>"Elon Musk issued his most direct threat yet to walk away from his purchase of Twitter on Monday, openly accusing the social media company of breaching the merger _...Read More_

>"A resurgence of coronavirus cases across Europe is feeding fears that the region's strong economic recovery from the pandemic could be jeopardized by another tough winter."

>"In Shanghai's sprawling Jiangnan Shipyard, workers are fitting the catapults that will separate China's latest and most advanced aircraft carrier from its two older sister ships."

Debates on global risk society seem to have accelerated in recent years with the outbreak of covid 19.

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/08/asia/afghanistan-health-care-collapse-intl-cmd/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/08/asia/afghanistan-health-care-collapse-intl-cmd/index.html) >"Health care in Afghanistan has literally collapsed in a matter of months, disrupted by conflict and starved of foreign assistance, according _...Read More_

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/biden-legacy-afghanistan/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/biden-legacy-afghanistan/index.html) "The security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated faster than President Joe Biden and his most senior national security officials had anticipated, leaving _...Read More_

I read the story... they want Google to pay news outlets just so Google can link to them? If that is the case it would affect any search engine and maybe other sites... it does sound iffy to me but scary.

>"Australia's world-first law would force Facebook and Google to negotiate fees with the news companies whose stories appear on _...Read More_