(2023-09-03). Defriending Canada: Natural Disasters and Facebook's Information Scrub. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-04). Bucharest Denies Ukrainian Claim That Russian Drone Hit Romania. news.antiwar.com NATO member Romania has strongly denied a Ukrainian claim that a Russian drone detonated in Romanian territory during an overnight bombardment on one of Ukraine's ports on the Danube River. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko made the claim on Facebook. He said that according to Ukraine's state border service, a Russian drone "fell and …
(2023-09-04). Changing Tactics: Meta may remove ads from Insta, FB because of EU's DSA and ad transparency laws. firstpost.com Meta, the tech giant encompassing various platforms, has often displayed a predictable response to challenges, particularly when it involves new regulations aimed at enhancing transparency in its targeted advertising business. | However, Meta's compliance tends to come with its own set of conditions. The company behind Facebook and Instagram is reportedly contemplating a significant departure from its traditional business model, considering the introduction of a subscription option for users in the European Union. | Meta completely changes its course in the EU | According to The New York Times, citing information…
(2023-09-04). Kuwait: Scandal brews as medicine shortages leave patients without treatment. middleeasteye.net 
Kuwait: Scandal brews as medicine shortages leave patients without treatment | People are blaming the minister of health, demanding a solution to the ongoing crisis and voicing their concerns on social media | Mon, 09/04/2023 – 11: 26 | A boy receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre at the Kuwait International Fairground in Kuwait City on 3 February 2022 (AFP) | Wi…
(2023-09-04). New Barcelona mayor restores twin cities status with 'apartheid Tel Aviv'. middleeasteye.net 
New Barcelona mayor restores twin cities status with 'apartheid Tel Aviv' | Pro-Palestine activists condemn the decision, months after the former mayor cut ties following a popular public campaign | Mon, 09/04/2023 – 15: 40 | Pro-Palestine activists present their petition to Barcelona's City Hall demanding the city cut ties with Tel Aviv in February 2023 (Twitter/Social Media) | Barcelona announced on M…
(2023-09-03). Mali Adopts New Mining Code to Raise Gold Concessions Ownership. orinocotribune.com Mali has passed a new mining code allowing the State to take up to 30% stakes in new mining projects and collect more revenues from the vital industry. | Junta leader Assimi Goita signed the code into law on Monday, August 28, his office announced on social media. | Mali is one of Africa's leading gold producers. | It is also boasts manganese and lithium—two minerals key to the global energy transition—though these have not been extensively explored. | Mali produced 72.2 tones of gold in 2022, including six tones by artisanal gold panners, then-mines minister, Lamine Seydou Traore, said in March. | Go…
(2023-09-04). Florida man accused of carrying out multiple car break-ins arrested after flaunting stolen Mercedes on social media. firstpost.com A man from Florida is in police custody for allegedly showing off a stolen Mercedes-Benz on social media, which he had used to carry out a series of break-ins. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported this incident. | On Sunday morning, Nicholas Coffey, aged 23, was arrested after being recognized as one of the two individuals involved in multiple car break-ins that occurred in the Deltona area over the weekend. | According to the sheriff's office, Coffey and the other suspect, both masked and gloved, were captured on home security cameras while committing these crimes. | Surveillance footage from a Deltona g…
(2023-09-03). Citywalks boost domestic demand, unleash consumption potential. ecns.cn Citywalk is gaining popularity this summer, with social media and short video platforms deluged with related guides and shares.
