Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media?
Meta owned social media platforms ends third-party fact-checking, adopting community notes as its replacement.
Meta, the owner of Facebook and other social media platforms, will implement major changes to its content moderation policies, founder...
Earth records hottest ever year in 2024 and crosses key 1.5C threshold
EU’s climate monitor says climate crisis is pushing temperatures to levels never experienced by modern humans.
The world has just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times,...
Ukraine takes another bite out of Russia as Moscow grinds on in Donetsk
Ukraine also announced significant investments in unmanned and long-range systems, where it has an edge.
Ukrainian forces launched a new surprise offensive inside Russia, expanding their salient in Kursk towards the north and...
Deaths from Israeli attacks in Gaza undercounted by 41 percent, study finds
The Lancet medical journal estimates the actual number of deaths in the first nine months of war is much higher than the official toll.
An official Palestinian tally of deaths in Israel’s war...
Sudan’s RSF tried to polish its image but its crimes are being recognised
Paramilitary force’s image tarnished by US genocide designation, say experts, as survivors hope for justice.
In June 2023, Ibrahim Shumo and some friends fled war-torn Sudan’s West Darfur, the members of the...
Which Hollywood stars have lost their homes in the California wildfires?
Celebrities have lost homes but a social media post showing the Hollywood sign burning proved to be false.
Since Tuesday, wildfires have ravaged different neighbourhoods in California, especially around the Los Angeles area.
The California...
Los Angeles fires burn 10,000 structures as new blaze spreads
Third blaze breaks out in West Hills as authorities battle to bring existing fires under control.
Two wildfires in the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people and burned some...
Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet
Mark Zuckerberg’s invocation of ‘cultural tipping point’ comes as number of fact-checking initiatives has plateaued.
When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that the social media giant would scrap third-party fact-checking...
Trump says Putin meeting is being set up
“We have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody mess,” says U.S. president-elect about the Russian ruler’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said late Thursday that a...
Olaf Scholz blocked €3B Ukraine aid proposal, German report says
German chancellor grapples with Ukraine issue as election campaign heats up.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked a proposal for an additional €3 billion aid package for weapons to Ukraine, according to a...
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Albania’s TikTok ban raises rule of law questions
Planned nationwide embargo on TikTok is an “abuse of power” and will suppress free speech, opposition warns.
It’s not just Washington or Bucharest. Albania is...
