Police have raided a pizzeria in western Germany which they alleged served customers a side of cocaine when they ordered item number 40 on the menu. Authorities were tipped off…
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Lebanon: Israel bombs Hezbollah-linked financial institutions
Israel has carried out air strikes targeting branches of a financial association linked with Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, as well as the south and east…
China: ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project
ByteDance, the owner of Tik Tok has relived an intern of duties for “maliciously interfering” with the training of one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The firm rejected claims…
Canada:Tobacco firms propose to pay $23.6bn to end a decades-long fight
Three of the world’s biggest cigarette companies are nearing a deal that would end a decades-long fight in Canada to hold the firms to account for hiding the health risks…
USA: Meta fires staff for misusing meal vouchers
Workers at Meta have reportedly been sacked for abusing the tech firm’s meal voucher system, such as using it to buy toothpaste and washing powder. Other breaches of the policy…
China: Economy continues to grow but at a slow rate
China’s economy expanded in the third quarter at the slowest pace since early last year, as the country struggles to boost flagging growth. On an annual basis, gross domestic product…
Martinique: France to cut prices in the island over cost of living unrest
After more than six weeks of protests over the high cost of living on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local prefecture has signed a deal to cut soaring…
UK: Man fights to excavate landfill to recover Bitcoins worth half a billion dollars
History will always remember the Wales-based software engineer, James Howells who threw away half a billion dollars of bitcoins in the trash can. This case dates back to 2013 when Howells unintentionally put…
India: Samsung workers end month long strike
Workers at Samsung Electronics’ factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have called off a labour strike that went on for more than a month. Around 1,500 workers…
India: From one Tata chairperson to another
A day after the death of India’s most globally-recognised tycoon Ratan Tata, his half-brother Noel Tata has been named as the new chairperson of Tata Trusts, the group has announced. Tata Trusts…