The co-chief executive of Kakao, the company behind South Korea’s largest mobile messaging app, has resigned after a massive outage at the weekend. Namkoong Whon told a news conference that…
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India: Google fined $161m for unfair practices
Indian authorities have fined Google 13bn rupees ($161m; £144m) for using its Android platform to dominate the market. The country’s competition regulator has accused the tech giant of entering into…
Colombia: UN reports record cocaine coca crop
Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants – the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine – by 43%, a new UN report says. Last year the area of…
Kenya: Nairobi unveils first electric-powered bus
Swedish technology start-up Roam has begun piloting electric buses in Nairobi, Kenya. The company will for the next 12 months provide commuter services between the central business district and the…
USA: Anna May Wong gets her face on US currency
Actress Anna May Wong is set to become the first Asian American to be featured on US currency. She will appear as part of an effort to feature notable women…
India: News website removes Meta investigation after row
An Indian news website has removed four investigative reports it published on Meta after a controversy. The reports, published by The Wire, said a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata…
Germany: U-turn on phasing out nuclear power amid energy crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country’s three remaining nuclear power stations to keep operating until mid-April, as the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hurts the…
Denmark: Massive tear in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline
At least 50 metres (164ft) of an underwater pipeline bringing Russian gas to Germany is thought to have been destroyed by a blast last month. Video shot by a Norwegian…
Qatar: Al Jazeera staff allege harassment and bullying went unchecked
Kamahl Santamaria, a veteran television journalist, was just 32 days into his job at New Zealand’s top broadcaster TVNZ when he resigned. Surprise gave way to shock as allegations about…
USA: Musk asks American government to fund Ukraine Starlink
Elon Musk has said his rocket firm SpaceX cannot continue indefinitely paying for Ukraine’s Starlink internet service in his latest spat with Kyiv. In February, the world’s richest man activated…