In new revelations, Meta chief Zuckerberg delves into how White House ‘scream’ and ‘curse’ at Facebook staff to purge Covid content

In new revelations, Meta chief Zuckerberg delves into how White House ‘scream’ and ‘curse’ at Facebook staff to purge Covid content

Mark Zuckerberg said demands from the Biden administration to censor posts grew after the Covid-19 vaccines were rolled out, after which government officials began pressuring Meta “super hard” to remove specific posts.

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UAE wants to reduce over-reliance on oil as it signs trade deals with Malaysia, Kenya, and New Zealand

UAE wants to reduce over-reliance on oil as it signs trade deals with Malaysia, Kenya, and New Zealand

Zeyoudi said Kenya will be a gateway to East Africa for the UAE and would provide a basis for further and bigger agreements with the whole bloc, which he said would start immediately.

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Human rights groups say hundreds of miners still trapped, starving in abandoned South Africa mine

Human rights groups say hundreds of miners still trapped, starving in abandoned South Africa mine

Police tried to force the miners out last year by cutting off their supplies and dismantling ropes they used to climb down into the mine and a pulley system used for supplies. A Cabinet minister said the aim was to “smoke them out” and the government would not send help because they were “criminals.”

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Why Ugandans can’t ‘Think Big’ and regard presidential tokenism as manna that ameliorates economic pain

Why Ugandans can’t ‘Think Big’ and regard presidential tokenism as manna that ameliorates economic pain

The theory that money will trickle down from, say, 100 (out of 10,000 people in a parish) targeted with money bonanzas to enrich the rest of the impoverished community is defective in a century where artificial intelligence is competing with humans in many areas of thinking power.

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Trump will inherit a robust economy from Biden hat won’t need big policy reforms

Trump will inherit a robust economy from Biden hat won’t need big policy reforms

Referring to recent US performance that has outstripped that of other developed nations and surprised many economists, Dynan said that “if you believe the economic growth in excess of trend is from immigration, it is going to be hard to get numbers as large as we saw in the latter part of the Biden administration.”

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Billionaires who rule world and space see no threat in Musk-Trump lies as Bezos readies Blue Origin

Billionaires who rule world and space see no threat in Musk-Trump lies as Bezos readies Blue Origin

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, has a $3 billion contract with NASA to land humans on the moon under Artemis, following missions by SpaceX’s Starship, Musk’s fully reusable rocket in development that is designed to put humans and cargo on both the moon and Mars.

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Pre-emption: Justice department in Trump’s first regime loved leaking information to Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers

Pre-emption: Justice department in Trump’s first regime loved leaking information to Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers

The watchdog referred its findings to the federal Office of Special Counsel to investigate whether any of the officials violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits using government positions for partisan purposes.

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US unveil new tougher sanctions to curb Russian oil exports to China and India

US unveil new tougher sanctions to curb Russian oil exports to China and India

Among the newly sanctioned ships, 143 are oil tankers that handled more than 530 million barrels of Russian crude last year, about 42 per cent of the country’s total seaborne crude exports, Kpler’s lead freight analyst Matt Wright said in a note.

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Urbanising in poverty:  Kenyan startup city shines light on what Africa has to do in readiness for 900 million urban residents

Urbanising in poverty:  Kenyan startup city shines light on what Africa has to do in readiness for 900 million urban residents

Situated on 5,000 acres, Tatu City aspires to be what its name suggests: a city, privately owned, that its designers hope will eventually have a population of 250,000. It is already home to 88 businesses employing 15,000 people. They include CCI Global, which operates a 5,000-seat call center, and Zhende Medical, a Chinese medical supply manufacturer.

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