China on Beijing Winter Games boycott calls: 'These acts are in violation of the Olympic spirit'

China dismissed calls to boycott the olympics” target=”_blank”>2022 Beijing Olympics< to consider pulling out of the Winter Games over the country’s human rights violations. Chinese government spokesperson Guo Weimin also brushed aside assertions that China was looking to gain favor politically by providing COVID-19 vaccines and other pandemic assistance abroad, saying that the country was…

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Police in Burma fire tear gas, rubber bullets at protesters

Police in world-regions repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against conflicts” target=”_blank”>crowds protesting<on Sunday by security forces. Foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries were meeting Tuesday to discuss the increasingly volatile crisis. Despite the crackdown, demonstrators have continued to flood the streets — and are beginning to more rigorously resist attempts to disperse…

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Youngest, oldest are most vulnerable to scams: report

The youngest and oldest get topics the most a new report says. Those under 25 years old are the most vulnerable to fraud attacks, while the oldest age group stands to lose the most money, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions biannual Cybercrime Report, which tracked global cybercrime activity from July 2020 through December 2020. The…

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Burma's military fires ambassador after condemning coup in UN speech: reports

Following a dramatic speech against his country’s military” target=”_blank”>military< Ambassador was fired, according to media reports.  Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun had failed to follow orders and had “betrayed the country,” and was no longer its ambassador to the world body, AFP quoted state television MRTV as saying. On Friday, Tun had warned diplomats at a meeting of the U.N. General…

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How did Valentine's Day become a huge commercial holiday?

Every year for Valentine’s Day, lovers around the world pull out all the stops for their relationships” target=”_blank”>sweetheart< In fact, those participating in Valentine’s Day consumerism are anticipated to spend an average of $175.41 for a total of $23.9 billion in 2022, even after the pandemic disrupted many romantics’ preferred plans, according to data released by…

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