Facebook alters fact-checking controls for US users
WASHINGTON: Meta-owned Facebook has handed US users the controls over fact-checked content, in a potentially significant move that the platform says will give them more...
Nissan will not fill COO position left open by Gupta’s departure
TOKYO : Nissan Motor Co has decided to not fill in the chief operating officer position vacated by Ashwani Gupta under a new management structure,...
Swiss bank UBS to cut 35,000 jobs after Credit Suisse rescue: Report
Bankers, traders and support staff in Credit Suisse's investment bank in London, New York, and in some parts of Asia are expected to bear the...
Dancing cyborgs: Japanese researchers develop robot arms to ‘unlock creativity’
TOKYO: What would society look like if cyborg body parts were freely available for use like roadside rental bicycles? Masahiko Inami’s team at the University...
‘Problem solving on grass’: Swiatek looks ahead to Wimbledon with opening win
BERLIN: With one eye on Wimbledon next month, world number one Iga Swiatek came from behind to win her first grass court match of the...
US ‘deeply troubled’ by Israel’s approval of settler building permits in West Bank
JERUSALEM: The United States yesterday objected to a decision by Israel’s nationalist-religious government to approve the construction of around 5,700 additional housing units for Jewish...
Biden singles out Russia on world torture day
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden singled out “appalling brutality” by Russian authorities both at home and in occupied Ukraine in a statement yesterday marking the...
Stokes gets prized wicket of Smith after Broad brace, putting England in command
BIRMINGHAM: Ben Stokes secured the prized wicket of Australia talisman Steve Smith, after Stuart Broad had earlier taken two wickets in two balls, leaving the...
The Aces: US pop band comes of age after a reckoning with Mormonism
Tucked into the corner of the BBC's Maida Vale studios, The Aces are receiving a pep talk. "When the red light goes on, we're recording,"...
Harry and Meghan: Spotify ends podcast deal with couple
Spotify has ended its lucrative deal with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for the couple to produce podcasts. A joint statement from Harry and...