Twitter reports highest-ever yearly growth in daily users
Twitter American microblogging reports its highest-ever yearly growth in daily users to lockdowns and increased conversations around coronavirus pandemic.
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Uber’s Britain court battle of legal challenges
Uber is bracing for a long summer of legal battles that could see the end of its reign in London…
Erdogan party moves to tighten grip on social media giants
Erdogan ruling party draft legislation would make social media giants with more than 1 million users in Turkey more accountable…
US diplomat Richardson to meet Maduro to discuss jailed Americans
US diplomat Bill Richardson plans to travel to Caracas to meet with Venezuelan President to discuss the status of several…
Facebook considers political-ad blackout ahead of US election
Facebook considering a political-ad blackout on its social network in days leading up US election in November, according to a…
Civil rights audit blasts Facebook’s handsoff policy on Trump posts
Civil rights audit commissioned comes as some 900 advertisers boycott the social media site.Auditor considers Facebook decision as terrible precedent
United States looking to ban TikTok
United States is considering banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, over allegations Beijing is using them to spy on…
Spain National Tribunal approves extradition of Mexico’s former oil chief
Spain’s National Administrative Tribunal has agreed to extradite Emilio Lozoya, former chief executive of oil company to Mexico.
Canada’s biggest lenders join facebook ad boycott to block hate speech
Canadian lenders joined facebook ad boycott,More than 400 brands have pulled advertising on Facebook in response to the ‘Stop Hate…
Oman to allow part-time jobs for expats soon
Oman citizens and expatriates will soon have the option to do part-time jobs as the country is seeking to diversify…
Bahrain to pay 50% of salaries for private firms
Bahrain’s government said that it would pay 50% of salaries for private company workers in sectors that hard-hit by pandemic,…
Official who took $3.2m bribe from Bangladeshi MP in Kuwait wanted
Kuwait’s Public Prosecution is continuing its marathon investigation into the case of the Bangladeshi MP,taken into custody on charges of…
Qatar World Cup Organisers bans a firm over Amnesty report
Qatar World Cup 2022 Organisers said they banned a company from working on projects as Amnesty said migrant workers at…
Ukraine received $5 million offer in bribes to end probe into energy company
Ukraine officials said they were offered $5 million in bribes to end a probe into energy company Burisma’s founder, but…
Judge rules to keep five people in jail over Ghosn escape
Judge in Turkey has ruled to keep five suspects in jail at the start of their trial over former Nissan…
No evidence found against Hunter Biden,Ukraine top prosecutor says
No evidence found against Hunter Biden in an audit of thousands of old case files,Ukraine former top prosecutor Ruslan Ryaboshapka…
Britain spy chief says no threat to Five Eyes alliance
Britain spy chief says disagreements over China’s Huawei Technologies do not pose a threat to intelligence-sharing ties between Britain and…
Russian 20,000-tonne diesel spill,Putin declares state of emergency
Russian 6,000 tonnes of diesel seeped into the ground and another 15,000 in nearby waterways,Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a…
Legal agreement reached between Russian firm,French far-right party
Legal agreement reached between France’s far-right National Rally party led by Marine Le Pen and a Russian firm over a…
Russia rejects US allegation that Libyan banknotes seized in Malta counterfeit
Russia has rejected United States claims that Libyan currency worth over $1 billion seized in Malta are counterfeit,banknotes were printed…
Bolivia minister arrested for ‘ventilator corruption’
Bolivia’s health minister arrested on suspicion of corruption related to the overpriced purchase of ventilators to fight COVID-19.
Trudeau says China doesn’t understand independence of Canada’s judiciary
Trudeau said that China does not appear to understand that Canada’s judiciary is independent, taking a rare public swipe at…