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Barbara Ortutay AP – The story of Twitter’s blue checkmarks – a simple verification system that’s come to be viewed as an elite status symbol – began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking off in 2008 and ‘09. Celebrities who saw their likeness spoofed included Kanye West, now Ye, basketball star […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has still not decided if he will attend the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit this month as war rages in Ukraine, the leader of host nation Indonesia said in an interview yesterday. The meeting of the world’s top economies has been overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of its […]
Thomas Heaton ANN/THE KATHMANDU POST – Porridge can be bland, boring and plain monotonous. But there’s no need for it to be gruelling. Why? Because there are so many ways to make it so much better. While the Scottish have a strong tradition of eating the oat-based dish plainly adorned in the most traditional sense […]
CANBERRA (XINHUA) – Australia has reported an increase in its weekly number of corona-virus cases. In its weekly update of COVID-19 data, the Department of Health yesterday reported there were an average of 5,300 new cases recorded every day nationally over the last week. It represents an increase from 4,891 cases per day on average […]
NDTV – After Elon Musk completed the USD44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the social media company will start laying off staff members. In an internal e-mail to its employees, Twitter said that the employees would get an e-mail alerting them about the staff cuts. Needless to say, the fear among employees regarding their job safety […]