(2023-09-04). Germany's own Jack Sparrow: Chancellor Olaf Scholz's pic with eye patch goes viral, netizens have THIS to say. firstpost.com German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the weekend. | "Am excited to see the memes," the chancellor wrote in the caption. | To deflect any possible worries about his health, on the photo, which appears to have been taken at the chancellery, Scholz smiled slightly and also wrote: "Thanks for the well wishes, it looks worse than it is!" | pic.twitter.com/bB5INX8HnM | — Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) (2023-09-04). X accused of assisting in Saudi crackdown on dissent. middleeasteye.net 
X accused of assisting in Saudi crackdown on dissent | A revised legal filing alleges X, formerly known as Twitter, ignored repeated 'red flags' of 'malign campaign' by Saudi authorities against critics | Mon, 09/04/2023 – 16: 04 | X, formerly known as Twitter, allegedly overlooked the clear signs of a data breach that led to the exposure of 'thousands' of anonymous users, the lawsu…
(2023-09-04). 'Musk met then Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal; didn't approve of him', says American author. firstpost.com Walter Isaacson, a writer who spent three years following Elon Musk for his biography 'Elon Musk,' disclosed recently that days before buying Twitter, Musk had a dinner meeting with Parag Agarwal, who was then the CEO of the company. | The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) shared an excerpt from the book, shedding light on Mr. Musk's thoughts about Mr. Agarwal during their March meeting. | In this meeting, Mr. Musk stated that he found Mr. Agarwal to be a nice person. However, he pointed out a crucial leadership quality that he believed was missing in him. As per the WSJ report, Musk's philosophy was that managers should…
(2023-09-03). Cuban PM praises HICC ¥s 44th anniversary. plenglish.com On Twitter, Marrero urged HICC to continue developing its work with professionalism and devotion, while pointing out the Center is preasently under a maintenance and repair process to guarantee optimal development for the G77+China Summit to be held on September 15-16. | Among the construction works are maintenance of the Plenary Hall, including updating technological systems such as wireless interpreting service equipment, data and communications cabling, replacing furniture and audio systems in several rooms, new LED screens, repairing simultaneous interpreting booths, replacing pluvial pipes, false ceilings an…
(2023-09-03). Presidentes de Türkiye y Rusia se reunirán este lunes en Sochi. twitter.com Erdogan realizará una visita de trabajo de un día a Sochi por invitación de Putin, según un comunicado de la Dirección de Comunicaciones de Türkiye.
(2023-09-04). Cuba remembers young Italian victim of terrorism. plenglish.com In his account on X, formerTwitter, he pointed out that "(Luis) Posada Carriles and other organizers of the act, lived free in the US, whose government, with cynicism and deceit, put Cuba on the list of terrorist sponsors". | On September 4, 1997, the explosion of an explosive device placed in the lobby of the Copacabana Hotel in Havana took Di Celmo's life, and other facilities such as the Triton and Chateau-Miramar hotels and La Bodeguita del Medio restaurant suffered material damage as a result of similar actions. | The young man, 32 years old, was one of the victims of the terrorist attacks promoted by Posada…
(2023-09-03). Elon Musk Mulls Poll on Booting Anti-Defamation League Off X. sputnikglobe.com Elon Musk and the Anti-Defamation League headed by Jonathan Greenblatt have been on a rollercoaster of mutually exchanged verbal barbs since last year, when the billionaire bought X/Twitter. After originally extolling Musk as an "amazing innovator", Greenblatt later called for an ad boycott on the platform over an alleged "surge" in hate speech.
(2023-09-03). Two more ships pass through Black Sea corridor, says Ukraine's Zelenskyy. firstpost.com Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that two additional ships have passed via a "temporary" Black Sea shipping corridor set up after Russia pulled out of a UN-backed grain export arrangement in July. | "Two ships have successfully passed through our temporary 'grain corridor'," Zelenskyy posted on X, previously known as Twitter. | The president did not name the vessels involved or specify when they finished their journey. Officials stated on Friday that two vessels have cleared the corridor, increasing the total number of vessels using it to four. | Zelenskyy said Ukraine was "restoring true…
(2023-09-04). "Rich Men North of Richmond" Is a Populist Anthem Lost in Its Own Grievance. truthout.org The current focus of the U.S.'s never-ending culture war comes in the form of the song, "Rich Men North of Richmond," by Oliver Anthony, aka Christopher Anthony Lunsford, a former factory worker, who has been open about his battles with alcoholism and depression. Riding a wave of viral attention, "Rich Men" has now spent two weeks at the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. |
(2023-09-04). The evolution of the Omicron variants and the policy of forever COVID. wsws.org Allowing COVID-19 unimpeded access to billions of people has raised the alarm among scientists that viral evolution will most likely lead to another event similar to the massive global wave of the Omicron BA.1 variant in the winter of 2021-22.
(2023-09-04). Preventing measles outbreaks in the US through vaccination. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists India as the top country for measles outbreaks, with more than 57,500 reported cases. In the U.S., there have been 19 cases of the highly infectious virus this year. "Measles is a viral infection that is highly contagious if you're not immune to it," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. "It's generally characterized by fever, cough, runny nose and a pretty characteristic rash that…