A storm of controversy has engulfed Microsoft amid widespread reports that its Azure cloud platform is central to the storage and processing of vast volumes of Israeli surveillance data on Palestinians, including biometric records, intercepted communications, and intelligence data allegedly used...
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A groundbreaking investigation has revealed that Israel’s military intelligence, through a partnership with Microsoft, has been utilizing the Azure cloud platform to store and analyze an immense archive of intercepted Palestinian communications. Documents and sources indicate that since 2022...
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The international community’s attention has again been drawn to the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip after a recent attack targeted the Holy Family Church, one of the last remaining Christian sanctuaries in the region. According to a report by the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the...
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In late June, a United Nations report delivered a seismic indictment of three of the world’s most powerful technology companies—Google, Amazon, and Microsoft—asserting that their cloud and AI platforms have made them complicit in what the report characterizes as genocide in Gaza. This...
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BBC News - Naomi Campbell may be subpoenaed by war crimes court
War crimes prosecutors in The Hague say supermodel Naomi Campbell should be subpoenaed to testify at the trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor.
They say Ms Campbell "was given rough diamonds" by Mr Taylor in 1997 at...
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