In France, Olympic Games face safety concerns French president Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the opening ceremony for this summer’s Olympic Games may be relocated from the River Seine due to security concerns. The Games are set to be held in Paris in just under a hundred days, from July 26-Aug. 11. The security This story The Soapbox: Olympic concerns in France, Indigenous festival in Australia, soccer federation scandal in Spain appeared first on Washington Square News.
Homicide detectives begin three-day search for 30-year-old in NSW central tablelands; peak Muslim bodies deny police consulted them in lead-up to Sydney raids. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we reported, X has provided an update on its legal challenge against Australia’s eSafety commissioner, stating it had complied with a direction to remove content from the Wakeley church stabbing.However, underneath the post from the...
Jean-Noël Barrot says propaganda via social media and fake websites may distort EU election resultsFrance is being “pounded” by Russian disinformation that could distort the result of the upcoming EU parliamentary elections, France’s minister for Europe has said.Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview with Ouest-France that Russian propaganda was being disseminated across social media platforms on a weekly basis. Continue reading
A survey of IT staff revealed concerns about the use of AI-generated content to undermine democratic processes.
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The incident triggers clashes outside the church between police and an angry crowd of the bishop's followers who demanded the attacker be handed over to them
Asna Tabassum received some backlash about her social media content on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Tabassum said she questions the university's reasoning for canceling the speech.
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he "wanted to do everything possible to have an Olympic truce" for the Paris Games despite war raging in Ukraine and Gaza."We want to work towards an Olympic truce and I think it is an occasion for me to engage with a lot of our partners," he told in an interview with BFMTV news channel.The truce is a historic tradition that peace reigns during the Olympics.Referring to the recent escalations between Iran and Israel, Macron said that France...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he "wanted to do everything possible to have an Olympic truce" for the Paris Games despite war raging in Ukraine and elsewhere.
A stabbing attack in a Sydney church that wounded four people was a 'terrorist incident' motivated by religious extremism, Australian police said.
A police operation is underway in Wakeley, New South Wales. ByKevin
Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as "part of public discussion", rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent. In a post overnight Thursday, X's "global government affairs" account