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Category: WORLD

X begins charging new users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines
Main StoryThe WorldWORLD

X begins charging new users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has started charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 (£0.82) a year…

byCeylon Independent18/10/2023
Belt and Road Initiative: Is China’s trillion-dollar gamble worth it?
The WorldTOP STORYWORLD

Belt and Road Initiative: Is China’s trillion-dollar gamble worth it?

China is throwing a huge party to celebrate one of its biggest experiments in engaging with the world: its Belt…

byCeylon Independent17/10/2023
Wadea al-Fayoume: Last words of knifed US Muslim boy were ‘Mom, I’m fine’
Main StoryThe WorldWORLD

Wadea al-Fayoume: Last words of knifed US Muslim boy were ‘Mom, I’m fine’

The last words of a six-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in a suspected hate crime over the weekend were…

byCeylon Independent17/10/2023
I have a question is it not true that HAMAS is the pragmatic administrators of the Gaza having at one point been elected by the people of Palestine
The WorldTOP STORYWORLD

I have a question is it not true that HAMAS is the pragmatic administrators of the Gaza having at one point been elected by the people of Palestine

byCeylon Independent16/10/2023
Australia fines X for failing to crack down on child abuse content
The WorldTOP STORYWORLD

Australia fines X for failing to crack down on child abuse content

Australia internet safety watchdog has slapped a A$610,500 ($386,000; £317,360) fine on Elon Musk’s X for failing to cooperate with…

byCeylon Independent16/10/2023
Gaza ‘soon without fuel, medicine and food’ – Israel authorities
The WorldTOP STORYWORLD

Gaza ‘soon without fuel, medicine and food’ – Israel authorities

The Gaza Strip could be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis if supplies are not allowed in, authorities…

byCeylon Independent09/10/2023
US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack
Main StoryThe WorldWORLD

US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack

The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give…

byCeylon Independent09/10/2023
Afghanistan earthquake: Hundreds feared dead in 6.3 quake
The WorldTOP STORYWORLD

Afghanistan earthquake: Hundreds feared dead in 6.3 quake

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake hit western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border. Some estimates put…

byCeylon Independent08/10/2023
Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge
Main StoryThe WorldWORLD

Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who prosecutors say ordered the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with…

byCeylon Independent01/10/2023
Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count rises
The WorldTOP STORYWORLD

Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count rises

An explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more, local ethnic-Armenian authorities say.…

byCeylon Independent26/09/2023

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