Meta launches new app 'Threads' to compete with Twitter, 5 million accounts created in 1 hour

Meta launches new app ‘Threads’ to compete with Twitter, 5 million accounts created in 1 hour

File photo Meta, the company that owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, has launched its new app ‘Threads’ to compete with Twitter. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook and the owner of Meta Company, said ‘Welcome’ while posting the first post on the new app ‘Threads’. According to Mark Zuckerberg, 5 million people created…

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Drug worth 1 million pounds recovered from an Indian-origin citizen, sentenced to 7 years in prison

Drug worth 1 million pounds recovered from an Indian-origin citizen, sentenced to 7 years in prison

An Indian-origin citizen was sentenced to 7 years and 4 months in prison after 1 million pounds worth of cocaine was found in the UK. Scatchendale was stopped by police near the Birmingham Highway in May this year. Prohibited drugs worth more than 1 million pounds were recovered from the accused’s vehicle. The 36-year-old driver…

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New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution

UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans

FAO will co-lead the Clean and Healthy Oceans initiative together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), in a strategic partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UN educational, science and cultural agency UNESCO. “Together, we can turn the…

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The number of pilgrims was more than 1.8 million but far less than the estimates, the Saudi Statistical Institute

The number of pilgrims was more than 1.8 million but far less than the estimates, the Saudi Statistical Institute

Courtesy: Daily Sabah, AP Photo. According to the Saudi Statistical Institute, the number of Hajj pilgrims this year was more than 1.8 million. The Saudi Statistical Institute from Riyadh further said that the number of pilgrims has been much less than the estimates. This year, 18 lakh 45 thousand 45 male and female pilgrims participated…

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WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans

WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans

This summer will be “the first in more than three years that many of us will enjoy without the looming threat of COVID-19”, but the life-threatening virus has not gone away completely, said WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told reporters at a virtual press conference from Copenhagen. Each week, the coronavirus causes at least…

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Australia announces $73.5 million in aid to Ukraine

Australia announces $73.5 million in aid to Ukraine

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, photo courtesy of Reuters Australia has announced an additional $73.5 million in military aid to Ukraine. According to the foreign news agency, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced to provide another 73.5 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine, which includes 28 M113 armored vehicles, 14 special operation vehicles….

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