WhatsApp’s top head on Friday denied a Financial Times report that said the Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform was exploring advertisements as it sought to boost revenue. “This @FT story is false. We aren’t doing this,” WhatsApp head Will Cathcart said in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The report said that […]
Apple to provide iPhone 12 software update to settle row
Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France, in what seemed to offer a way out of a row with French regulators which had ordered the suspension of the phone’s sale due to breaches of radiation exposure limits. “We will issue a software update for users in […]
ICC WC: Tickets to go on sale for semi-finals, final on Friday
Tickets for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 semi-finals and the final go on general sale on Friday as the biggest Cricket World Cup draws nearer with hundreds of millions of fans around the world ready to be a part of it. Starting Friday at 2000 hrs IST, fans can secure their seats for […]
Ben Stokes says he always planned to play at World Cup
England all-rounder Ben Stokes said he knew during the Ashes series that he was going to reverse his decision to retire from one-day cricket in time for next month’s World Cup, and that he had ruled out a comeback to throw the media off the scent. The talismanic 32-year-old, the architect of England’s maiden 50-overs […]
What is the Nipah virus and how is it treated?
India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools and offices this week as officials raced to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus after it killed two people in the fourth outbreak since 2018. Here is what we know about the virus: WHERE DID THE VIRUS COME FROM? The Nipah virus was first identified […]
Libya: ‘Huge’ death toll and 10,000 people missing amid flooding
At least 2,000 people have died, and 10,000 are missing after Storm Daniel dumped devastating rain on Libya’s northeast, reportedly bursting two major dams and overflooding the already heavily inundated areas of the country. Tamer Ramadan, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) delegation in Libya, stated that “the […]
Powerful earthquake in Morocco kills more than 800 people
A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes in the country’s deadliest tremor in more than six decades. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. The Interior Ministry said […]
Modi opens G20 summit as PM of ‘Bharat’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his opening address to the G20 summit Saturday with his country nameplate labelled “Bharat” — an ancient Sanskrit word — in the biggest signal yet of a potential official change. The gesture came days after invitations to the summit dinner were sent out in the name of the “President […]
Babar, Shadab on ICC Men’s Player of the Month shortlist
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday revealed the latest list of names that comprise the nominees for the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month awards. Following a number of competitive white-ball fixtures that took place during August, five nations are represented among the candidates vying for the accolades as voting commences among […]
2023 likely to be hottest year on record
2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday. Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the last three months, with dramatic impact on economies, ecosystems and human […]