Twitter losing $4m a day, Musk warns of bankruptcy
Reuters
11 November 2022 Technology
Facebook parent Meta to cut off 11,000 staff
AFP, Paris, France
9 November 2022 Business
US midterm: Control of Congress unclear in close battle
AP, Washington
9 November 2022 United States
Work together or face "collective suicide": UN chief at COP27
AFP, Egypt
7 November 2022 Climate action
Car bombs in Somalia leave at least 100 dead, 300 injured
Reuters, Mogadishu
30 October 2022 Africa & rest of the world
India successfully launches 36 OneWeb satellites
Star Digital Report
23 October 2022 India

Mueller to teach course on his Trump investigation

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be his own subject when he teaches a course on his eponymous investigation of president Donald Trump, the University of Virginia Law School announced Wednesday.
3 June 2021

Israel eyes end of an era

Israelis eyed the end of an era yesterday after a motley alliance of parties from across the political spectrum agreed to form a government to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
3 June 2021

‘Journalists are entitled to protection against sedition’

The Supreme Court of India yesterday quashed a sedition case registered against senior journalist and Padma Shri awardee Vinod Dua for his critical remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Government in a YouTube telecast, while underscoring its 59-year-old verdict that “strong words” of disapproval about the ruling regime does not amount to sedition.
3 June 2021

EU to impose new sanctions on Myanmar junta, companies: top envoy

The European Union will impose a new round of sanctions on Myanmar's military junta and its economic interests in the coming days, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told Reuters on Thursday.
3 June 2021

UK's Queen Elizabeth to meet President Biden at Windsor Castle

Queen Elizabeth will meet U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at her Windsor Castle home at the conclusion of the G7 summit which begins in Britain next week, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.
3 June 2021

Indian Supreme Court quashes sedition FIR by BJP leader against journalist

India’s Supreme Court today quashed an FIR lodged against noted journalist Vinod Dua for alleged sedition and other offences -- filed by a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Himachal Pradesh state over Dua’s YouTube show.
3 June 2021

Israel's opposition declares new government, set to unseat Netanyahu

Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country's president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.
3 June 2021

Lapid enlists Gantz, moves closer to oust Netanyahu

Israel’s opposition leader yesterday moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and forming a new government after agreeing terms with several parties including one led by Defence Minister Benny Gantz, a spokesman said.
2 June 2021

Blasts target 2 buses in Kabul; at least 12 killed

Two separate bomb blasts on two public transport buses killed at least 12 civilians in the Afghan capital Kabul, security officials said yesterday, the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks as foreign forces withdraw.
2 June 2021

Pupils suffer amid violence, boycott

No more than a quarter of Myanmar’s more than 12 million pupils enrolled for the new school year amid a protest boycott against military rule and in the wake of a series of bombings, an official of a teachers’ group said.
2 June 2021

Xi calls for greater global media reach

China President Xi Jinping said the country must improve the way it tells its “stories” to a global audience as it seeks to develop an international voice that reflects its status on the world stage, official news agency Xinhua reported.
2 June 2021

Herd of wild elephants approaches China city

A herd of 15 wild elephants was approaching the city of Kunming, the capital of southwest China’s Yunnan province, yesterday, defying attempts to redirect them after a journey of several hundred kilometres from forests to the south.
2 June 2021

Pakistan adamant amid outcry

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan has constituted a committee to liaise and discuss the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) — a proposed media regulatory body — with relevant stakeholders defying an outcry.
2 June 2021

Iran nuke deal parties to wrap up talks in Vienna

The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal were scheduled to meet in Vienna yesterday, the European Union announced, as diplomats said the meeting will wrap up the latest round of talks on reviving the deal and adjourn discussions for at least a week.
2 June 2021

UN: Pandemic plunges 100m more workers into poverty

The pandemic has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said yesterday, after working hours plummeted and access to good quality jobs evaporated.
2 June 2021

UK reports no new Covid deaths

Britain recorded no new deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday, a big sign of improvement in one of the worst-hit countries, as the World Health Organization voiced deep concern at the situation in South America, warning that outbreaks in the already hard-hit region were once again worsening.
2 June 2021

US risks ‘losing a friend’

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that the United States risked “losing a precious friend” if it tries to corner his country, speaking two weeks before his first meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden.
2 June 2021

‘In silence, wounds deepen’

President Joe Biden led emotional commemorations on Tuesday to honor victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, saying the United States must learn from one of the worst episodes of racist violence in the country’s history.
2 June 2021

African Union suspends Mali after military coup and threatens sanctions

The African Union has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
2 June 2021

China says military flight off Malaysia is 'routine training'; KL calls it 'breach of sovereignty'

China said on Wednesday (June 2) a flight by 16 military aircraft over hotly contested waters off Malaysia was routine training, after the South-east Asian nation accused Beijing of breaching its sovereignty.
2 June 2021