WhatsApp has launched its first major privacy-focused advertising campaign in the UK. It follows a customer backlash against changes to its terms and conditions, announced earlier this year. The platform…
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UK: G7 leaders promise one billion Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations
Leaders of the major industrial nations have pledged one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries as a “big step towards vaccinating the world”, Boris Johnson has said. At the…
Israel: Naftali Bennett ends Netanyahu’s long tenure in office
Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has vowed to unite the nation frayed by four elections in two years of political stalemate. He said his government “will work for the…
USA: Man swallowed and spits out by whale
A US lobsterman has been describing how he escaped being swallowed by a humpback whale. Michael Packard says he was diving when he ended up in the marine giant’s mouth…
USA: Lawmakers introduce bills targeting Big Tech
US lawmakers have introduced five bills aimed at liming the power held by Big Tech companies. The bills were drafted after a 16-month investigation into the powers of Amazon, Apple,…
China: Officials punished over marathon runner deaths
Authorities in China have punished 27 government officials over the deaths of 21 ultra-marathon runners last month. Athletes taking part in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in Gansu province were hit…
Palestine: Teenager shot dead in clash at protest
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday. Mohammed Hamayel, 15, died in clashes as Palestinians protested against…
USA: Virgin Atlantic explores ‘flying taxi’ partnership
Virgin Atlantic is exploring whether it could launch a flying taxi service as part of a partnership with Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace. The airline suggests electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles…
USA: Sony Music writes off artists’ decades-old debts
Sony Music has cancelled the debts of thousands of artists who signed to the record label before the year 2000. It means that many will now, for the first time,…
UK: G7 Leaders to unveil global anti-pandemic action plan
G7 leaders are to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated. On the second day…