London : After the Facebook data scandal, it has now come to notice that Twitter had also sold users’ data to a Cambridge Analytica researcher who gathered the data of nearly 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge, The Sunday Telegraph reported. According to the report, Twitter sold public data access in 2015 to Aleksandr […]
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World’s first floating nuclear plant put to sea by Russia
St. Petersburg : Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has headed out on its first sea voyage from this Baltic shipyard here, Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom said on Saturday. A statement said the FNPP was towed out of the St. Petersburg shipyard where it […]
NHS officials flay decision to deny visas to Indian doctors
London : Senior officials of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) have condemned a decision by the British government to refuse visas to 100 Indian doctors. The Indians were denied visa after they were recruited as part of a long-running scheme in north-west England which supplies junior doctors to more than 30 NHS trusts. Such doctors […]
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge name son Louis Arthur Charles
London : The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their son Louis Arthur Charles, Kensington Palace said on Friday. In a statement the Palace said: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their son Louis Arthur Charles. “The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince […]
Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to boy
London : Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday, the royal family announced. The child was born at 11 a.m. in St. Mary’s Hospital weighing 8lbs 7oz (3.8 kg). The royal couple’s third child is fifth in line to the British throne after grandfather Prince […]
France’s National Assembly approves controversial immigration bill
Paris : The French National Assembly has passed a tough immigration reform bill that shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally. The bill was passed on Sunday by 228 votes to 139, with 24 abstentions, after over 60 […]
Rajan named by FT as possible candidate for Bank of England top job
London : Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has been named as one of the possible contenders for the top job at the Bank of England (BoE), according to a report by UK-based Financial Times. “Attracting Raghuram Rajan, the highly respected Chicago-based economist and former Reserve Bank of India Governor, would […]
2015 Paris attack suspect jailed in Belgium
Brussels : Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris terror attacks, was jailed in Belgium on Monday for 20 years over a gunfight that led to his arrest. Abdeslam, 28, and co-defendant Sofien Ayari were both convicted of terror-related charges of attempted murder, the BBC reported. Ayari, 24, was also given a […]
British campaigner to sue Facebook over fake ads
London : British consumer campaigner Martin Lewis is suing Facebook for defamation after dozens of fake advertisements bearing his name were published on the social media platform. The founder of MoneySavingExpert.com — a British consumer finance information website — said that at least 50 fake ads bearing his name appeared on the social media platform, […]
Huge World War II unexploded bomb defused in Berlin
Berlin : The authorities in Berlin on Friday successfully defused a 500 kg British WWII bomb found on Wednesday during construction work in the center of the city. Evacuations of all buildings within 800 meters of the bomb site started from 9 a.m. local time to allow the defusing to take place at mid-day. Berlin’s […]