UN urges Mali to end hereditary slavery
U.N. human rights experts on Friday called on Mali to crack down on hereditary slavery after a series of violent attacks against people born into servitude.
Slavery was officially ...
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Facebook rebrand mostly applies gauze to cover a tarnished name
The metaverse is here, in name if not in fact. Facebook (FB.O), the company, will henceforth be known as Meta, a new name that reflects co-founder and Chief Executive ...
Eriksen cannot play for Inter, but club open to letting him leave
Christian Eriksen is not permitted to play in Italy this season as a result of the cardiac arrest he suffered at Euro 2020, his club Inter Milan said in a statement, ...
Alien world under Austria’s doomed glaciers tells tale of their collapse
Scientists are venturing inside otherworldly ice caves growing beneath Austria’s doomed glaciers to study why they are melting even faster than expected, and understand the fate that will befall ...
Ferrari EU court case win has implications for numerous industries
Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari (RACE.MI) on Thursday won its dispute with a German car design company after Europe’s top court agreed with its arguments that it ...
No crowd surfing, orderly queues: Ireland lays down new Covid -19 rules
Crowd surfing will not be permitted at concerts in Ireland and nightclub goers must form a socially distanced queue to buy drinks, under new guidelines issued by the government for ...
France, Britain locked in fishing standoff as Brexit tensions mount (Updated)
Britain threatened on Friday to board French fishing boats and France stood by a plan to impose sanctions on British vessels in a deepening row over post-Brexit fishing rights.
The ...
TV series on Maradona promises new details, and controversy
A new drama series based on the life of late Argentine footballer Diego Maradona promises to reveal little-known details about the turbulent life and times of the legendary player and ...
Microsoft to work with community colleges to fill 250,000 cyber jobs
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Thursday said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years.
Microsoft said it ...
Biden, pushing $1.75 trillion spending bill, dealt setback on infrastructure
President Joe Biden was dealt a setback as the House of Representatives abandoned plans for a vote on an infrastructure bill with progressives seeking more time to consider his call ...
Facebook changes name to Meta as it refocuses on virtual reality
Facebook Inc (FB.O) is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on investing in the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets ...
UK condemns France’s seizure of fishing boat as post-Brexit row deepens
Britain on Thursday condemned France’s seizure of a British fishing boat in French waters and warned Paris against further retaliation in a rapidly deteriorating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.
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Poland must undo judicial overhaul to get EU COVID aid, Commission chief says
Poland must undo its new disciplinary system for judges to unlock access to billions of euros of European Union aid aimed at helping revive economic growth mauled by the coronavirus ...
Uncertainty dogs 787 deliveries, MAX approval ahead of Boeing Q3
Hopes of an imminent breakthrough in deliveries of Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 787 jetliner were fading on Tuesday after a top supplier reported a lull in activity and two industry ...
Russia wants forests, nuclear and hydro treated as green at COP26
Russia will press for its forests, nuclear plants and hydro-electric power to be recognised as green projects at the COP26 climate summit, its environment minister told Reuters.
Representatives from nearly 200 ...
Barcelona hire Barjuan as interim coach to replace Koeman
Barcelona have named their ‘B’ side coach Sergi Barjuan as interim manager following the departure of Ronald Koeman, the LaLiga club said in a statement on Thursday.
Koeman was sacked ...
Volvo Cars hopes downsized IPO can rev up investors’ electric dreams
Volvo Cars is hoping investors will buy into its long-term electric vehicle strategy and see past supply chain worries and questions about its shift to battery power as it gears ...
Pfizer gets US contract for 50 million Covid jabs for kids
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they expect to deliver 50 million more doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. government by April-end, as the country prepares ...
Tax rises and inflation to squeeze UK living standards
Higher inflation and rising taxation to fund growing demand for healthcare and other public services will cause living standards in Britain to barely rise over the coming year, the Institute ...
Tens of millions of J&J Covid-19 shots sit at Baltimore factory
An estimated 30 million to 50 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine made early this year sits idle in Emergent BioSolutions Inc’s plant in Baltimore awaiting a green ...
Beirut blast probe again interrupted as interrogation of ex-PM halted
The judge heading Lebanon’s investigation into the devastating Beirut port explosion suspended the interrogation of former Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Thursday after Diab filed a suit questioning the ...
Laos police seize record drugs haul in Golden Triangle
Lao police have seized a record haul of illicit drugs in the Golden Triangle region, two security sources in Thailand confirmed on Thursday, in what the United Nations said was ...
Israeli startup AIR unveils flying vehicle to be used ‘like cars’
Israeli startup AIR on Tuesday unveiled its first “easy-to-operate” electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it aims to sell directly to consumers predominantly in the United States starting ...
Moscow embarks on sweeping lockdown as Covid-19 deaths surge, vaccine campaign to be relaunched
The Russian capital brought in its strictest lockdown measures since June 2020 on Thursday as hospitals confront a rising wave of coronavirus cases that has sent one-day pandemic deaths to record ...