ELON MUSK APOLOGIZES FOR MOCKING EX-TWITTER EMPLOYEE, QUESTIONING HIS DISABILITY

Wed 08 March 2023: In a series of tweets, Elon Musk apologized for mocking an ex-Twitter employee and questioning his disability. Haraldur Thorleifsson, former staff at Twitter, said in a tweet on Monday that he was unable to log into his computer and human resource at Twitter failed to provide information on his employment status. After nine days of no […]

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UN REFUGEE AGENCY ‘PROFOUNDLY CONCERNED’ BY UK’S ILLEGAL MIGRATION BILL

Wed 08 March 2023: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it is “profoundly concerned” by the United Kingdom government’s proposal to deport asylum seekers without considering their claims. If passed, the UNHCR has said, this it will amount to an “asylum ban”. It has accused Rishi Sunak’s government of “extinguishing the right […]

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GERMAN INVESTIGATORS UNCOVERED GROUP BEHIND NORD STREAM BOMBINGS: REPORT

Wed 08 March 2023: German investigators uncovered an evidence that showed a pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines last year, local media reported on Tuesday. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, denied the Ukrainian government had any involvement in the pipeline attacks. “Although I enjoy collecting amusing conspiracy theories about the […]

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GERMAN GOVERNMENT POISED TO BAN HUAWEI AND ZTE PARTS FROM ITS 5G NETWORKS

Tue 07 March 2023: Germany’s government is planning to ban telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper Zeit Online wrote on Monday. According to Zeit Online, which mentioned government sources, the restriction might apply to network components that are already installed, forcing operators to […]

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CANADA’S TRUDEAU OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY CHINA

Tue 07 March 2023: Days after opposition parties opened up a front, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that two agencies will probe the allegations of Chinese interference in the country’s elections.  The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) will look into the […]

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PRO-UKRAINIAN GROUP SABOTAGED NORD STREAM: US INTELLIGENCE

Tue 07 March 2023: New intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. There was no evidence that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy or his top lieutenants in Ukraine were involved in the operation, or that the perpetrators were […]

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DAMAGE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED $100 BILLION, UN SAYS

Tue 07 March 2023: The cost of damage caused by devastating earthquakes in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official says ahead of a major donor conference next week. “It’s clear from the calculations being done to date that the damage figure presented by the government and supported by … […]

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‘WE MUST STOP THE BOATS,’ UK HOME SECRETARY SAYS AHEAD OF STATEMENT ON NEW BILL

Tue 07 March 2023: British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said a new bill that will be brought to the House of Commons on Tuesday will “stop the boats” carrying migrants across the Channel. Speaking to The Telegraph, ahead of her statement in parliament, Braverman said: “We must stop the boats and that’s what our Bill […]

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TURKEY OPPOSITION PICKS KEMAL KILICDAROGLU AS CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST PRESIDENT ERDOGAN

Tue 07 March 2023: Turkish opposition parties on Monday declared Kemal Kilicdaroglu as a candidate against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the upcoming May election. One of the biggest parties in the opposition alliance, the nationalist IYI party, had been reluctant to endorse his nomination. The decision to announce Kilicdaroglu’s name came after “a 72-hour-long […]

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