Mario Nawfal

🚨 COUNTRIES CRACK DOWN ON TIKTOK As the U.S. is moving closer to a full-out ban on TikTok - here are some of the other countries that have taken a hard stance on the app: 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Full ban over "filthy content" since April 2022. 🇦🇺 Australia: Partial ban, federal devices only, due to security concerns as of April 2023. 🇧🇪 Belgium: Temporary ban on government devices, citing security, in effect for six months from March 2023. 🇨🇦 Canada: Partial ban on government devices since February 2023 over privacy and security risks. 🇩🇰 Denmark: Partial ban, Defense Ministry devices from March 2023 for cybersecurity. 🇪🇺 European Union: Partial ban across main institutions on issued devices since February 2023. 🇮🇳 India: Complete ban against TikTok and other Chinese apps since 2020 for sovereignty and security. 🇮🇪 Ireland: Partial ban on government devices as of April 2023, citing privacy and security concerns. 🇯🇴 Jordan: Full ban continuing from a temporary measure started in December 2022. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Discouragement of apps from aggressive cyber-program countries on government phones from March 2023. 🇳🇿 New Zealand: Partial ban for parliament devices since March 2023 due to security concerns. 🇳🇴 Norway: Partial ban, government and parliament devices, from March 2023 highlighting espionage risks. 🇵🇰 Pakistan: Multiple temporary bans since 2020, citing immoral content. 🇸🇴 Somalia: Full ban in 2023 to combat terrorist-related content and misinformation. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: Full ban on government devices from December 2022, citing national security risks. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Partial ban, government devices, from March 2023 over security concerns. Source: BBC News, NextShark

Ai or real? t.co/25BKKbhDKr

🇮🇱🇺🇸HOT MIC: BIDEN TOLD NETANYAHU IT'S TIME TO COME TO JESUS BIDEN: "I told him, Bibi — don't repeat this — you and I are going to have a Come to Jesus meeting." HANDLER: "Sir, you're on a hot mic." Source: C-SPAN

🇺🇸 Mother of a convicted cop killer: "My son is a victim of injustice against the poor." t.co/uu1GvyciQr

🇺🇸BREAKING: TRUMP PAYS $92-MILLION BOND Trump posted almost $92 million in bond in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case. Source: CNN

🚨🇮🇱BREAKING: HOSTAGE FAMILIES BLOCK HIGHWAY IN TEL AVIV "Netanyahu, ignore Ben Gvir and Smotrich; bring home those whom you have abandoned for 154 days in hell." Source: Channel 11

🇺🇸THOUSANDS OF KIDS CALL CONGRESS BEGGING THEM NOT TO BAN TIKTOK TikTok has stated that they ONLY pushed their "please call Congress to save us" message to over 18-year-olds. However, thousands of kids are reportedly calling, too. Rep. Chip Roy: “TikTok fires everybody up, and then our offices are getting called with thousands of people calling up. Some kid called in and said they were gonna commit suicide. We have people calling in saying, 'I’m on this all day long, every day. You can’t take this away from me.'” Source: FOX

Is Trump pro TikTok now? t.co/MrXrsKQNgS

Happy International Women’s Day… I wonder how many more years this holiday will be celebrated, given the fluidity of gender these days.

🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT ROLLS INTO GRASS IN HOUSTON Reportedly, it wasn't supposed to do that. Bad Boeing (likely) plane, bad, bad plane. At least it didn't roll over and play dead. No injuries were reported, FAA is looking into it. Source: ABC

🇺🇸U.S. MILITARY CLEARS BOEING'S OSPREY - DESPITE DEADLY CRASHES The U.S. Air Force has reportedly authorized the Osprey fleet for flight following four deadly crashes in 20 months that led to the fatalities of 20 service members. Source: The Defense Post

🇺🇸Blinken: "We see a Russia that is now weaker militarily, economically, diplomatically." Dec 2023, EU Chief: “Russia is getting stronger." Mar 2024, Putin: “We also have weapons to hit targets on their territory. All this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of civilization. Don't they get that?” Russia's economy is expected to grow stronger than the UK and US economy at +2.6% this year. BRICS is growing/expanding. Thoughts? Source: Reuters, Smotri, Business Insider.

