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Old Twitter vs X: Israel-Gaza war spotlights 'information crisis'
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Twitter won fame in the Arab uprisings nearly a decade ago as a pivotal source for real-time crisis information, but that reputation has withered after the platform's transformation into a magnet for hate speech and disinformation under Elon Musk.
Twitter suffers major outage disabling external links
AFP, Published on 07/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Monday suffered a major outage with users worldwide reporting they could no longer read links to articles from outside websites.
Biden urges government regulator to examine high gas prices
AFP, Published on 18/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden called on US regulators Wednesday to look into the causes of the nationwide spike in gasoline prices, which he said is hurting workers.
Biden administration halts oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
AFP, Published on 02/06/2021
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
Twitter service restored following global platform outage
AFP, Published on 16/10/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter was restored Thursday evening after a technical problem caused a global outage of nearly two hours on the social media platform used by hundreds of millions worldwide.
Twitter says investigating global platform outage
AFP, Published on 16/10/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter was working Thursday evening to resolve a global outage of the social media platform used by hundreds of millions worldwide.
Twitter accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, others hit in major hack
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack.
Minnows Uruguay stun Fiji in Rugby World Cup's first shock
AFP, Published on 25/09/2019
» KAMAISHI (JAPAN) - Underdogs Uruguay pulled off the greatest win in their history to beat Fiji 30-27 Wednesday, the first upset at the Rugby World Cup in Japan after a pulsating game at the Kamaishi Recovery Stadium.
Woods withdraws from Arnold Palmer over neck problem
AFP, Published on 05/03/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Former world number one Tiger Woods withdrew from this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational on Monday after failing to shake off a neck strain.