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A car sits blanketed in snow on a driveway, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Amherst, N.Y. Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 34 people across the United States (AP Photo/Delia Thompson)

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

About 60 per cent of the US population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning, and temperatures plummeted drastically

26 Dec 2022 10:24 AM

Elon Musk said to begin laying off employees at Twitter: Report

Citing people with knowledge of the situation, the report said that some managers were being asked to "draw up lists of employees to cut

30 Oct 2022 10:37 AM

Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints, Musk tweeted. (AFP file image)

Elon Musk says Twitter will form 'content moderation council'

Musk's comments came a day after he completed the USD 44 billion acquisition of the social media giant

29 Oct 2022 10:56 AM

People walk past a "Gun Free Zone" sign posted on 40th Street and 7th Avenue on August 31, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

New York's Times Square to become 'Gun-Free Zone'

New York governor said that arms, even if they are concealed, will be prohibited in bars, libraries, schools, govt buildings and hospitals

01 Sep 2022 11:34 AM

n this still image from video, author Salman Rushdie is taken on a stretcher to a helicopter for transport to a hospital after he was attacked during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP)

Rushdie's attacker showed sympathy to causes of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

The New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown

13 Aug 2022 11:49 AM

Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye, liver stabbed and damaged

According to Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, the Mumbai-born controversial author was on a ventilator and could not speak

13 Aug 2022 8:17 AM

The author was attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York state

A reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced

12 Aug 2022 10:15 PM

Elon Musk reaches deal to buy Twitter for $44 bn

Musk, a self-proclaimed 'free-speech absolutist', said he wants to reform what he sees as the platform's over-zealous content moderation

26 Apr 2022 10:28 AM

The music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the virus. (Photo: AP/File)

Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID-19

Spotify has been embroiled in protests, kicked off by Neil Young, over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

31 Jan 2022 4:28 PM

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show

Three shots of Pfizer, Moderna jabs were about 67% effective against omicron-related symptomatic disease compared with unvaccinated people

22 Jan 2022 11:08 AM

Before the flight, Fotieo told CNN she took two PCR tests and about five rapid tests, all of which came back negative. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

US woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours in bathroom

Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19

31 Dec 2021 1:26 PM

A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms. (AP/Stephen B. Morton, File)

US health officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

People with symptoms during isolation, or who develop symptoms during quarantine, are encouraged to stay home

28 Dec 2021 11:54 AM

Crowded Sarojini Nagar market amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN chief

The first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness was marked on December 27 last year

27 Dec 2021 9:55 AM

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 9:53 AM

A sign asking people to wear face coverings to curb the spread of coronavirus at London St Pancras International rail station, in London, the Eurostar hub to travel to European countries including France, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP/Matt Dunham)

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

Denmark decided to close theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums in response to virus cases

18 Dec 2021 11:52 AM

A healthcare worker attends to a patient at the Portimao Arena sports pavilion converted in a field hospital for Covid-19 patients at Portimao, in the Algarve region. (Photo: AFP)

COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN report

The pandemic also triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s

13 Dec 2021 9:31 AM

Garg, who is in his mid-40's, cited market efficiency, performance and productivity as the reason behind the firings. (Representational Image: Reuters)

Indian-origin CEO who fired 900 on Zoom call takes time off after widespread outrage

On Dec 1 over a Zoom call that lasted less than 3 minutes, Garg abruptly fired more than 900 employees, about 9% of the company's workforce

11 Dec 2021 2:32 PM

A key finding in the report states that “India has the highest number of journalists – four – confirmed to have been murdered in retaliation for their work. (Representational Image: PTI)

India has highest number of journalists murdered for their work: CPJ report

India has jailed seven journalists in the past year, while five journalists were reported killed because of their work

10 Dec 2021 4:40 PM

Twitter's outgoing CEO Dorsey announced on Monday that 37-year old Parag Agrawal, an IIT Mumbai and Stanford University alumnus, will be the company's new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed.

Twitter's Parag Agrawal joins other Indian-origin CEOs heading biggest tech firms

Parag Agrawal had joined Twitter 10 years ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees

30 Nov 2021 11:55 AM

Travelers line up for a COVID-19 test during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City. (Reuters Photo)

New York governor declares 'disaster emergency' over rising COVID-19 infection rates

'Disaster emergency' declared in New York

27 Nov 2021 12:47 PM

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