Morning brief: US passes bill to ban TikTok; Israel intensifies strikes in Gaza; and more
Morning brief: Here's a look at the top stories.
The US Senate passed legislation which proposed a potential ban on the social media app TikTok in the country if its Chinese owner Bytedance fails to sell its stake. The bill will now reach US President Joe Biden who has vowed to sign it as soon as it is cleared by Congress.
The strikes by the Israeli army have intensified across Gaza as the heaviest shelling continuedthroughout the week. The Israeli army ordered fresh evacuations in the north of the enclave, as it warned the citizens that they were in a "dangerous combat zone".
Meanwhile, a Dominica court overturned a ban imposed on consensual same-sex relations in the country. The ban was part of a colonial British-era law, parts of which criminalised same-sex activity that went against the country's constitution.
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US Senate passes bill to ban TikTok if its owner ByteDance fails to sell it
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The United States Senate passed controversial legislation on Wednesday (April 24) which can lead to the banning of the massively popular social media app TikTok in the countryif its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn't sell its stake.
The bill gives six months to TikTok's Chinese owner Bytedance to sell its stake or let the application get banned in the United States.
Israelintensifies strikes across Gaza amid new evacuation orders in North
TheIsraeli army intensified its strikes across Gaza on Tuesday (April 23) as it continued to carry out some of the heaviest shelling in weeks.
Meanwhile, fresh evacuations were ordered by the army in the north of the enclave, as it warned civilians that they were in a "dangerous combat zone".
'We are showing Putin...,' US Senate clears $95bn aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The US Senate voted on Tuesday (April 23) to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — the first two are in a conventional state of war with Russia and Palestinian militant groups, respectively. Taiwan continues to face China's expansionist belligerence amid its consistent assertion that the self-ruled island nation is its own.
Big win for LGBTQ+: Dominica court strikes down ban onsame sexrelations
A court in Dominica has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation. The ban was imposed by a colonial British-era law. The Dominica High Court said that parts of the British-era law criminalised same-sex activity and went against the country's constitution.
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