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Top story: More deaths on ‘day of anger’ Hello, Warren Murray here, and thanks as always for lending your attention. France has increased pressure on the US to publicly call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict after a UN security council meeting ended without a joint statement. Sporadic bombardment of Gaza city has continued overnight, with residents kept awake as Israeli jets flew low overhead in the wake of fresh rocket fire, AFP...

Facebook is adopting an uncharacteristically softer approach on the issue after backlash

“It’s like heroin, but it’s not heroin.” That is how my dad describes the experience of his two youngest children’s addictions to video games. My little brother currently struggles with this, exacerbated by confinement during the pandemic, while I went through it some years ago. My dad went on to list some of the specific behaviours he has observed across both of our experiences: “Unwarranted aggression, disruption of family dynamics, unauthorised use of credit cards, the disappearance of cash, nutritional issues, hiding of food in the gaming room, lying, manipulation, falling sch...

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