Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit: Biden administration By: Reuters on November 18, 2022WASHINGTON: The Biden administration ruled on Thursday that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing immediate condemnation from the slain journalist’s former fiancee. Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in October 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, an operation which US intelligence believed […]
Instagram to make it easier to avoid trolls By: Reuters on October 21, 2022Instagram to make it easier to avoid trolls. Instagram will enhance features that help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls on the social media platform, the Meta Platforms-owned company said on Thursday. Users will now be able to block all existing accounts of a person, expanding a feature launched last year that only allowed […]
Qatar’s ‘carbon neutral’ claims under fire By: AFP on October 19, 2022Qatar’s ‘carbon neutral’ claims under fire. Organizers have promised a carbon-neutral World Cup next month in Qatar but environmental groups are warning that the tournament will be far more polluting than advertised. Hassan al-Thawadi, secretary general of Qatar 2022, said organizers will achieve net-zero emissions for the tournament as a whole “by measuring, mitigating and […]
Amazon to stream first-ever ‘Black Friday’ game in 2023 By: Reuters/Web Desk on October 19, 2022Amazon to stream first-ever ‘Black Friday’ game in 2023. The National Football League (NFL) announced its first-ever “Black Friday” game will stream on Amazon Prime Video next year, building on the relationship between the league and the streaming giant. The NFL already has a stranglehold on Thanksgiving broadcasts, with its annual lineup of Thursday games […]
YouTube expands audio and podcast advertising for brands By: Reuters on October 18, 2022YouTube expands audio and podcast advertising for brands. Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube will expand ways for advertisers to reach music and podcast listeners and viewers on connected televisions, the company said on Monday. The announcements come as the advertising industry has struggled amid record-high inflation and supply-chain disruptions, which have caused some brands to pull […]
Turkey’s opposition seeks stay of ‘disinformation’ law By: AP on October 18, 2022Turkey’s opposition seeks stay of ‘disinformation’ law. Turkey’s main opposition party applied to the country’s supreme court on Tuesday seeking a suspension of the enforcement of a newly-approved media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation.” Last week, parliament approved a 40-article legislation that amends press and social media laws […]
Small town in southern Mexico hosts thousands of migrants By: AP on October 18, 2022As migrants, especially Venezuelans, struggle to come to terms with a new U.S. policy discouraging border crossings, one small town in southern Mexico is unexpectedly playing host to thousands of migrants camped far from the U.S. border. San Pedro Tapanatepec had 7,000 migrants, about 75% Venezuelans, when The Associated Press visited at the beginning of […]
Germany slaps Telegram with $5 million fine By: AP/Web Desk on October 18, 2022Germany slaps Telegram with $5 million fine. The country announced Monday that it is issuing fines of 5.125 million euros ($5 million) against the operators of the messaging app Telegram for failing to comply with German law. The Federal Office of Justice said Telegram FZ-LLC hasn’t established a lawful way for reporting illegal content or […]
Taliban killed captives in restive Afghan province By: AP on October 18, 2022The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a report published Tuesday, refuting the group’s earlier claims that the men were killed in battle. One video of the killings verified by the report shows five men, […]
Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case By: Reuters on October 17, 2022Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case. More than 40 European rivals to Google’s shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission […]