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Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been set free following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, the government department said on Friday. Zuma received a 15-month sentence last year after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption…

A Delaware judge on Thursday ordered a halt to Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) lawsuit against Elon Musk on the eve of trial, giving the billionaire time to finance his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. The ruling followed days of uncertainty about Musk's…

US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a pardon for all Americans convicted of marijuana possession under federal laws, meeting a longtime demand of supporters a month out from midterm congressional elections. “I am announcing a pardon of all prior federal offenses of…

Elon Musk has reversed course and is again proposing to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. Owing to this, Twitter shares climbed more than 22 per cent on the news. The social media company issued a statement…

Google on Wednesday announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – it’s first on the continent that would help create jobs and increase Africa’s presence online. This was made known at the second Google for Africa hybrid…

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has offered to purchase Twitter for the initial offer price of $44 billion. In a filing on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk made the offer in a letter to Twitter. The development comes…

The upper house of the Russian parliament has ratified Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian regions. The four territories are Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson. TASS reported that the Federation Council voted unanimously to pass a bill incorporating them into Russia. President Vladimir Putin signed the treaties of…

For the fourth time this year, the United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, has postponed the sentencing date for alleged international internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi. An official of the court’s Media Relations Unit, Ciaran McEvoy, made…

Donald Trump has sued cable TV network CNN, claiming defamation and seeking punitive damages of $475m, according to a Florida court filing on Monday. The US cable news station has attempted to smear the former US president “with a series of ever-more…

American reality TV star, Kim Kardashian, had been fined $1.26 million for sharing a cryptocurrency advert on her Instagram page, without disclosing the amount she was paid for the promotion. The United States Security and Exchange Commission charged the SKIMS founder to court…