New record: S&P 500, Nasdaq post new closing highs on upbeat data
Investors are betting on pandemic stimulus and healthy tech earnings to keep lifting markets. United States stocks rose more than 1 percent on Thursday and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted record closing highs after another batch of upbeat earnings and data suggesting the labour market may be stabilizing. The Dow and S&P 500 rose […]
Twitter locks account of China’s US embassy for post on Xinjiang
Social media giant says embassy post declaring that Uighur women were ‘no longer baby making machines’ dehumanises minority group. Twitter has locked the account of China’s embassy in the United States for a social media post that defended China’s policies towards Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, which the platform said violated the firm’s policy […]
Biden picks Samantha Power for USAID post
Biden says USAID will coordinate the US’s work to lead global response to combat the coronavirus in vulnerable nations. President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he has picked Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Barack Obama, to run the agency overseeing American foreign humanitarian and development aid. “Power will […]
Manchester United’s Cavani banned for three games for racial post
Cavani was also fined $136,500 and ordered to complete face-to-face education after admitting to breaching FA’s rules. Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has been banned for three games by the English Football Association after using a Spanish term for Black people which he said was intended as an affectionate greeting. Cavani has also been fined […]
Biden defends choice of retired Army general for top defence post
United States President-elect Joe Biden has named retired US Army General Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defence amid concerns from some Democrats about his choice. Austin is a career soldier who Biden called “a leader of extraordinary courage, character and experience”. Biden cited his long professional and personal association with Austin, a four-star […]
China refuses to apologise over gruesome Australia soldier post
Officials double down on Australia saying country should be ashamed of alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan. China has refused to apologise for a controversial image depicting an Australia soldier cutting the throat of an Afghan child as New Zealand became the latest country to voice its criticism of the doctored picture, which was posted […]
Australia demands China apology over ‘repugnant’ Twitter post
Australia demands removal of fake photo of soldier posted by official government spokesman, as ties further deteriorate. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has condemned a fake image of an Australian soldier posted on the Twitter account of a Chinese government spokesman as “truly repugnant” and demanded the post be removed. The image, depicting a grinning […]
Gunmen kill 11 in attack on Iraqi army post in Baghdad #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The army and police forces launched an operation in search of the attackers. Unidentified gunmen have killed at least 11 people and wounded eight others, including soldiers, in an attack on an Iraqi army post in western Baghdad, police sources and medics said on Monday. Assailants in four vehicles attacked the post in the capital’s […]
Turkish finance minister Berat Albayrak resigns: Instagram post #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has said he was stepping down citing health reasons, according to a statement on his verified Instagram account. “After serving in ministerial posts for nearly five years, I took the decision not to continue my duty (as finance minister) due to health issues,” Albayrak, who is also the son-in-law of […]
Malaysia’s Mahathir: Post on French killings taken out of context #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Mahathir, 95, sparked widespread outrage when he wrote on his blog that ‘Muslims have a right to be angry’. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied promoting violence after saying Muslims have a right to “kill millions of French people” and criticised Facebook and Twitter for taking down his posts. Mahathir, 95, sparked widespread […]
Twitter CEO: Blocking links to NY Post Biden story was ‘wrong’ #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
After blowback from conservatives, Twitter chief says it was wrong to block links to an article that cited unverified emails from Biden’s son. Twitter was wrong to block weblinks to an unverified political story, CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday, as the company responded to criticism over its handling of the story that had prompted cries […]