Coronavirus: UK declares virus serious threat, confirms another case
Britain on Monday declared coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health. Britain’s health ministry said it had introduced new measures aimed at delaying or preventing further transmission of the virus. “We are strengthening our regulations so we can keep individuals in supported isolation for their own safety and if public health professionals consider they may be at risk of...
Pakistan Mosque Blast: More Confirmed Dead In Marathon Search Of Rubble
The death toll has risen to at least 87 people after a mosque suicide bombing which targeted policemen in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan. The mosque is within a high-security police headquarters area and a probe is underway into how the bomber got in. Pakistan's PM and other leaders have condemned Monday's attack - one of the worst in the...
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,...
Microsoft To Acquire US Gaming Giant Activision-Blizzard For $69bn
Microsoft announced Tuesday a landmark $69 billion deal to purchase US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, grabbing the sex harassment scandal-hit firm as the tech colossus seeks to boost its power in video games. Merging with troubled Activision will make Microsoft the third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony, it said, a major shift in the booming world of games. “This acquisition will...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Continue With Legal Reforms
Israel's prime minister has said he will press on with his "responsible legal reforms", despite continuing protests over them. The passing of a new law on Thursday that makes it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office has angered many people. It is considered to be in the interests of the incumbent, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on...
Russia To Hold Presidential Elections In Occupied Ukraine
The Russian election commission has given a hint that the upcoming presidential election would take place in regions of Ukraine that are currently under partial Russian occupation, Interfax reported on Monday, December 11. As the war in Ukraine approaches its second anniversary, the Russian news agency Interfax reports that it might be possible to hold elections in the areas currently...
‘Star Wars’ Actor, Andrew Jack Dies Of Coronavirus
An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities has died after contracting COVID-19, his agent has said. Andrew Jack, 76, died in a Surrey hospital on Tuesday. Agent Jill McCullough said she had been inundated with tributes to one of the acting world's "brightest and clearest voices". She said Jack was unable to see his...
US Election Process Worse Than 3rd World Countries -Trump
United States President, Donald Trump says the country’s election process is worse than that of third world countries. Third World countries are developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia/Oceania. Trump said this via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, apparently in protest of his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden in the US presidential election. ABN TV earlier reported that Joe Biden’s Democratic Party...
Putin Just Lost An Opportunity To Gain A Major Ally In The West
With Marine Le Pen's loss in the runoff of the French presidential election on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin may have just lost his best shot at getting a major geopolitical partner in the West. Le Pen has, historically, been a vocal ad...
Turkey Rebrands As ‘Türkiye,’ Changing Name At The United Nations
The country is now called "Türkiye" in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change on Wednesday after a request from Turkey's government. The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. "The process we started under th...
