andrew has been reported to the police amid claims he used a fake name to register a company.
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DENMARK: Danish king Changes 500-year-Old Coat Amid Row With Trump Over Greenland
The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands – in what could also be seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump resurging interest in acquiring Greenland even when its not for sale.
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KENYA: Kenya Space Agency Clarifies Metallic Object Found In Village
Kenyan government, through the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has identified a large metal object that fell from space earlier this week to likely be a separation ring from a rocket launch.
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NIGERIA: Travel Advisory Tit For Tat – Australia/Nigeria Warns Citizens
The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has cautioned citizens planning to visit Australia to exercise heightened vigilance due to an uptick in reports of harassment and discrimination against foreigners.
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UK: Sadiq Khan knighted In New Year’s Honours list
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours list, following a record-breaking third term election win.
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AUSTRALIA: Man Assaulted While Meeting Facebook Marketplace Scammer
A photographer was allegedly thrown to the ground and injured in broad daylight in an elaborate Facebook Marketplace scam over a $1000 camera.
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UK: Alex Iwobi Gives Away Christmas Food From Pop-up Shop
Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi has been spreading festive cheer in east London with his own pop-up shop in canning Town giving out free food, including turkeys, to local residents struggling to pay for their Christmas dinner.
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Open AI Whistleblower Found Dead @ 26
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has been found dead in an apartment in San Francisco, authorities said.
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