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Dow Jones Futures Rise As Regulators Protect All SVB Deposits; Signature Bank Closed

Dow Jones futures jumped early Monday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, after a flurry of news Sunday evening. The FDIC and other financial regulators announced that all SVB Financial depositors will get  access to all funds Monday morning, while also announcing a plan to limit the contagion. Regulators also said they would […]

BBC faces staff mutiny after Gary Lineker’s suspension

Former English football player and BBC presenter Gary Lineker outside his home in London on March 12.HENRY NICHOLLS/Reuters The BBC is facing a staff mutiny and allegations it stifled free speech after managers suspended top sportscaster Gary Lineker for criticizing the government’s new migration policy. The British broadcaster is best known for its global news […]

Deforestation Inc: How Canada’s biggest forestry company is lobbying government

This is the third in a series of four articles resulting from a months-long investigation into Paper Excellence, a B.C.-headquartered pulp and paper company that has quickly grown to control large tracts of Canadian forests and become the largest company of its kind in North America. The stories are part of Deforestation Inc., an investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative […]

GOP warns of ‘trust’ deficit facing FBI’s FISA renewal push

House Republicans deciding whether certain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act powers will be reauthorized warned the FBI about its “trust” deficit with Congress and the public as intelligence chiefs pointed to the tool’s use against China. FBI Director Christopher Wray and other spy chiefs were grilled about FISA during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. […]

We find, and try, the next step in pillow technology on Amazon Japan

Steps can go in either direction, you know. With the worsening hay fever season and wildly fluctuating temperatures in much of Japan these days, our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma has been having trouble getting a good night’s sleep. And to make matters worse, his pillow just wasn’t cutting it anymore. So, Masanuki logged onto Amazon Japan […]

Oil giant Saudi Aramco notches up nearly £134bn profit in 2022

The firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co, said in its annual report that higher crude oil prices propelled its profits. It made the announcement on Riyadh’s Tadawul stock exchange. In 2021, Aramco declared profits of 110 billion dollars (£91.4 billion), compared with 49 billion dollars (£40.7 billion) in 2020 when the world […]

Who is Gary Lineker and What is the Controversy Around His Tweet? EXPLAINED

The BBC’s flagship football highlights show Match of the Day was cut short on Saturday as pundits and commentators pulled out after presenter Gary Lineker was taken off air by the corporation. Lineker was told to “step back” from the role he has held since 1999 on Friday after an impartiality row broke out over […]

China retains Yi Gang as central bank chief in unexpected move

Beijing: China retained its central bank chief Sunday in a surprise move, as the country appointed a cabinet focused on fighting economic headwinds. At a meeting of China’s rubber-stamp national legislature, Yi Gang was confirmed as governor of the People’s Bank of China against expectations that retirement-age Yi would step down. China also retained two […]

Who is winning the war of words on WeChat in the NSW election?

Dr Yang said while NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet had a historically larger WeChat footprint, with mentions in 103 articles to Mr Minns’ 43, he had not appeared to have paid for advertising during the election campaign. Mr Perrottet, whose seat of Epping has the second-highest number of people with Chinese ancestry in the state (31,758), […]

Australia, US and UK leaders to unveil nuclear submarine partnership to counter China

Representational image. ANI Washington: The leaders of the US, Australia and the UK will unveil on Monday a plan to outfit Australia with nuclear-powered submarines in an unprecedented three-way defense partnership dubbed AUKUS that seeks to counter China’s attempts to achieve naval dominance in the Pacific, reported Japan Times. US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime […]

2 top ETFs for ASX growth investors to buy next week

If you’re a growth investor looking for some new options, then you might want to consider exchange traded funds (ETFs). There are a number of ETFs out there that allow investors to buy a slice of some high quality growth shares through a single investment. Two such ETFs that will allow you to achieve this […]

Japanese woman molested on Holi opens up on the incident; here’s what she said

She also said that she participated in the festival with 35 of her friends. However, In a series of Tweet, she said that she loves everything about India and can’t hate the country even after this incident. India and Japan will forever be “Tomodachi” which means friends. The video of the incident which went viral […]

From TikTok to Chinese cranes, what else is there the US is not afraid of?

