Month: August 2023
Auctioning of Twitter signs
Since buying Twitter, \Elon Musk has made major job cuts, including shedding workers who tracked abuse on the platform. The company has also changed how it verifies accounts. Earlier this year, Twitter held an auction of hundreds of items from its San Francisco HQ. Multi-billionaire Elon Musk is putting Twitter building signs and other items
Ethiopia- Tigray War
The fresh unrest in Africa’s second most populous country comes just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring region of Tigray that also drew in fighters from Amhara. Tensions in Amhara have been rising since April, when the federal government announced it was dismantling regional forces across Ethiopia. Ethiopian
Iran nuclear enrichment, drone supplies to Russia
Iranian drones have been a key element of Russia’s continued war on Ukraine. Tehran has offered conflicting accounts about the drones — first denying Iran has supplied them to Russia and later claiming the unmanned aircraft were only sold before the Russian invasion. Japan has expressed concern over Iran’s advancing uranium enrichment program and the
WhatsApp screen sharing feature for video calls
The screen sharing adds a dynamic dimension to calls which enables users to provide a live view of their screen content during conversations. This feature is particularly useful for both personal and professional scenarios. Also, WhatsApp users can now enjoy video calls in landscape mode on smartphones. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Meta, confirmed that
new potential anti-diabetic drug
China’s Peking University have found a new potential drug target for improving the effectiveness of diabetes treatment. Bacteroides spp. microbial dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) from the gut microbiota is believed to be an important therapeutic target for the management of type 2 diabetes. Efforts are underway to seek methods to inhibit the enzyme activity of
Russia feeds the world
Russia (and previously the Soviet Union) has been paying priority attention to famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V. Mantytskiy has said despite all the obstacles imposed by the United States and its allies, they have helped, are helping, and will continue to help those in need around the world
new migrant influx in Poland
Poland on Monday accused Belarus’ and Russia’s secret services of organizing an influx of migrants into the European Union through the Polish border. In 2021, tens of thousands of migrants attempted to cross into Poland from neighboring Belarus. At the time, Western governments accused Minsk of orchestrating a “hybrid” attack, a charge denied by Belarus.
2023 BRICS Summit
People of the BRICS countries make up more than 40% of the world’s population as a whole and access to these large markets could help many emerging economies in Africa grow and develop quickly. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa get ready to meet for the 15th BRICS summit, on August
Volodymyr Zelensky assassination plot
The Ukrainian security forces have made a number of arrests of alleged “Russian agents” who it believes were helping to locate targets for Russian airstrikes. Ukraine regularly accuses local residents who support Russia of passing information to help Moscow’s military. Ukraine’s security service says a woman has been arrested over a Russian plot to kill
Attack on Pokrovsk
Ukrainian rescuers were racing on Tuesday to comb through the rubble of damaged buildings in the eastern city of Pokrovsk, a day after deadly Russian strikes. Russian strikes in the eastern Ukrainian city killed at least seven and destroyed several buildings. Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said it arrested what it called an informer accused