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Stories for January 24th 2020
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Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:12 UTC
UN officials do not use WhatsApp: “it's not supported by a secure mechanism”
United Nations officials do not use WhatsApp to communicate because “it's not supported as a secure mechanism,” a UN spokesman said on Thursday, after UN experts accused Saudi Arabia of using the online communications platform to hack the phone of Amazon chief executive and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
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Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Parliamentary election in Peru that hopefully will cut the influence of Fujimorism
Peru will hold separate parliamentary elections for the first time on Sunday as President Martin Vizcarra looks to break the influence of the main opposition party of Keiko Fujimori.
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Friday, January 24th 2020 - 07:54 UTC
Philanthropist Soros pledges 1 billion dollars in support of civil society; criticizes Trump, Xi and Putin
US financier and philanthropist George Soros on Thursday pledged one billion dollars for a new university network project to battle the erosion of civil society in a world increasingly ruled by “would-be and actual dictators” and beset by climate change.
