Nigeria will prosecute anyone found to have breached the country’s ban on the social media firm Twitter. The government announced on Friday it was suspending Twitter’s operations in the country.…
USA: The millionaire tech inventor who was ‘thrown away’ as a baby
Freddie Figgers was given his first computer at the age of nine. It was old and didn’t work but it was the start of a love affair with technology that…
Burkina Faso: More than 130 killed in village raid
Armed men have killed over 132 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the country’s worst attack in recent years, the government says. Homes and the…
UK: G7 tax deal for multinational companies
A landmark deal struck by rich nations to make multinational companies pay more tax has been criticised by campaigners for not going far enough. G7 finance ministers meeting in London…
Denmark: Parliament approves giant artificial island off Copenhagen
Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs. The giant island, named Lynetteholm,…
UK: Drug dealers caught after undertaking police on M6 hard shoulder
Drug dealers were caught with cocaine with a street value of £500,000 after undertaking a police patrol car as they sped along a motorway hard shoulder. The two dealers used…
Nigeria: Twitter Suspended ‘indefinitely’
Nigeria’s government is suspending Twitter operations in the country “indefinitely”, the country’s information minister has announced. The ban is due to “the persistent use of the platform for activities… capable…
USA: Facebook suspends Trump accounts for two years
Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years. He was barred indefinitely from both sites in January in the wake of posts…
Hong Kong: $1.3m parking space sold for US$1.3m
A parking space has reportedly sold for a record-breaking $1.3m (HK$10.2m; £930,000) in Hong Kong. It was one of several spots sold at an ultra-luxury development in the city’s affluent…
UN: Cost of food rises at fastest pace in over a decade
Global food prices have jumped at their fastest monthly rate in over a decade, according to the United Nations. The UN uses a broad index of global food costs, which…