Twitter Announces Monetization Plans To Rival Facebook, YouTube
May 7, 2021 Twitter on Thursday began letting some users add virtual tip jars to accounts so people can support their tweets by tossing in money. A limited number of…
Twitter Suspends Accounts Promoting Trump Affiliated Websites
May 7, 2021 Twitter on Thursday confirmed that it pulled the plug on several accounts trying to skirt its ban on former president Donald Trump by promoting his blog posts….
U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents, reversing stance
May 6, 2021 U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents, reversing stance President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19…
COVID-19: U.S offering free beer, doughnuts as incentives to promote vaccination
May 6, 2021 Free beer, free doughnuts, savings bonds, government officials and businesses are teaming up to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. President Joe Biden wants 70 percent…
Malian woman gives birth to 9 babies
May 5, 2021 A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday – two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb – joining a small pantheon of…
COVID-19: Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year
May 5, 2021 Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again…
Renewables supplied only a third of Africa’s electricity demand growth
May 5, 2021 An analysis of global electricity revealed that wind and solar showed resilient growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, forcing a record fall in global coal power. The…
Another expensive divorce: Quick facts about Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates, who run one of the world’s largest philanthropies, are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. They both announced the divorce on Twitter at the same time….
Maradona Was Left To ‘Fate’ Ahead Of Death – Expert Panel
May 1, 2021 Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonizing period” before he died last year, an expert…
Indian scientists flag virus mutations that could ‘evade immune response’
May 1, 2021 A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the coronavirus that could “possibly evade…