RECENTLY, some American politicians have one more concern. They worried that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports could become hidden spying tools for China. This absurd claim, which fits the narrative style of American science fiction movies, is not only baseless but also typical of paranoid thinking. It’s unbelievable that the US, as a […]

14 cream teas in Devon for the best afternoon treat

One of the things that Devon is famous for is the traditional cream tea – a delicious, freshly-baked, warm scone cut in half, and topped with clotted cream followed by strawberry jam, and served with a drink of tea. Across the county, there are plenty of tearooms, cafes, restaurants and hotels offering a cream tea, […]

Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil jailed for months

Chow Hang-tung, Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democratic Patriotic Movements of China, leaves after being released on bail at a police station in Hong Kong, on 5 June, 2021. AP File Hong Kong: Three former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of victims of China’s 1989 crackdown […]

TikTok banned on Ontario government devices

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park —– TikTok has been banned from all Ontario government devices, Treasury Board President Prabmeet Sarkaria announced late on Thursday. The ban comes less than two weeks after The Trillium first reported the provincial […]

Belgium bans TikTok from federal government work phones

Belgian federal government employees will no longer be allowed to use the Chinese-owned video app TikTok on their work phones, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. De Croo said the Belgian national security council had warned of the risks associated with the large amounts of data collected by TikTok, which is owned […]

NHL Rumors: Flyers, Sharks, Maple Leafs, Senators

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Philadelphia Flyers have released GM and President Chuck Fletcher and Daniel Briere is taking over effective immediately. Meanwhile, GM Mike Greier was asked about trading Nick Bonino and seemed to confirm the team could have gotten more in a trade. The Ottawa Senators are getting multiple bids to purchase […]

A meatless beef bowl? We try a plant-based meal at Sukiya in Taiwan

Can a meatless beef bowl pass the “meat” test? Those who live or have lived in Japan will be familiar with the chain restaurant Sukiya, which is a casual eatery that serves beef bowls with all kinds of toppings, curry, and even limited-time-only menu items. What you might not know is that Sukiya has expanded […]

Secure messaging apps line up to warn UK’s Online Safety Bill risks web security

Secure messaging apps are lining up to oppose measures in the U.K. government’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) they argue will do the opposite of promoting online safety by undermining the robust encryption web users rely upon to safeguard their communications. Meta-owned WhatsApp, the not-for-profit Signal Foundation behind the Signal app, and Element, which operates the […]

Discord is Inviting an OpenAI-Powered Chatbot to Join Your Server

Discord isn’t new to artificial intelligence, but it’s certainly making a statement about its commitment to it in its latest blog post. The company has declared its chat app the “place for AI with friends.” Indeed, if you want to bring a seemingly-sentient AI chatbot into a conversation with your favourite online pals, you can […]

A history of Gary Lineker’s most controversial tweets, from Brexit to Russian donors

When Gary Lineker called the government’s migrant policy “immeasurably cruel” and compared the language around it to 1930s Germany, it sent politicians, pundits and Twitter into a spin. There were calls for the BBC’s top-paid presenter to be sacked from the broadcaster over claims he breached their impartiality guidelines. But the former footballer has said he will be […]

Is TikTok safe to use? Concerns about harmful content and user data

W hile social networks like Facebook and Twitter are stagnating, TikTok is growing fast. With such growth comes plenty of attention, and TikTok is now facing scrutiny in several areas, from the algorithmic distribution of harmful content to how it handles user data. The US has already banned the viral video app on government devices […]

Ontario cities, police forces ban TikTok on devices while others consider the move

Cities and police services across Ontario say they are following the federal government’s lead in banning TikTok from work and government-owned devices, while others consider such bans, as privacy watchdogs assess the video-sharing platform for threats. The City of Toronto says it has not decided whether to restrict the application on city-issued mobile devices but […]