The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow’s energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The measures target more than 200 entities and individuals ranging from traders and officials to insurance companies, as well as hundreds of oil tankers. In a…
A selection of news photographs from around the world. Ethan Swope/AP Wildfires ripped across parts of Los Angeles, California, leading to at least 10 deaths, destroying thousands of buildings and prompting mass evacuation orders. In this photograph, a firefighter battles the Eaton fire in Altadena. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Pacific Palisades…
A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally, researchers say. The mango-flavoured pill is a combination of two existing anti-parasitic drugs that, used together, appear more effective in getting rid of worms. These worms…
TikTok isn’t the only party asking the Supreme Court to overturn the federal law that could see the app sold or banned later this month. A group of eight TikTok creators also sued the government over the law, saying it violated their First Amendment rights. The creators have argued that they have not found the…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published Friday that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove content on side effects of Covid vaccines….
New Tesla Model 3 vehicles on a truck at a logistics drop zone in Seattle, Washington, on Aug. 22, 2024. M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 239,000 of its electric vehicles in the U.S. to fix an issue that can cause its rearview cameras to fail, the company…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is axing its diversity programmes, joining firms across corporate America that are rolling back initiatives criticised by conservatives, citing legal and political risks. The move comes just days after the tech giant, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it was ending a fact-checking programme criticised by President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans…
A federal district judge found Rudolph W. Giuliani in contempt of court on Friday for continuing to defame two Georgia women after the 2020 election. In May, Mr. Giuliani agreed to stop repeating lies about the women, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, a mother-daughter team of election workers in Fulton County, Ga., during the 2020…
A person walks by The Spheres at the Amazon.com Inc. headquarters on November 14, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder | Getty Images News | Getty Images Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of major corporations that have announced similar moves in the face of increasing public…
If TikTok’s parent company, the Chinese firm ByteDance, is forced to sell the app, who would buy it? ByteDance has said a sale is not feasible. The Chinese government has indicated that it would block a sale if it includes the algorithm that makes TikTok extremely valuable. Even if Beijing were to allow a sale,…
