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Lawmakers of the United States Senate have introduced a bill to ban the use of the popular social media platform, Tiktok, in the country. One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican Senator Marco Rubio of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that the app was…

Denmark will finally have a new government six weeks after inconclusive elections with a left-right alliance forged after tortuous negotiations, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday. “A new government will be presented on Thursday,” the left-wing Frederiksen told reporters, following a narrow election…

Ghana secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $3 billion bailout, a key step in the West African nation’s plans to restructure its unsustainable debt. The accord, which still requires IMF board approval, enables the government to address its…

Fifty-five websites have been seized for illegally live-streaming matches from the World Cup in Qatar, the United States Justice Department said Monday. The websites were shut down after a FIFA representative identified sites being used to distribute copyright-infringing content without the authorization of…

Microblogging site, Twitter, has said it will be relaunching its TwitterBlue on Monday, even as it disclosed that subscribers via web will pay $8 per month while those with iPhone or iOS devices will pay $11 per month to get access to…

The head of WhatsApp at Meta, Will Cathcart says it would be better to have the instant messenger WhatsApp banned in Britain than make communications between users accessible to authorities. His remarks came after the Online Safety Bill, which would force WhatsApp to…

The story by Reuters alleging Nigerian soldiers ran a regime of abortions on women put in the family way by Boko Haram insurgents has refused to die as the United Nations has weighed in on the story calling for it to be…

Popular Canadian singer, Celine Dion, has been diagnosed with an incurable neurological disease, Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), which causes her muscles to tense uncontrollably. As the disease progresses, it ultimately leaves sufferers as ‘human statues’ as it progressively locks the body into rigid…

China announced Wednesday a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms. Anger over China’s zero-Covid policy, which involved mass lockdowns, constant testing and quarantines even for people who are not…

A Mozambican court on Wednesday sentenced the son of Mozambique’s ex-president Armando Guebuza to 12 years in jail. This is following a vast corruption scandal in which the government unleashed financial havoc by trying to conceal huge debts.“The crimes committed have brought…