LONDON: Instagram announced on Monday that the platform would be making changes to the way it displays content after receiving accusations of censoring Palestine-related content during the latest wave of violence in Gaza. The “stories” feature on Instagram was built according to an algorithm that favors original content as opposed to existing and re-shared posts. Therefore,
PARIS: The European Union plans to kick off its 750 billion euro ($917 billion) pandemic recovery package with an initial 10 billion euro bond issue, France’s junior minister for European affairs, Clement Beaune, said on Monday. In an interview with French financial daily Les Echos, Beaune also said that more than 100 billion euros would be injected into the European economy
JEDDAH: Travelers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) do not need to quarantine upon arrival in Saudi Arabia, said the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), but they must have vaccination certificates that have been attested by authorities in their home country. GACA has set a seven-day quarantine for foreign travelers who have not
CAIRO: In a meeting with investors, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly discussed the proposal to set up an integrated entertainment and cultural city in the New Administrative Capital. Madbouly called for various aspects of the project to be examined, including the funding assigned to it, as it would carry a significant cost. After becoming an investment zone, the New
The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank, is similar to that of an ineffectual ruler who has been isolated in his palace for far too long. The ruler speaks of prosperity and peace, and tirelessly counts his innumerable achievements, while his people are dying of starvation outside and pointlessly begging for his