Tag: news
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Earthquakes rock Türkiye and Syria: Syrians forced to fend for themselves
Death toll rises up to 47,000, while the Syrian Civil War and Western sanctions prevent aid delivery to millions of victims in Syria A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Türkiye and Syria last Monday February 20th, only a fortnight after the region was devastated by a 7.8 tremor. More than 47,000 deaths have been confirmed so […]
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The Effects of Consuming Negative News
By Nitika Midha This year, I found myself addicted to the news. I refreshed my feed god knows how many times a day to see the latest information about COVID-19, protests, police brutality cases, environmental disasters and politics in general. This overflow of news did take its toll on me. I started feeling hopeless about […]
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Tharunka’s 2017 News Predictions
Online sub-editor, Dominic Giannini, has the (very accurate) inside scoop for what’s going down in 2017… Trump gets Stalin in Buzzfeed Quiz: Can we guess your favorite fascist? Manly Sea Eagles disappoints fans by naming Nate Myles in Starting Squad “What a grub,” NSW Coach Laurie Daly was overheard saying. […]
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Publishers Forum Discusses Future of Media
While it is widely accepted that the print newspaper industry is in decline, with profits and circulation waning all over the world, most are hesitant to predict, with any certainty, what the future will hold for journalists or publishers. PANPA, the Pacific Area Newspaper and Publishing Association, hosted the Future Forum, Australasia’s annual industry conference […]