Elon Musk declares Twitter ‘moderation council’ – as some push the platform’s limits
Read More Among the most urgent questions facing Twitter in its new era as a private company under Elon Musk, a self-declared “free speech absolutist”, is how the platform will handle moderation. After finalizing his takeover and ousting senior leadership, Musk declared on Friday that he would be forming a new “content moderation council” that […]
Billions in foreign aid never leaves Britain under Sunak rules – analysis
Read More Britain is spending more of its international development budget at home than in poor developing countries, development experts have said. A large proportion is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from Ukraine, according to the Centre for Global Development (CGD). Rishi Sunak was criticised for slashing the foreign aid budget from 0.7% to […]
Attack on Pelosi’s husband heightens fears of increasing US political violence
Read More The bloody hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has sparked increased fears over political violence in America just weeks before the country’s crucial midterm elections. The assault – by someone who reportedly entered the Democratic leader’s home specifically in search of her – comes amid an alarming […]
Consumer Inflation in Japan’s Capital Hits 33-year High
Read More A woman chooses vegetables at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan October 21, 2022. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS) TOKYO – Core consumer prices in Japan’s capital, a leading indicator of nationwide figures, rose 3.4 percent in October from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, marking the fastest annual pace since 1989 in a sign of […]
Tiny endo-microscope could spot breast cancer cells forming
Read More A tiny microscope that can be manoeuvred through small spaces inside the body during surgery could speed up breast cancer treatment, according to the scientists who created it. Experts from Imperial College London have developed an endo-microscope that is less than 1mm in diameter – about the width of 25 human hairs – […]
San Francisco PD chief: ‘Intuition’ of 911 dispatcher who took Pelosi call led to ‘higher priority’ response
Post Content San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said a “higher priority dispatch” was sent to the residence of Paul Pelosi because of the 911 operator’s “intuition” that there was “something more to the incident than what she was being told.” Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked at their San […]
Biden calls Paul Pelosi attack ‘despicable’: ‘Enough is enough’
Post Content President Biden commented on the attack against Paul Pelosi, stating it’s “despicable” during a Friday night speech. Biden made the comments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked on early Friday morning in the couple’s San Francisco residence. U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks on the status of Covid-19 […]
Barack Obama, in Georgia, calls Herschel Walker a ‘celebrity who wants to be a politician’
Post Content COLLEGE PARK, GA – Former President Barack Obama repeatedly took aim at Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia who’s challenging Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a crucial battleground state Senate showdown. The former president, making his return to the campaign trail on behalf of fellow Democrats with just a week and […]
Angered, mourning Iranian activists launch billboard campaign in NYC’s Times Square seeking Big Tech’s help
It’s been more than 40 days since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was beaten to death in the custody of Iran’s brutal morality police for not wearing the mandatory Muslim headscarf. At least 250 people have been killed in the unrest since Amini’s death, including 27 children, according to Javaid Rehman, a United Nations representative on Human […]
Trump Attorney Eastman Appeals Judge’s Email Turnover Order
On Friday, former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign attorney John Eastman appealed federal Judge David Carter’s ruling this month to turn emails over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.