Australia’s regulator wants the two tech giants to open up their app stores to more competition. Source link
Year: 2021
Richard Pusey is sentenced to 10 months jail for filming dying police officers at a crash scene. Source link
At least seven Covid patients have died in two hospitals of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the doctors have attributed the deaths to a severe shortage of oxygen. Three Covid patients died at a private hospital — Anand hospital – in Meerut. Another four died at the KMC hospital. As Covid cases […]
The situation in India is a bleak reminder that none of us will be safe until everyone is safe. Source link
Activist Hadeel al-Shammari, who is a member of Kuwait’s more than 100,000 stateless Bidun residents, explains that women like her often face added obstacles in seeking help. Members of the Bidun who do not have official identity documents are unable to report abuse or harassment to the authorities. Source link
Musician Mon Laferte is releasing her first album since speaking out about the country’s protests. Source link
In India’s capital city, hospitals are full, oxygen supplies are low and crematoriums are running out of space for the dead as the city’s second wave of Covid continues. The BBC witnessed nurse Manjusha Mathew’s attempts to revive a coronavirus patient in a hospital in Delhi. She describes what it’s […]
Peter van Agtmael chronicles the perception of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and their realities. Source link
Katrina Smith was living a city lifestyle in Melbourne, Australia, when Covid hit. Fearing a lockdown, she packed up and rented a place on the Surf Coast of Victoria. She started posting videos of the birds that showed up on her balcony. Those birds quickly found online fame, notching up […]
Alphabet sees earnings soar as people stuck at home in the pandemic used more of its services. Source link