The Indian government has announced changes to its information technology rules that will apply to social media companies, a move likely to be seen as reining in big tech firms. Under the amended rules, which were announced on Friday, a government panel will be formed […]
Confusion, concern, conspiracies, celebration. In the hours after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, reactions on the platform ranged from triumph to despair. While no immediate policy changes had been announced by Friday afternoon, that didn’t stop users from cheering – or criticising – what […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials say, warning that many deaths are probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases. Only about 9 percent of health facilities in Tigray are fully functional […]
Belarussian authorities have added 625 people to a list prohibiting them from holding public office and other activities because of alleged ties to “extremists”. The internal affairs ministry released an update of the blacklisted individuals, who now total 1,469. They include opposition activists, journalists, business […]
Israel and Lebanon have signed an agreement laying out their maritime border for the first time. The US-brokered deal will enable both countries to explore for gas and oil offshore. With elections only days away, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has called it a major political […]
Donald Trump has said he plans to make use of his own Truth Social media platform despite Twitter Inc’s takeover by billionaire Elon Musk, who has promised to reinstate the former US president’s Twitter account. “I like Elon, but I’m staying on Truth,” Trump told […]
Russia says it has finished calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in Ukraine with more than one-quarter already deployed to the battlefield. The announcement on Friday appears to bring to a close a divisive mobilisation drive – Russia’s first since World War […]
Adam Thomas starts harvesting soybeans on his farm in the US state of Illinois when the dew burns off in the morning. This year, dry weather accelerated the work, allowing him to start early. His problem was getting the soybeans to market. About 60 percent […]
US consumer spending rose more than expected in September while underlying inflation pressures continued to bubble, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to hike interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point next week. But there was some encouraging news in the fight against stubbornly […]
The United States has announced sanctions against an Iranian foundation accused of putting out a multimillion-dollar bounty on British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed at a literary event in New York state in August. The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against the 15 Khordad […]
