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EU lawmakers impose single charger for all smartphones
EU lawmakers impose single charger for all smartphones
by  AFP

The EU parliament on Tuesday passed a new law requiring USB-C to be the single charger standard for all new smartphones, tablets and cameras from late 2024. The EU law will in two years' time apply to all handheld mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, headsets, portable speakers, handheld videogame consoles, e-readers, earbuds, keyboards, mice and portable navigation systems.

At least 15 dead in new Ecuador prison riot
At least 15 dead in new Ecuador prison riot
by  AFP

At least 15 prisoners died Monday in the latest unrest inside Ecuador's prison system, officials in the South American country reported. During a television interview on Monday, he offered "a message of condolence and solidarity with the families of those who died today in (the prison)". bur-des/aha/it

Xi decade reshapes China's military, and the region
Xi decade reshapes China's military, and the region
by  AFP

During Xi Jinping's decade-long rule, China has built the world's largest navy, revamped the globe's biggest standing army, and amassed a nuclear and ballistic arsenal to trouble any foe. - Paper tiger no more - For years, the People's Liberation Army was seen as ill-equipped and ineffective -- disparaged by one historian as "the world's largest military museum".

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