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According to a statement released by Parlement Technologies on Thursday, December 1, the parent company of the social media platform Parler and American artist Kanye West, now known as Ye, have mutually agreed to terminate the sale of Parler. Mid-November, this decision was made in the best interest of all parties, the corporation said in a statement. “Parler will continue …

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan delivered his first National Day address as the nation’s leader, stating that the 51st UAE National Day is a day to reflect on the past, consider the present, and look to the future with hope, optimism, and confidence, according to the state news agency WAM. Care for our citizens and opening up …

People with firsthand knowledge said that Facebook owner Meta reached out to EU antitrust officials in an attempt to settle probes into its use of consumer data and the integration of its classified ads service with its social network. According to the persons, there have been extremely basic negotiations that have made no progress to date. Meta and the European …

On Tuesday, November 29, media outlets reported that Kim Kardashian and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, had negotiated a divorce settlement that includes joint custody of their four children and the division of their real estate holdings. The New York Post said that despite having shared custody of their children, aged 3, 4, and 6, Kardashian will earn $200,000 …

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be recognized as a “threatened” world heritage site, a United Nations panel suggested on Tuesday, November 29, citing climate change and ocean warming as major threats to the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem. Frequent bleaching occurrences pose a threat to the reef, including four over the past seven years and this year’s first occurrence during …

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster has named “gaslighting” the Word of the Year for 2022! On November 28, 2022, the online dictionary produced a list of the most frequently looked-up words, with “gaslighting” topping the list. “In our age of deception — of “fake news,” conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls, and deepfakes,” Merriam-Webster explains, “gaslighting has developed as a phrase for our …

Even though Balenciaga has quit Twitter, the site’s users continue to analyze the luxury brand’s every move. On November 21, June Nicole Lapine, better known as @shoe0nhead, took to Elon Musk’s Twitter to indicate that the luxury fashion label is plotting to exploit youngsters. The YouTuber’s rationale made the claim even more absurd. the brand "Balenciaga" just did a uh….. …

Monday, Hong Kong’s highest court ruled that a British attorney can defend pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai in a national security trial, rejecting a government appeal to prohibit foreign counsel from such cases. Hong Kong’s Department of Justice made repeated attempts to prevent British attorney Timothy Owen from representing Lai, arguably Hong Kong’s most outspoken opponent of Chinese Communist Party leaders …

The visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to Palawan and yet another instance of China’s aggressive actions in our waters have once again brought to the fore the enduring tensions over the South China Sea and the underlying cultures that form the outlines of this war. The Philippine government has announced its intention to write a note verbale in …

The Biden administration has prohibited the certification of Huawei Technologies and ZTE’s new telecommunications equipment because they represent “an intolerable danger” to US national security. The US Federal Communications Commission said on November 25 that it has adopted the final regulations, which prohibit the sale or import of surveillance equipment manufactured by Chinese companies Dahua Technology Co, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital …