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Sydneymdash; Facebook said Tuesday it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news and pay local media companies for content, after a last-gasp deal on pending landmark legislation. Australia s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a face-saving compromise that will see Google and Facebook plunge tens of mill adidas originals donna ions of dollars into the struggling local news sector. In return the U.S. digital firms will, for now, avoid being subjected to mandatory payments that could cost them vastly more and create what they see as an alarming global precedent. Just hours after the compromise was unveiled, Facebook announced its first proposed deal with an Australian media company, Seven West, and was said to be pursuing commercial deals with other local news organizations. The company is expected to use the content to launch a dedicated news product in Australia later this year. Current state of technology and social media in the U.S. 06:54 As a result of these changes, we can now work to further our investment in public interest journalism af1 , and restore news on Facebook for Australians in the coming days, said Will Easton, managing director of Facebook Australia. The social media firm sparked global outrage last week by blacking out news for its Australian user air force 1 s in protest at the proposed legislation, and i Bydk Researchers use boots, badges and uniform scraps to help identify soldiers killed in World War I
LONDON - What s an Englishman to do when a pint seems just a tad too much Now the British government has an answer: Pubs will be able to sell what be might be called a near-pint in glasses holding about 400 milliliters 151; popular in some parts of Australia and known as a schooner.Under a 1698 law, landlords can currently serve beer only as a pint 151; a pour of 568 milliliters 151; or a half or a third of that.Science Minister David Willetts said Tuesday that rules governing the sale of alcohol would be relaxed in response to health concerns and requests from businesses.Willetts says drinkers will also be able to buy servings of wine in a 75 milliliter glass. Lawmakers had raised health concerns over the sale of wine only in huge 250 milliliter goblets. stanley water jug ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 stanley cup display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-99606cd2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-99606cd2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d stanley cups display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-99606cd2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; |
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