I’m Less Bothered About Money Lost During Recent Outage – Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, says he is less bothered over the financial loss incurred during a seven-hour outage of his platform on Monday. ABN TV reports that many users across the world were stranded when Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, all owned by Zuckerberg, were down. Bloomberg had estimated Zuckerberg’s loss at $7 billion. Along with the drop in stocks of Facebook,...
France’s Ex-President Sentenced To Jail Over Illegal Campaign Financing
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid. The judge said Sarkozy could serve the sentence by wearing an electronic bracelet at home. All 13 co-defendants have been found guilty. “Nicolas Sarkozy knew the spending limit,” the judge said. “He knew he shouldn’t exceed it.” According...
South African Airways Resumes Flights After Bankruptcy
South Africa’s embattled national airline on Thursday flew its first plane since March 2020 after emerging from bankruptcy proceedings. Passengers on the South African Airways (SAA) flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town were greeted on their departure by singing and dancing airline staff. Once Africa’s second-largest airline after Ethiopian Airlines, SAA had survived for decades on government bailouts and was shedding...
Brazil’s Health Minister Tests Positive For Covid At UN General Assembly
Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Brazilian government made the announcement on Tuesday night September 21. Queiroga will remain in New York in quarantine, the government's communications office said. "The minister is doing well," the statement said. It added that the rest of...
New Zealand Relaxes COVID-19 Restrictions In Auckland
New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland is moving out of a strict COVID-19 lockdown, as the country contained a Delta variant outbreak. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the city would see restrictions slightly eased from Wednesday. The country was put in a hard lockdown within hours of a single case being detected on Aug. 18, with all schools and...
Taliban Govt Says Girls No More Allowed In Afghan Schools, Closes Down Ministry Of Women Affairs
Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday, after the country’s new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back to the classroom. The hardline Islamist group ousted the US-backed government last month, promising a softer brand of rule than their repressive reign in the 1990s, when women were mostly banned from education and work. But...
Russia Calls For Immediate Release Of Guinea’s President Conde
Russia on Monday called for the immediate release of Guinean President Alpha Conde, who was ousted by soldiers on Sunday following a coup. Moscow has a long history of relationship with Conakry which goes back to trade and economic cooperation during the Soviet times. "Moscow opposes any attempt at an unconstitutional change of leadership," the foreign ministry said in a statement. "We...
No American Will Be Left Behind In Afghanistan – Joe Biden
President of United States, Joe Biden has stated that US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline. Biden also vowed that no American will be left behind. This was stated by the US president even as armed Taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching Kabul’s airport on Wednesday night and Thursday morning this week. Biden further stated that he wants US forces out...
Maki Kaji ‘Godfather Of Sudoku’, Dies Aged 69
Maki Kaji, a Japanese publisher dubbed the "father of Sudoku" for his role in popularizing the numbers puzzle Sudoku, has died of cancer at 69, his Japanese publisher has announced. In a notice posted Monday, August 16, Nikoli said Maki Kaji died at home on August 10 after battling cancer, and a memorial service would be held at a later date. "Mr...
Woman Wins £23,000 Payout After Being Demoted While On Maternity Leave
Dr. Katie Lidster, 38, was demoted from her position at the Government-backed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) while caring for her second child, Daisy, who had been born two months premature. She took her employer of seven years to court and won while being represented by her husband, a fellow scientist because they couldn’t afford a barrister. Due to complications, Daisy...