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. adds 311,000 Jobs in February | Unemployment RISES 3.6% The February job report was better than expected, with over 300K jobs added. However, unemployment is still on the rise. "We have had the best economic recovery in the world..." Source: MSNC

🚨🇮🇳PROTESTS IN INDIA OVER POLICE KICKING MEN PRAYING The protestors reportedly are demanding "strict action" against the police who were filmed kicking Muslims praying in the streets of Delhi. Source: Local Media

🇫🇮Finnish Defense Minister: “We need money, ammunition, weapons.” Source: Yahoo!, Smotri News

🇺🇸🇷🇺FORMER PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA TO BIDEN: “ARE YOU TRYING TO START WW3??!!” Medvedev: "In the State of the Union address, Biden compared himself with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. That’s a so-so comparison. Obviously, not in his favor. First, even though Roosevelt was an infirm man in a wheelchair, he raised America from the Depression; Biden, on the other hand, is a mad, mentally disabled individual who set his mind on dragging humanity to hell. Second, Roosevelt together with allies including the USSR, was fighting for peace; yet, Biden is actively and persistently trying to start WWIII. Third, Roosevelt was fighting against fascists, but Biden is fighting for them. He is the United States’ disgrace!” Source: X

I never thought I'd see “fiery" and Biden in the same sentence… t.co/nO2pdyufVS

🇺🇸 Trump's "Looney Tunes" The presumptive Republican presidential candidate posts an augmented AI video of the sitting president giving the State of the Union speech. It is going to be a long election year... Source: DailyMail

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA'S REEF IN CRISIS WWF: “This bleaching event is unfolding where corals have not been previously exposed to these extreme temperatures. Unless we see a significant drop off in temperatures in the next few weeks, the risk of significant coral mortality is highs.” Source: Reuters

🇷🇺RUSSIA’S NEW SUICIDE DRONE It’s reported that the new ‘Piranha’ FPV attack drone likes to target U.S M1 Abrams tanks. Source: Sputnik

🇪🇺EU PRESIDENT: PUTIN IS TRYING TO DESTROY US “Putin’s friends are trying to rewrite our history. And hijack our future. They’re spreading hate, from behind their keyboards.”

🚨🇵🇸BREAKING: THE AIRDROP THAT KILLED 5 PEOPLE After a parachute failed to open, humanitarian aid dropped from the sky crushing 5 in Gaza, including 2 children. With aid causing stampedes and accidents, maybe a ceasefire is a better solution?

🇬🇧🇺🇦UK DEFENSE MINISTER IN KYIV: "WE MUST DO MORE" “We must make sure that Ukraine wins this war. The UK has done more than ever, providing its largest package of military support. Now, every nation must do the same and ensure the victory of freedom over" Source: Sputnik, BBC

🇷🇺 RUSSIA UNCOVERS ISIS PLOT 15 HOURS AFTER U.S ISSUES WARNING OF AN "IMMINENT ATTACK" At least two militants were killed when the Russian security services stormed an ISIS cell’s hideout southwest of Moscow. A search of the building uncovered a large cache of weapons and bomb parts, which the group was planning to use to attack Jewish worshippers. Source: Daily Mail

MUD ART SELLS FOR $8.2 MILLION The median net worth of a US household is $193,000 So this art is worth 4,200% Please explain... t.co/iAHTCz5y82

🇮🇳 Indian police officer kicks Muslims during their prayers t.co/mhsppGWZR4

FDA DELAYS APPROVAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DRUG A blow to Biden’s reelection hopes? Source: New York Times t.co/a5GvpmJblD

🚨12-HOUR NEWS RECAP 1. Biden went off-script during his State of the Union address to say, "Lincoln Riley was killed by an illegal," managing to offend almost everyone. 2. ⁠A new poll finds almost 1 in 4 Americans want their state to split from the US, Biden hopes mass migration will reduce that number. 3. ⁠Biden says that when Trump left office, the country was in chaos. Trump wonders if he's trying to outdo him. 4. Rupert Murdoch gets engaged for the sixth time at the age of 92, as he works hard to beat Zsa Zsa Gabor's record. 5. Steve Nikoui was arrested and then released for shouting "Remember Abbey Gate" during Biden's SOTU speech. Biden says she was a lovely girl. 6. ⁠ ⁠Trump calls Sleepy Joe's SOTU speech "an angry, polarizing, and hate-filled speech." Hopes he can borrow Biden’s speech writers. 7. Xpeng tested their flying car in Guangzhou's CBD. Local residents were relieved it wasn't a Boeing flying over the city. 8. The creator of the infamous manga series' Dragon Ball' dies aged 68. Happy International Women’s Day!

🇵🇸 5 KILLED IN GAZA AID AIRDROP AFTER PARACHUTE FAILS