The French government’s minister has come under severe criticism after her photo made it to the Playboy’s magazine cover. Marlene Schiappa is the minister for social economy in the current French government and is known for her aggressive stance on women rights and LGBT.
Elon Musk had targeted the New York based newspaper by removing its blue tick after it refused to pay for it. The New York Times with 54 million strong following now looks like a random account without the blue tick. Since Musk took over twitter last year, the micro-blogging platform has been charging its users $8 a month for the blue tick to increase its revenues.
Six workers were killed when a car entered a construction area in Baltimore County, Maryland. According to Maryland police, the car entered into the temporarily built concrete construction walls and six workers working at the construction site were run over and killed.
The former Australian SAS soldier has been charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan. Oliver Schulz, the former SAS soldier has been charged with murder of a civilian in the southern province of Afghanistan, Uruzgan. Oliver is the first serviceman to be charged with murder under the Australian law and will face life sentence.
The Israeli protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms have entered its 11th week as the government shows no signs of compromise. The judicial reforms have forced tens of thousands of Israelis to march against the unjust judicial reforms put forward by Netanyahu’s government.
In a series of TikTok bans across Europe, Canada, and the US, the UK is set to ban TikTok citing security concerns. The Chinese-owned app has come under scrutiny in 2023 in multiple countries that accuse the platform of leaking sensitive data to the Chinese government. British Minister Oliver Dowden said government devices will not be able to access the video-sharing platform.
The 7-Eleven billionaire Masatoshi Ito who transformed the stores throughout the world died at the age of 98. According to the statement from operator Seven & i Holdings, Mr. Masatoshi, who expanded a small family-owned store into one of Japan’s largest retailers and led 7-Eleven’s global expansion, passed away on Friday due to old age.
Four American citizens were kidnapped a week ago in the Northern Mexican border city. The US authorities have managed to rescue two with one woman injured in the gunfight. The four Americans were abducted by armed men a week ago, according to Mexican officials.
Japan’s H3 space rocket failed just shortly after the lift-off today. The brand-new rocket failed to ignite its second engine 5 minutes and 27 seconds after the lift-off. Rocket failure was a huge blow to Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency because it was the first medium-lift rocket designed in three decades.
An investigative report has revealed that Twitter has become increasingly dangerous for various reasons. Since Elon Musk took over the microblogging platform, child sexual exploitation and trolling have skyrocketed. The investigative report titled ‘Twitter can’t protect you from trolls any more’ was published by BBC.
In yet another round of Twitter layoffs, Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk has fired additional 200 employees. This is not the first time layoffs, but rather a continuation of the series of layoffs Musk has been doing since he took over. Further layoffs have reduced Twitter’s workforce by 10% out of the 2000 prior workforce.
An Andean bear escaped from Saint Louis Zoo for the second time this month. An Andean Bear named Ben escaped to talk a walk outside and was then forced to return to his habitat later on. Ben escaped on 7 February after which the zoo officials implemented extra security measures which couldn’t stop the young bear from escaping either.
