Author: News Desk

United States: The Biden Administration has prohibited the approval of new communications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE due to their “Unacceptable Risk” to US National Security. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that it had adopted the final rules, which also restrict the sale or import of equipment made by Chinese surveillance equipment manufacturer Dahua Technology, video surveillance firm Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, and telecoms firm Hytera Communications Corp. Washington has already stepped up its pressure on China’s internet giants as a result of worries that Beijing would use these companies to snoop on Americans. “These…

United States: Twitter plans to introduce its verified service with various Coloured checks for people, businesses, and Governments soon following a disastrous initial launch that saw a spike in users impersonating brands and celebrities on the platform. Chief Executive Mr. Elon Musk assign Colours to various categories: Gold for Companies, Grey for Governments, and Blue checks for People, including Celebrities. Mr. Musk added that verified accounts will be manually authenticated before a check is activated, calling it “Painful but necessary.” The current head of Twitter explained in another tweet that the updated $8 per month service will enable users to…

Spain: Australia’s tennis men defied all expectations by defeating Croatia in a makeshift doubles match and advancing to their first Davis Cup final in 19 years on a nerve-wracking evening in Malaga. Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell beat the Olympic Doubles Champions to clinch the thrilling 2-1 semi-final victory after additional heroics from Alex de Minaur had saved Lleyton Hewitt’s squad with his masterful tie-levelling singles victory over Marin Cilic. “It’s been a long time. We’re a very proud Davis Cup nation and I’m very proud of these guys. They deserve to be in the final and in with a…

San Francisco, US: The Owner of Twitter, Mr. Elon Musk, has declared that a General Amnesty for blocked users would begin next week if a majority of votes in a Poll on his account supported the move. The blocked accounts include Mr. Donald Trump’s former adviser Mr. Steve Bannon, rightwing UK broadcaster Mr. Katie Hopkins and Mr. David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard. The CEO of Twitter had started a Poll on 23rd November asking if a General Amnesty should be granted to users as long as they have not “broken the law or engaged in egregious…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Mr. Anwar Ibrahim has started his work as Malaysia’s Prime Minister after promising to lead a government that would be inclusive of everyone in the multiethnic, multireligious Southeast Asian country. The Reformist leader reached the Prime Minister’s office in the nation’s administrative capital, Putrajaya, after being sworn into office by the king on 24th November. The veteran politician has attended his first Press Conference as Prime Minister and sketched out the plans for the country. We will never compromise on good governance, the anti-corruption drive, judicial independence and the welfare of ordinary Malaysians. Mr. Anwar Ibrahim declared.…

Paris, France: The France has moved a step closer to become the first state in the world to legislate abortion as a constitutional right, after parliamentarians approved a resolution in the lower house to ensure access to “the right to voluntarily end a pregnancy”. Members of Parliament from the La France Insoumise party and Mr. Emmanuel Macron’s Centrist Alliance approved on  a clause that could be added to the constitution. The clause states that, “the law guarantees the effectiveness and equal access to the right to voluntarily end a pregnancy.” It would just take a political, economic or religious crisis…

France: The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a new class of aspiring astronauts, including the world’s first “Parastronaut.” The 3rd generation of European spacefarers consists of 5 career astronauts, 11 members of a reserve pool of astronauts and one astronaut with a physical disability, who will take part in a feasibility project to include astronauts with disabilities in human spaceflight and possible future missions. This ESA astronaut class is bringing ambition, talent and diversity in many different forms to drive our endeavours and our future. continuous exploration in low Earth orbit on the International Space Station, going forward to…

London, UK: The iSpoof fraud website, which was taken down by Scotland Yard’s Cybercrime section with the assistance of the authorities in the US and Ukraine, is told to have targeted more than 200,000 potential victims. Members of British law enforcement were part of a global operation to take down the illegal website. In collaboration with Dutch Law Enforcement, the Authority was able to hack the website’s Dutch servers and covertly listen to phone calls. Scammers using fictitious profiles they built on the website at one stage contacted around 20 people each minute, and it’s possible that they took up…

Brasilia, Brazil:The Head of Brazil’s Electoral Court has overturned the attempt by outgoing President Mr. Jair Bolsonaro’s Party to invalidate the results of October’s run-off election. The Supreme Court Justice, Mr. Alexandre de Moraes, also fined the parties in Mr. Bolsonaro’s coalition $4.3 million (22.9 million reais) for their bad faith litigation. Mr. Bolsonaro had challenged the Brazilian Presidential election that he lost to Mr. Lula da Silva by claiming that votes from some machines should be invalidated. The complete bad faith of the plaintiff’s bizarre and illicit request was proven, both by the refusal to add to the initial…

Qatar: The World Cup of protest and animosity had taken yet another explosive turn with Germany’s players covering their mouths with their hands to suggest they had been restrained by football’s governing body, Fifa. The German Interior Minister, Ms. Nancy Faeser, who sat next to Fifa President Gianni Infantino and also wore a OneLove armband, which encourages tolerance, diversity, and LGBTQ+ rights, added strength to their message. It was an intentional act of disobedience against Fifa, which has threatened seven countries, including England and Wales, with sporting sanctions if their captains wear OneLove armbands during matches. Before the team’s shocking…