More than 1,000 Twitter employees had ability to aid hack of accounts – Reuters
More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others, two…
Bill Gates denies ‘inventing’ COVID-19, says our foundation has given more money for vaccines than any group
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday pushed back against some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s a bad combination of pandemic and…
Sudan finds mass grave believed to have bodies of army officers executed by Bashir
Sudan has found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against the former President Omar al-Bashir, the…
Italy prosecutors seek jail term for Eni, Shell executives in Nigeria case
Italian prosecutors in a Milan court have asked for oil majors Eni and Shell to be fined 900,000 euros ($1.04 million) each and sought to confiscate a total of $1.092…
COVID-19: WHO working to ensure fair vaccine distribution, says first use not expected until early 2021
Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization…
Buhari, most followed African leader on Twitter ahead of Paul Kagame, Ramaphosa – BCW Twiplomacy report
President Muhammadu Buhari has been ranked as the most followed Sub-saharan African leader on Twitter with 3,121,169 followers. This is according to Burson Cohn and Wolfe (BCW), a global communications…
US acquires 100m doses of potential coronavirus vaccine for $1.95bn
The US government has agreed to pay $1.95 billion (1.68 billion euros) to secure 100 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by US pharma giant Pfizer and…
COVID-19: WHO, Africa CDC inaugurate C’ttee to enhance R&D of traditional medicines
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) are collaborating to enhance research and development of traditional medicines for COVID-19 in Africa….
Microsoft, Nike, Unilever team up to combat global carbon emissions
Microsoft Corp, Nike Inc, Starbucks Corp , Unilever NV and five other industry titans from various sectors are teaming up to help businesses globally achieve zero carbon emissions. Called “Transform to…
COVID-19: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs
Microsoft Corp’s professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic is having a sustained impact on…