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Source: Al Jazeera

The Indian federal government has gone down an order for a state-run cybersecurity application to be preloaded on all new mobile phones. The uncommon plan reversal came amidst objection from politicians, personal privacy advocates and technology firms.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has told DW that his country is working to implement a US peace plan for Gaza. His remarks came as he visited Berlin for talks with his German counterpart.

Source: Deutsche Welle

FRANCE 24 spoke to Francis Fukuyama, author of the 1992 book “The End of History and The Last Man”, in which he asserted that the end of the Cold War had established the dominance of liberal democracies. The Stanford University professor said that the election of US President Donald Trump is “the most surprising and the most disappointing thing that’s happened” since he wrote the book. “He’s clearly a leader with authoritarian instincts,” Fukuyama stated, adding that Trump “is in the process of trying to cut an extremely shameful deal with Russia over Ukraine”.

Source: France 24