BBC – 7 July, 2023 Thirty million users have signed up for Meta’s newly launched Threads app on its first day, the company’s chief Mark Zuckerberg says. He pitched the app as a “friendly” rival to Twitter, which was bought by Elon Musk in October. Experts say Threads could attract Twitter users unhappy with recent changes to the platform. But Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino said though Twitter is “often imitated”, its community can “never be duplicated”. Threads allows users to post up to 500 characters, and has many features similar to Twitter. Earlier, Mr Zuckerberg said keeping the platform “friendly……
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Reuters – June 26, 2023 North Korea held mass rallies in Pyongyang where people shouted slogans vowing a “war of revenge” to destroy the United States, as it marked the 73rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, state media reported on Monday. About 120,000 working people and students took part in the rallies held across the capital on Sunday, state news agency KCNA reported. Photos released by state media showed a stadium crowded with people holding placards reading “The whole U.S. mainland is within our shooting range” and “The imperialist U.S. is the destroyer of peace.” Sunday’s anniversary…
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CNN – June 26, 2023 After the pandemic and war in Ukraine, and the inflation shock that followed, the global economy is in a precarious state. The last thing it needs right now is another nasty surprise. That’s what it nearly got at the weekend as disaffected Russian mercenaries marched toward Moscow, drawing a stark warning from President Vladimir Putin that the country was on the brink of a 1917-style “civil war.” The armed insurrection has been defused — for now — but the most serious challenge to Putin’s authority in 23 years could still usher in a period of…
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has become the first player from her country to top the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after starring in a 2-1 series win over New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Championship
The Japan Times – June 24, 2023 Japan will issue new banknotes as early as July next year in their first renewal since 2004, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday, putting the face of Eiichi Shibusawa, known as “the father of Japanese capitalism,” on the new ¥10,000 bill. The new ¥5,000 note will feature Umeko Tsuda, an educator who pioneered women’s higher education, while the new ¥1,000 note will feature microbiologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, who developed a serum therapy for tetanus. The backs of the three banknotes will feature images of the Tokyo Station building, wisteria and a work…
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Daily Express – Jun 26, 2023 A supervolcano in Italy could erupt and cause mass extinctions, obliterate crops, and spark mass evacuations of nearby communities, scientists have warned. The crust of the Campi Flegrei volcano, near Naples in southern Italy, is becoming weaker and more prone to rupturing, “making an eruption more likely”, research recently published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment said. It could erupt soon, a new study states, and it would be the first time since 1538. If the volcano erupts, it could launch molten rock and volcanic gases high into the stratosphere. It could lead to 100ft tsunamis, leading sulfur,…
ABC News – June 20, 2023 Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a report. The report Tuesday from Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development warned that flash floods and avalanches would grow more likely in coming years, and that the availability of fresh water could be curtailed for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream of 12 rivers that originate in the mountains. Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges…