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Facebook has banned the Myanmar military from its platform, as well as Instagram, “with immediate effect.” In a press release shared Wednesday night, a rep for the Mark Zuckerberg-fronted social media service said the ban includes the remaining Myanmar military (known as the Tatmadaw) and military-controlled state and media entities. Additionally, ads from military-linked commercial […]
Thanks to his habit of actively defending science amid the pandemic era, Dr. Anthony Fauci—the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—has been awarded the $1 million Dan David Prize. The Dan David Foundation, based in Israel, announced Dr. Fauci as the winner of one of three prizes due to the recognition he’s earned […]
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer widely referred to as a “citizen journalist,” has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with her reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai handed down the sentence on Monday, with the charges said to be “picking fights […]
Deepa Mehta took Canada to the Oscars in 2006 with Water and she could do it again with Funny Boy. The daring Indian-Canadian director delivers one of her best and most beautiful films yet with this adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s acclaimed 1994 novel. Funny Boy, which is Canada’s official selection in the Oscar race for […]
Faizon Love has filed a lawsuit against Universal Studios. He’s accusing the studio of race discrimination for removing him from the international poster for the 2009 comedy Couples Retreat, Variety reports. The suit also accuses Universal of fraud, breach of contract, and violation of California’s fair employment act and civil rights law. “This film was […]
Three people have been killed in a knife attack in the French city of Nice. The attacker, who killed two women and a man at the Notre Dame church, was later wounded by local police and hospitalized. The anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office is now investigating the killings, according to the Associated Press. Police are reportedly not […]
Confirmed COVID-19 cases have now surpassed a global total of 40 million. While the actual number of cases around the world is believed to be significantly higher due to a variety of factors, the latest number comes from the team at Johns Hopkins University, who—per the Associated Press’ update on Monday—is now reporting 40,088,893 confirmed cases. Last week, analysis […]
Germany has agreed to pay more than half a billion dollars to help Holocaust survivors during the global coronavirus pandemic. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced this week, per the Associated Press, that the new payments will be distributed to an estimated 240,000 survivors around the world. In a statement shared Tuesday, Gideon […]
Military forces from Armenia and Azerbaijan are currently fighting over the area of Nagorno-Karabakh, with many assessing the situation as the worst it’s been in more than 25 years. As of Wednesday, the fighting showed zero indication of slowing down, with ensuing clashes—at the time of this writing—having already resulted in hundreds of deaths. The independence of […]
A little over a month after a large explosion shocked residents, a fire has broken out at the Port of Beirut. The fire is said to have started on Thursday and again caused concern among residents who are still dealing with the impacts of the aforementioned ammonium nitrate-caused explosion. According a report from the Associated […]
