Twitter down for thousands of users
Twitter Inc’s services were down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than…
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Vietnam arrests 65 for drug smuggling in toothpaste tubes
Police have arrested 65 people for smuggling 50kg of drugs – some hidden in toothpaste tubes – into Vietnam. It…
Thai woman accused of murdering 12 friends in cyanide poisonings
Thai police say they have arrested a woman suspected of killing 12 of her friends and acquaintances by poisoning them…
British American Tobacco to pay $635m for North Korea sanctions breaches
British American Tobacco is to pay $635m (£512m) plus interest to US authorities after a subsidiary admitted selling cigarettes to…
Tangaraju Suppiah: Singapore to execute man over cannabis charge
Singapore is set to hang a man for trafficking cannabis, in the city-state’s latest controversial execution. Activists say Tangaraju Suppiah…
Joe Biden announces 2024 presidential run
US President Joe Biden has announced that he will seek re-election for the presidency in 2024, with Vice-President Kamala Harris…
Solar eclipse: Thousands flock to remote Australian town for rare celestial event
A rare solar eclipse has thrilled thousands of people who flocked to a remote Australian town for the best vantage…
Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over Twitter data
Twitter boss Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft as he accused the technology giant of using data from his…
Heatwave: Is India ready to deal with extreme temperatures?
In his best-selling 2020 novel, The Ministry for the Future, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson opens with a deadly…
Alabama shooting: Phil Dowdell died saving sister’s life
The birthday girl at an Alabama party where four people were shot dead was saved by her brother, she has…