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Trump set for unprecedented second UK state visit
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» LONDON — US President Donald Trump lands in Britain on Tuesday for an historic second state visit that will see the UK government spare no effort in trying to flatter the mercurial American president.
Ex-WhatsApp executive sues Meta over alleged security failures
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO (UNITED STATES) - A former top security executive at WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that parent company Meta systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures.
Trump accuses S.Africa of 'confiscating' land, cuts funding
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.
Crypto’s $205bn stablecoin market set to go mainstream
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/12/2024
» NEW YORK - While Bitcoin’s surge above $100,000 captivated the headlines in 2024, many financial firms were more focused this year on a different type of cryptocurrency whose price is never meant to rise — or fall for that matter.
On these apps, the dark promise of mothers sexually abusing children
The New York TImes, Published on 08/12/2024
» The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera.
Musk, top exec say Twitter to be renamed X, get big makeover
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter owner Elon Musk and the chief executive he brought aboard just a month ago say the social media network will ditch the bird logo, rebrand the platform with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce.
Musk's moves felt from Wall Street to the Vatican
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk was at the news epicenter Thursday, from stripping Pope Francis of Twitter verification to Tesla's drag on stocks and the explosion of the world’s largest rocket.
Indonesia blocks Yahoo, PayPal for non-compliance
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has blocked the search engine website Yahoo, the payments firm PayPal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday, sparking a backlash on social media.
Payment startups big winners of e-commerce boom
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» PARIS - They were little known before the pandemic, but startups in the flourishing digital payment industry are now worth a fortune as Covid-19 has forced people to increasingly embrace e-commerce.
Fans trash Twitter's Trump ban - on Twitter
AFP, Published on 10/01/2021
» NEW YORK: Friends, family and advisors to Donald Trump have been bitterly complaining that Twitter's ban of the president after his supporters stormed the US Capitol amounts to an assault on free speech by radical leftists.