Mark Zuckerberg. Reuters/Stephen Lam Mark Zuckerberg tries to surf or foil — another type of water sport — for an hour each morning. He said it helps him absorb whatever bad news is happening at Meta or in the world that day. Waking up to the onslaught of bad news is “almost like getting … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing criticism for his performance and management of the country’s economy. Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called on Khan to resign and make way for a new leader of the house. Parliament is expected to vote on Sunday whether to remove Khan as prime minister. Pakistan’s opposition on Thursday … Read more
According to data shared by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) earlier this month, nearly 13 700 newborn babies and 26 mothers have died in 2022 due to a lack of nutrition. Farhanaz’s family is among the 23 million Afghans facing starvation, in what has become a hunger crisis of “unparalleled proportions”, according to Dr … Read more
Police investigators are stationed outside a fast food McDonald’s restaurant, the day after two people were shot and killed in the northern Dutch city of Zwolle on March 31, 2022. Vincent Jannink / ANP / AFP Two men shot dead in a McDonald’s restaurant in a Dutch city were two brothers and well-known … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisors fear telling him the truth about his “failing” Ukraine war strategy, the head of Britain’s top communications spying agency said. Putin had “massively misjudged” the invasion, the director of Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ Jeremy Fleming said to the Australian National University in Canberra. Fleming said Putin had underestimated the Ukraine … Read more
A small girl is seen crying while attending a demonstration of solidarity with Ukraine, during which ‘Ode to Joy’, the EU anthem, was sung in Polish and Ukrainian languages. Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images UNICEF has documented more than 100 children killed in the war in Ukraine, the agency said Wednesday. The organization … Read more
The US is said to be considering a release of roughly 1 million barrels of oil a day for several months US Presdent Joe Biden has already ordered two large releases of oil from US reserves in the past six month but it’s done little to tame rampant oil prices Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has … Read more
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam. The resignations of two senior British judges were politically motivated, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday. Lam added that she was confident all levels of the judiciary in the Asian financial hub would be free from political interference. The judges resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court … Read more
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (C) gives a thank you speech during the peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine at Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul, Turkey on 29 March 2022. PHOTO: Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency via Getty If Turkey emerges as having played a key role in ending Russian violence against Ukraine, then … Read more
Two people were killed after a gunman opened fire in a McDonald’s restaurant in the northern Dutch city of Zwolle on Wednesday, police and local media said. “Two people were killed in a shooting incident,” Dutch police tweeted, with local broadcaster RTL Oost saying the incident happened around 18:00 in a McDonald’s. Witnesses told RTL … Read more