(Reuters) – Twitter Inc TWTR.N said on Wednesday it had removed 130 accounts, as they were attempting to disrupt the public conversation during the first U.S. presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. Twitter removed the accounts, which appeared to originate in Iran, “based on intel” provided by the U.S. Federal Bureau […]
Google plans to pay $1 billion to publishers globally for its content over the next three years, its CEO. A move that could help it win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny worldwide. News publishers have long fought the world’s most popular internet search engine for compensation for using their content, with European […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is seeking to avoid a full national lockdown. To prevent unemployment soaring into the millions, Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Thursday. “I’ve not seen any projections of 4 million, but certainly we know that there are some 700,000 extra people who are already unemployed as a result of […]
British authorities hit Airbnb UK with an additional tax bill of 1.8 million pounds ($2.3 million) last year. The house rental startup’s accounts showed on Tuesday, following an investigation into the firm. UK arm of Airbnb said it had paid the extra obligations after a request from British tax authorities. The UK arm of the […]
Among one of the more charged moments of the chaotic US presidential debate, former vice president Joe Biden dropped a phrase from everyday Muslim and Arab vocabulary and lit up the social media. Biden used the word “InshAllah” which means ‘God willing’ in Arabic and Farsi. Biden said ‘InshAllah’ as Republican President Donald Trump hedged […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc is poised to start selling some Model 3 vehicles made in China equipped with cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, two people familiar with the matter said. Currently, the Model 3 electric sedans made at the carmaker’s Chinese plant use nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) batteries. The starting price […]
MADRID: Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid will all be hoping to build on their first wins of the season as La Liga heads into its fourth round of games this week. Here are the five talking points ahead of the midweek fixtures. For the first time in a long time. Barcelona can enjoy some […]
China’s Huawei ready for a thorough examination. The Company shall show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries. This shall include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks. The head of its Italian unit said on Wednesday. “We will open our insides; we are available to be vivisected and respond […]
Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia entered the fourth day on Wednesday. The biggest eruption of the decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed region inside Azerbaijan and controlled by ethnic Armenians. It broke away from Azerbaijan in a war in the 1990s; now is not recognised by any country as an independent […]
BEIJING: A Chinese journalist Yang Jingzhong whose home was raided as part of an Australian anti-interference investigation in June said the action was unfounded and “baseless”, in a detailed account released by Chinese media late on Tuesday. China announced earlier this month that four journalists were subject to raids by Australian intelligence and police as […]
