Argentina's World Cup heroes had to leave an open-top bus parade in Buenos Aires as millions of delighted supporters filled the streets and brought the city to a stop. Lionel Messi and his teammates were flown into helicopters to complete the celebrations. The supporters, estimated at
The Bank of England has introduced the new appearance of banknotes bearing the picture of King Charles III. The portrait will be the only alteration to the present designs of the £5, £10, £20, and £50 notes, and it will begin to circulate by the middle
Epic Games will pay $520 million to settle charges that it improperly gathered the personal information of children and deceived consumers into completing purchases, the Federal Trade Commission and the business announced. It will pay a $275 million fine for violating children's privacy legislation, and it
Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as the social media platform's chief executive amid a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he assumed the position. According to a poll launched by Musk himself on Sunday evening, December
As part of a set of new anti-smoking legislation voted by parliament on Tuesday, December 13, it will be illegal for future generations of New Zealanders to buy tobacco. The new regulations prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009,
Global trade is set to reach almost $32 trillion this year, but inflation has reversed some gains in recent months. According to the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD, whose analysts said that global growth “turned negative” during the second half of 2022. The UN agency said that trade in
US President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law during a joyous ceremony where Cyndi Lauper performed "True Colors" in front of tens of thousands of supporters on the White House lawn. The new law recognizes same-sex marriages at the federal level, a
CNN obtained an email sent by Twitter to the council's members on Monday evening announcing the dissolution of the "Trust and Safety Council." In an email, the corporation stated that it was "reevaluating how best to incorporate external perspectives into our product and policy development activities.
UN News - The number of calories per person consumed globally increased by a full nine per cent on average last year, to 2,960 per day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its latest annual statistics report. The finding is in line with a trend
UN News - Over 50 per cent of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published. Moreover, the high levels of resistance to treatment are reported in bacteria, frequently causing bloodstream infections in hospitals, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and
