Thai celebrity and outspoken transgender Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, has bought the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million. The 43-year-old CEO of Thailand-based media company JKN Global Group PCL, on Wednesday,…
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USA: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram’s parent company Meta sees a shrink in revenue and profits
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta said revenue fell 4% in the three months from July through September compared to a year earlier. The announcement caused shares to plunge on…
South Korean: Samsung appoints heir to top job
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has named heir and de facto boss Lee Jae-yong as its executive chairman. The symbolic move means the world’s biggest smartphone maker will now be…
Australia: Parliament rape trial aborted over juror ‘misconduct’
The trial of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins has been aborted after the misconduct of a juror. ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum dismissed the jury after…
Ghana: Eighty MPs want finance minister fired
A majority of Ghana’s ruling party parliamentarians on Tuesday asked the president to sack finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his deputy over the state of the economy and the depreciating…
Philippines: At least 26 injured in magnitude 6.4 earthquake
At least 26 people were injured by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked the northern Philippines, forcing the closure of an international airport, sending panicked residents into the streets and…
Rome: Pope Francis warns priests against temptations of pornography
Pope Francis has warned seminarians in Rome of the dangers of online pornography, calling it a temptation that “weakens the priestly heart”. The pontiff respond at length to a wide…
Mexico: Quintana Roo state decriminalises abortion
The Mexican state of Quintana Roo has voted to decriminalise abortion, becoming the latest area to ease restrictions on the procedure as part of a “green wave” demanding greater reproductive…
Lebanon: Voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees begins
Hundreds of Syrian refugees have left the remote Lebanese mountain town of Arsal in a convoy of trucks headed for the northern border on the first day of a controversial…
Liberia: First medical oxygen plant opened
Liberia has successfully installed its largest oxygen plant on Bushrod Island, located at the Star Base facility, with support from WHO, the governments of Germany, the United States, and Canada.…