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Washington, DC – An online influencing operation using fake social media accounts has targeted the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which cited a new report from a disinformation watchdog. Fake Reporter, an Israeli group that studies online disinformation, found that the accounts echoed Israeli government accusations about links between the UN agency and Hamas, spreading them in comments on social media websites. As described by Haaretz, the report — released in Hebrew — says the influencing campaign relied on a network of hundreds of social media accounts, as well…

Bajo Chiquito, Panama – For many years, residents in the remote Indigenous community of Bajo Chiquito, Panama, lived a quiet life. No paved roads lead to the town. Only dirt paths and the Turquesa River connect Bajo Chiquito to the outside world. A dense jungle filled with parrots and howler monkeys cocoons the community. But over the past few years, the lives of the Emberá-Wounaan people who call Bajo Chiquito home have been dramatically and perhaps irreversibly transformed. That is because, over the last several years, Bajo Chiquito has mushroomed into a hub for one of the busiest migration routes…

Starvation and disease pose imminent dangers.As Israel’s brutal war on Gaza continues, the 2.3 million residents of the besieged Palestinian territory face the imminent risk of famine. More than 31,800 people have been killed and 74,000 others wounded in the Israeli assault on Gaza since October 7. The wounded rely on a health system that’s either destroyed or under attack by Israeli forces. What can bring Gaza’s suffering to an end? Presenter: Cyril Vanier Guests: Fidaa Al-Araj – Oxfam aid worker in Gaza Arwa Mhanna – Middle East senior adviser for advocacy and policy, Mercy Corps aid agency Francesca Albanese…

Disillusioned by decades of financial crises, Argentinian voters surprised pollsters by electing Javier Milei as president last November. While the far-right libertarian, who promised painful shock therapy to fix the country’s ailing economy and has now been in office for 100 days, did achieve some early successes, he has struggled to implement the most far-reaching parts of his reforms. Amid growing social tensions, the president is struggling to overcome hostile lawmakers to enact his radical austerity agenda. “I want you to understand that Argentina is in a critical situation,” Milei said hours after being elected. “The changes our country needs…

Closure comes as Libya says ‘outlaws’ attacked the Ras Jedir border crossing.Tunisia and Libya have closed a major border crossing at Ras Jedir due to armed clashes, according to Tunisian state TV and Libyan authorities. Libya’s interior ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that “outlaws” had attacked the border, which sees a large flow of Libyans, often going to Tunisia for medical treatment, and trucks with goods coming in the opposite direction. “This action carried out by these outlaw groups will not be tolerated, and legal measures and the most severe penalties will be taken against those involved,” the…

NewsFeedThe aspiring journalist who’s gathered a social media following covering Israel’s war on Gaza, Lama Abu Jamous shares her first visit to her destroyed house after she had been displaced.Published On 19 Mar 202419 Mar 2024 Source link

NewsFeedGermany is forcing Palestinians to pay for its own genocidal crimes and targeting Jews and Muslims who speak out, says British writer Owen Jones. He’s calling on artists and performers to boycott public events in Germany.Published On 19 Mar 202419 Mar 2024 Source link

Seoul, South Korea – Riding the wave of enthusiasm for all things Korean, South Korea has in recent years become one of Asia’s most popular tourist destinations. Now, the cultural juggernaut known for the K-pop band BTS, the movie Parasite and Korean BBQ and kimchi is setting its sights on cornering the market for a new kind of traveller: the digital nomad. In January, the South Korean government launched its “workation” visa, joining the global trend of countries seeking an economic boost by tapping into the growing pool of transient remote workers. Marco, a software engineer from Switzerland who has…

Efforts to hammer out a temporary truce in Gaza have intensified after months of war that have left parts of the devastated territory facing imminent famine. A United Nations-backed assessment described the increasingly dire situation by noting that without a surge of aid, famine would hit the 300,000 people in Gaza’s war-battered north by May. Gaza’s 2.3 million people are trapped in the fighting, which again flared at the territory’s biggest hospital, al-Shifa in Gaza City, as an Israeli raid stretched into Tuesday. But positive signals have been reported from negotiations for a new truce that would include an exchange…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells developers conference that computing is advancing at an ‘insane’ rate.Nvidia has unveiled its latest family of chips for powering artificial intelligence as it seeks to consolidate its position as the major supplier to the AI frenzy. “We need bigger GPUs. So, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to a very, very big GPU,” CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday at a developers conference in California, referring to the graphics processors that are vital in the creation of generative AI. The event, dubbed the “AI Woodstock” by Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, has become…