LOS ANGELES: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Wednesday (Feb 11) rejected the notion that users could be clinically addicted to social media, as he testified in a landmark California trial over whether his company knowingly hooked children on its platform for profit. Meta – the parent company of Instagram and […]
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Wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been ruled out of England’s Six Nations opener against Wales at Twickenham after pulling up with a leg injury in training, the Rugby Football Union said on Friday. The 23-year-old Exeter Chiefs player, who started all four of England’s autumn tests, was injured in training on […]
Many Palestinians say the ceasefire, which went into effect nearly four months ago, has brought little improvement to their daily lives. TEL AVIV: The second phase of United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan was launched about two weeks ago, with a new “Board of Peace” established to oversee […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Jan 29) the US was decertifying Bombardier Global Express business jets and threatened 50 per cent import tariffs on other aircraft made in Canada until the country’s regulator certified a number of planes produced by US rival Gulfstream. “If, for any reason, this […]
U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested on Thursday in Orange County, Florida and charged with dangerous excessive speeding, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The Olympic gold medalist was pulled over by a traffic enforcement officer while traveling at 104 mph (167 kph) and “dangerously tailgating and traveling across […]
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 11 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport lost contact […]
CAGLIARI, Italy: Juventus’ Serie A title ambitions are all but over after they suffered a 1-0 defeat at Cagliari on Saturday, in a game where the visitors were unable to make their domination of possession count. Juventus sit fifth in the standings on 39 points, 10 behind leaders Inter Milan […]
MELBOURNE: Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Australian Open on Sunday after the Czech player said she was dealing with a shoulder injury. Vondrousova, who won her lone Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2023, has struggled for form since a quarter-final run at the U.S. Open last […]
Travis Head’s swashbuckling batting and the decision making of stand-in captain Steve Smith were hailed as the keys to Australia’s Ashes victory over England as the nation’s media revelled in their 4-1 series win. A five-wicket victory in the fifth test in Sydney on Thursday capped yet another comfortable home […]
SEOUL: South Korea said on Friday it will open up its currency market to allow 24-hour trading starting in July, further removing restrictions on onshore trading in a bid to win an upgrade to developed-market status, the finance ministry said. After experiencing capital flight during the Asian Financial Crisis in […]