Meta has begun removing Australian users under 16 from Instagram, Facebook, and Threads ahead of a world-first social media ban starting 10 December. Around 150,000 Facebook accounts and 350,000 Instagram accounts are expected to be affected. Teens can download their content before deactivation or appeal via ID verification. The ban, targeting platforms including YouTube, X,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday. Jared Kushner, former adviser to US President Donald Trump, is also expected to attend. The meeting follows US-led negotiations in Florida between Ukrainian and US officials to refine a peace plan seen as favorable to Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
At least 36 people have been killed after a massive fire swept through multiple high-rise apartment blocks in a housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, in what appears to be the city’s deadliest blaze in nearly 30 years. Seven of the complex’s eight towers — home to many elderly residents — remained ablaze…
American Astronaut Jim Lovell, celebrated for his courageous leadership during the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission, has passed away at the age of 97. In 1970, Lovell faced a critical situation when an explosion on board forced the mission to abandon its moon landing. Calm and determined, he expertly guided his…
Liberia’s Assistant Minister for Preventive Services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Cuallau J. Howe, has hailed the launch of a new national guidelines to combat non-communicable diseases; calling it a ‘critical and timely initiative’ in the fight against public health crisis. Speaking at the close of a three-day stakeholders’ meeting in city…
A CCTV footage has shown the moment a Nigerian care giver violently manhandled a frail elderly man with dementia as she hurled him around just days before he died.In a court hearing, the carer, Bilikesu Olagunju, 42, who had been in the job just six days, was caught on camera ‘manhandling’ John Attard, 88, at…
Pope Leo XIV has warned of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual development of young people, saying it could damage their grip on reality. Since his election as head of the Catholic Church on May 8, the pope — a mathematics graduate — has repeatedly warned of the risks associated…
China has developed mosquito-sized drones for covert military operations National University of Defense Technology in central China’s Hunan province revealed the tiny drone, alongside humanoid machines. Reports say The mini drone features two small wings with leaflike structures on either side of the stick-shaped drone, accompanied by three slender, hair-thin “legs.” Meanwhile, China has…
…Harps on the Importance of shortwave broadcasts. Pope Leo XIV has visited the Vatican Radio’s shortwave Radio Center in Santa Maria di Galeria, where he emphasized the importance of shortwave broadcasts. He traveled out of Rome’s city center in the morning, according to a post on the Vatican Social media handle. During his visit, the…
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he is suing the Trump administration over the move by President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles to curb unrest over immigration raids. In a post on X on Monday, Newsom said the violence that has broken out in parts of Los Angeles during three days…
