News Right Now: Digital Deceit
Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app “Telegram,” has been arrested as of August 24th by French police. He was charged with 12 counts accusing him of complicity in trafficking schemes, child abuse, and money laundering.
According to the Associated Press, Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the United Nations, stated in a press conference that the organization has taken a firm position regarding the Taliban’s new law on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice (PVPV), which the organization sees as ‘another step’ towards the exclusion of women from public life.
Kenya has secured a Ksh.40 billion loan from China to help unlock stalled projects in 15 counties. National Assembly Budget Committee Chair Ndindi Nyoro said the deal inked by the two countries will see contractors go back on site as soon as the month of September.
The civilian media wing confirmed that on 28 August 2024 Ambassador Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan, said, “It was important for Afghanistan to address the issues relating to cross-border terrorism.” (https://pid.gov.pk/site/press_detail/26275)
