Elon Musk has suggested that all users of X, formerly called Twitter, may have to pay for access to the platform. In a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…
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UK: Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks gets £500m by UK government
Port Talbot’s steelworks will be given up to £500m by the UK government in a bid to keep the plant open and produce steel in a greener way, but it…
Ireland: TikTok fined €345m over children’s data privacy
Irish regulators have fined TikTok €345m (£296m) for violating children’s privacy. The complaint concerned how the social media app handled children’s data in 2020 – particularly around age verification and…
France: Apple to update iPhone 12 over radiation
Apple will update its iPhone 12 in France after fears about radiation, the country’s digital minister says. Jean-Noel Barrot said Apple would deliver a software update for users in the…
Denmark: Artist supplies blank canvasses as art after receiving €67,000 from museum
A Danish artist has been ordered to return nearly 500,000 kroner (€67,000) to a museum after he supplied it with two blank canvasses for a project he named “Take the…
Nigeria: Country hit by widespread blackout in ‘total system collapse’
A “total system collapse” caused widespread power cuts across Nigeria on Thursday. Early in the morning, levels of power generated in Africa’s most populous country fell to zero megawatts. Connections…
USA: Workers start strike at US motor industry giants
More than 10,000 staff at three of biggest US carmakers have started strike action, their union says. Work has been stopped at three plants owned by General Motors (GM), Ford…
Spain: Man arrested after touching reporter during live broadcast
Spanish police have arrested a man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a journalist after he allegedly touched her while she was live on TV. Isa Balado was reporting on a…
Ghana: Quarry blast kills four
Four people have died and others are still missing after an explosion at a granite quarry in western Ghana on Saturday. The victims are believed to be workers who were…
South Africa: Trevor Noah tourism deal sparks storm
A proposal to pay Emmy-winning comedian Trevor Noah 33 million rand ($1.7m, £1.3m) to promote South Africa as a tourist destination has caused a storm in the country. South Africa’s…