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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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U.S Supreme Court will hear TikTok ban arguments

  The US Supreme Court will hear arguments next month about whether TikTok should be banned. The Chinese-owned social media app is facing a January 19th deadline to be sold, or face a ban in the United States. But Tiktok says proposed legislation would violate free speech protections in the US Constitution. Sally Patterson has more.    

todayDecember 19, 2024 8

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Inflation-cutting stalls in US as prices rise

Progress on cutting inflation in the US has stalled as prices rise, according to the latest data from the US government's key metric for tracking inflation levels. The Consumer Price Index shows the monthly inflation rate and annual inflation rate each rose by 0.1 percentage points from their October levels. Kate Fisher reports  

todayDecember 12, 2024 17

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Trump Appoints Kash Patel to FBI

US Lawmakers from both parties have questioned the political neutrality of Donald Trump's pick for FBI Director Kash Patel. The President-elect has also nominated personal family connections for posts related to US foreign-policy. Our US Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more.  

todayDecember 2, 2024 18

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Trump nominates Lee Zeldin for EPA

  US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that former New York congressman Lee Zeldin will head up the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican would become the face of the party's efforts to roll back climate change regulations: Here's Nick Harper reporting from Washington.  

todayNovember 12, 2024 25

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Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?

WikiLeaks/X Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia After years of appeals and litigation, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal with the US government, according to court documents. He was facing one count of computer misuse and multiple counts of espionage stemming from his work with WikiLeaks, publishing sensitive US government documents provided by Chelsea Manning. The US government had repeatedly claimed that Assange’s actions risked […]

todayJune 25, 2024 24

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With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable

      By Emma Shortis, RMIT University     Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the US government. In the past several months, momentum has been building towards this moment. There was increasing bipartisan support in both the Australian […]

todayJune 25, 2024 17

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Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition will go ahead. It could be legally groundbreaking

        By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia     Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s challenge to the order for his extradition to the United States to face charges of computer misuse and espionage will continue, after the High Court in London rejected US government assurances that his rights to freedom of expression would be protected. On March 26, the High Court conditionally granted Assange the right […]

todayMay 21, 2024 17

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Namibia

Namibia has to spend US dollars 15 billion for climate adaptation and mitigation

  Namibia has to spend US dollars 15 billion for climate adaptation and mitigation, press secretary in the Office of the President, Alfredo Hengari, has said. Hengari made this remark on Thursday at the information sharing session on the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) and the end of the year of revival. “This year, at COP28, Namibia basically was affirmed as one of the emerging green […]

todayDecember 15, 2023 8

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