US senate votes to ban TikTok on government-owned devices. The US Senate late on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill to bar federal employees from using the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on government-owned devices. The bill must still be approved by the US House of Representatives before going to President Joe Biden for approval. […]
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Health officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids
Health officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 […]
Taiwanese train for war after year of crises
Taiwanese train for war after year of crises Taichung, Taiwan – The noise from the jet engines reverberates across Taichung, drowning out the sounds from the congested traffic and continuing construction as a squadron of F-16 fighters roars past the rooftops of the city’s skyscrapers. The planes quickly disappear behind the light cover of smog […]
Social media influencers charged with $100MM stock scheme
Social media influencers charged with $100MM stock scheme A group of social media influencers has been charged with conspiring to manipulate stock prices in an alleged scheme that netted them $114m (£90m). The eight men hyped market-traded securities online to followers without disclosing they planned to sell once prices rose, say prosecutors. The influencers, aged […]
Elon Musk sells $3.6B shares of Tesla
Elon Musk sells $3.6B shares of Tesla Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has sold another 22 million shares, worth $3.58bn (£2.9bn), in the electric car maker Tesla. The shares were sold on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week, according to a filing with a US financial regulator. It brings the total of Tesla stocks sold by Mr. […]
Elon Musk loses title as world’s richest person to LVMH’s Arnault: Forbes
Elon Musk loses title as world’s richest person to LVMH’s Arnault. Twitter owner and Tesla boss Elon Musk briefly lost his title of the world’s richest person on Wednesday after a plunge in the value of his stake in the electric carmaker and his controversial, $44 billion purchase of the social media site. Bernard Arnault, […]
Why is consensual teen sex a crime in India?
Why is consensual teen sex a crime in India? A decade ago, India introduced a tough new law to deal with cases of child sexual abuse. But as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act criminalizes all sexual activity by children under 18, many adolescent boys in consenting relationships are finding themselves on […]
Meta sued for $2B over Facebook ‘rousing hate’ in Ethiopia
Meta sued for $2B over Facebook ‘rousing hate’ in Ethiopia A lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook, inflaming the country’s bloody civil war, has been filed. The lawsuit, filed in Kenya’s High Court on Tuesday, was brought by two Ethiopian researchers and the Kenyan rights […]