Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Microsoft has denied claims by US regulators that it went back on its word by cutting jobs after it purchased Activision Blizzard – the biggest gaming deal in history, BBC reported on Feb.8 Microsoft Gaming announced 1,900 job cuts in January, three months after the …
Read More »US private lunar lander launched to Moon
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | American company Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander was launched into space early Thursday morning, with an aim of achieving the first Moon landing of a U.S. spacecraft in five decades. The mission, codenamed IM-1, is Intuitive Machines’ first robotic flight to the Moon’s surface. The …
Read More »British economy in recession
LONDON, ENGLAND | Xinhua | The British economy has entered a recession following two successive quarters of contraction in the second half (H2) of 2023, official data showed Thursday. Britain’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023 after shrinking by 0.1 percent …
Read More »Trains diverted, internet suspended in parts of India’s Punjab as farmers strike enters day 3
NEW DELHI | Xinhua | Authorities in the northern Indian state of Punjab Thursday diverted some trains and suspended internet services in some parts in the wake of ongoing farmers’ protest march. The decision to divert trains on the Delhi-Amritsar route was made after farmers squatted on tracks at many …
Read More »US leadership’s mistakes may lead to global catastrophe – Russian Security Council
Mikhail Popov said that, the only person in the US, who can issue a nuclear weapons launch order, is currently the US President, who is characterized as “elderly man with poor memory” MOSCOW | TASS | Mistakes that the US leadership might make amid the ongoing difficult and nervous domestic …
Read More »US records about 15,000 deaths from flu this season
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | There have been at least 22 million flu illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations, and 15,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the United States, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated …
Read More »UN chief calls for gender equality in science on International Day
UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday emphasized the importance of gender equality in science in his message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which falls on Feb. 11. Guterres highlighted the critical role of women and girls in scientific fields, stating …
Read More »Why ‘the Rest’ are rejecting the West
Biden will be remembered as another American president who preaches democracy while supporting repression COMMENT | FAWAZ A. GERGES | As the war in Gaza enters its fourth month, many in the Middle East and across the Global South have been struck both by the ferocity of Israel’s military campaign and …
Read More »Real Madrid vs Girona big game in La Liga
MADRID | Xinhua | Real Madrid’s home game against second-placed Girona today looks as if it could be decisive to the outcome of La Liga, with both sides going into the encounter missing key players. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will have to totally reconstruct a defense affected by the …
Read More »North Korea’s Kim says ready to occupy South Korea if DPRK’s security requires it
At a plenary meeting of the DPRK’s ruling Worker’s Party of Korea in December, Kim said that the WPK was abandoning the idea of a peaceful reunification with the South through dialogue TOKYO | TASS | The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) considers its southern neighbor, the Republic of …
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