Month: April 2023
Rapid Support Forces violence in Sudan
Attacking the headquarters of the Air Defense Forces and using its weapons for their locatioion at the refinery. The Armed Forces issued a statement about the Rapid Support Forces’ violation to the armistice announced today. Occupying police stations and preventing them from carrying out their daily duties on a daily basis. Indiscriminate bombing of buildings
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Abortion pills are usually in two doses. The first dose of the abortion pill regimen consists of a drug that works by blocking the hormone progesterone, which normally stops uterine contractions keeping the embryo implanted. The second pill, taken one or two days later, is a hormone that induces labor and softens and dilates the
evacuation of foreigners in Sudan
At the heart of the fighting is a power struggle between forces loyal to Sudanese army chief Abdel Fatteh al-Burhan and a rival paramilitary faction, the Rapid Support Forces. The near constant shooting and bombardment in Khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population. Khartoum
Russia says to expel German diplomats
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it decided to “mirror” Germany’s “hostile” actions and expel German diplomats from Russia. The maximum number of employees in German diplomatic missions in Russia will also be “significantly” limited, it said, adding that on April 5, 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry officially notified German Ambassador to Russia
Second launch of SpaceX Starship
After two to three minutes into the flight, the rocket the biggest ever developed started to tumble out of control and was soon destroyed by onboard charges. Elon Musk’s SpaceX company’s mammoth new rocket, Starship, has exploded on its maiden flight. Mr Musk has said his company will try again in a couple of months.
Google penalized for destructive search result
The man, whose identity is under a publication ban, sued Google for sharing a link to a post that falsely accused him of being a paedophile. Google has been ordered to pay a prominent Canadian businessman half-a-million dollars for failing to remove a defamatory search result of his name. The Canadian businessman said his life
Fake products reviews on Facebook
Amazon has long combated fake reviews on its platform and, in July, took legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups. Facebook is still being used by people arranging fake five-star reviews for products. Facebook said it was investing in new technologies to weed out fake reviews. How do you prevent fake
Facebook $725m users share
The legal action that dates back to 2018 alleged the social-media company shared 87 million users’ data without their consent, via third parties such as Cambridge Analytica and remains one of the highest-profile data-privacy scandals. The United States Facebook users can now apply for their share of a £583m privacy-case settlement. Meta, which owns Facebook,
Twitter to remove blue check badge for Beyoncé and Ronaldo
The social media giant began removing the once-coveted blue tick verification from thousands of accounts on Thursday. The move comes as owner Elon Musk attempts to overhaul the social media company to turn a profit. The decision to monetise verification could usher in a massive cultural and power shift on the platform. The blue check
Some Twitter accounts to lose their blue badge
The legacy blue badges were obtained through the old, free procedure that only required the interested user to request verification and meet a series of requirements. Twitter incorporated the blue badge in the Twitter Blue subscription, so that whoever wanted to have it only had to pay for it, although they also had to meet