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Facebook parent Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica case

Technology | Dec 24, 2022, 07:40 AM IST

The case sprang from 2018 revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a firm with ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon, had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million users of the platform.

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Elon Musk tells investors he won't sell any more shares in Tesla for next 18 months

World | Dec 23, 2022, 11:43 PM IST

Musk dumped another USD 2.58 billion worth of Tesla stock last week and has sold nearly USD 23 billion worth of his car company's shares since April, when he started building a position in Twitter.



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Paris: 2 dead, 4 injured in shooting; 69-yr-old suspect arrested

World | Dec 23, 2022, 06:08 PM IST

Paris shooting: Police said a 69-year-old suspect has been arrested. The motive behind the shooting is not clear yet.

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China provokes yet again! Sends 39 jets, 3 ships towards Taiwan in 24 hrs

World | Dec 22, 2022, 11:57 AM IST

China-Taiwan News: Between 6 am on Wednesday and 6 am on Thursday, 30 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides.

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COVID-19 BF.7 update: How China defines coronavirus 'deaths' in official count | DETAILS

World | Dec 22, 2022, 09:07 AM IST

China COVID-19 BF.7 update: On Wednesday, China reported no new COVID-19 deaths and subtracted one death from its overall toll, lowering it to 5,241, according to a daily tally issued by the National Health Commission, which did not explain the decrease.

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California: 6.4 magnitude earthquake injures 12 and left nearly 60,000 homes without power, water

World | Dec 21, 2022, 07:18 AM IST

The epicentre of the earthquake was just offshore at a depth of about 16 kilometres. Numerous aftershocks followed.

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Analysis: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, 2 disrupters face reckoning

World | Dec 21, 2022, 07:02 AM IST

Billionaire Elon Musk and former US president Donald Trump made news for a lot of wrong reasons. Trump has been facing legal trouble over January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, while Musk is being criticised for firing Twitter employees.

US: Congress moves to ban TikTok from government devices

US: Congress moves to ban TikTok from government devices across country

World | Dec 20, 2022, 10:58 PM IST

The $1.7 trillion package includes requirements for the Biden administration to prohibit most uses of TikTok or any other app created by its owner, ByteDance Ltd.

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At United Nations, US clashes with Iran for supplying Tehran-made drones in Russia-Ukraine war

World | Dec 20, 2022, 02:01 PM IST

The United States accused the UN secretary-general of “yielding to Russian threats” and failing to launch an investigation against Iran.

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North Korea threatens strong military steps as Japan launches biggest military build-up

World | Dec 20, 2022, 12:54 PM IST

North Korea said that Japan’s push to acquire counterstrike capability has nothing to do with self-defence but is a clear attempt to acquire “pre-emptive attack capability meant to launch strikes on other countries’ territories.”

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Russia-Ukraine war: Another drone attack rocks Kyiv amid Putin's visit to Belarus

World | Dec 19, 2022, 04:57 PM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: According to Kyiv city administration, Russia launched 23 self-exploding drones over the city and the Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down 18 of them.

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North Korea claims of test firing its first spy satellite

World | Dec 19, 2022, 12:09 PM IST

North Korea spy satellite: North Korea, on Monday, said it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite.


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Hawaii flight rocked by severe turbulence for 30 minutes; 11 seriously injured

World | Dec 19, 2022, 08:35 AM IST

Hawaii Airlines turbulence: Nearly a dozen people were seriously injured when a flight to Hawaii was rocked by severe turbulence on Sunday about 30 minutes outside Honolulu, an emergency response agency said.

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North Korea fires ballistic missile into waters off east coast

World | Dec 18, 2022, 09:33 AM IST

North Korea fires ballistic missile: Japan’s Coast Guard said it was informed by the Defense Ministry that North Korea’s suspected missile landed in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, but did not say how close it was from the Japanese coast.

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COVID-linked deaths seen in Beijing after coronavirus pandemic rules eased | KNOW DETAILS

World | Dec 18, 2022, 07:17 AM IST

COVID-19 Beijing deaths: Deaths linked to the coronavirus are appearing in Beijing after weeks of China reporting no fatalities, even as the country is seeing a surge of cases.

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Peru’s first female president fails to quash violent protests despite invoking National State of Emergency

World | Dec 17, 2022, 09:42 AM IST

Peru protests: Almost since the moment last week when Dina Boluarte took over from the ousted leader Pedro Castillo to become Peru’s first female president, she has appealed for calm and a chance to govern, insisting that the caretaker job came to her out of circumstance, not personal ambition.

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United States: 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolts West Texas, one of state’s strongest ever

World | Dec 17, 2022, 09:18 AM IST

Texas earthquake: The agency had previously issued a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 before updating it. In the interim, the National Weather Service’s office in Midland tweeted that it “would be the 4th strongest earthquake in Texas state history!”

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United Nations rejects seats for Myanmar junta, Taliban, Libya's east

World | Dec 17, 2022, 08:45 AM IST

The UN General Assembly on Friday rejected attempts by Myanmar's military junta, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, and Libya's rival eastern-based government to take their country's seats at the United Nations.

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Malaysia: Landslide at campground kills 21, about a dozen missing in Batang Kali

World | Dec 17, 2022, 06:36 AM IST

More than 90 people were sleeping on an organic farm when the dirt tumbled from a road about 30 meters (100 feet) above the site and covered about 1 hectare (3 acres). Two of the dead were found locked in an embrace, according to the state fire department chief.

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Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine

World | Dec 16, 2022, 02:55 PM IST

Local authorities on social media reported explosions in the capital, Kyiv, southern Kryvyi Rih and northeastern Kharkiv as authorities sounded air raid alarms across the country warning of a new devastating barrage of the Russian strikes that have occurred intermittently since mid-October.

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