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In a statement published on Thursday (September 15), the independent Oversight Board of Meta Platforms stated that Facebook should not have removed a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered to be positive. The board also supported the users’ right to freedom of expression and stated that the technology company relied too heavily on automated moderation. According to Meta, …

Salute to King Charles III, who has just assumed the role of Head of the Commonwealth, an organization that consists of 56 sovereign nations and is home to 2.4 billion people. Fourteen of these nations will recognize him as their chief executive and look to him for leadership. Only after a date has been decided upon for the coronation can …

A portion of a hanging glacier that broke off at a national park in the Patagonia region of Chile was caught on camera by tourists visiting the park. The occurrence was triggered by higher temperatures and rainfall, both of which weakened the ice walls. In a video that was captured in Queulat National Park, which is located more than 1,200 …

Elias Theodorou, a former fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), passed away at the age of 34. According to reports in the media, the Canadian had been battling stage 4 liver cancer. Theodorou, who passed away on Sunday, September 11, had competed in 22 mixed martial arts bouts, including 11 (8-3 record) in the middleweight division of the Ultimate …

At long last, the new Ariel has arrived! After the release of the first teaser for the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid by Disney, people saw the main character, Ariel, for the first time in her role as a black woman, which sparked conversations online about the importance of representation in movies. Disney’s breakout picture for millennials was The …

Cara Delevingne has garnered the alarm of her devoted following after she was observed engaging in bizarre behavior on her route to Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles on Monday. The actress from “Carnival Row,” who is 30 years old, was photographed by paparazzi while riding in the backseat of a Chevy Suburban on the way to the airport. Her …

Filming of the sixth and final season of the Emmy Award-winning drama The Crown, which is produced by Netflix Inc., was halted on Friday, September 9, after the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, who played a significant role in the series. The streaming service announced that work had been halted “out of respect” for the king, who passed away on …

During the time that condolences were pouring in from all around the world following the passing of Queen Elizabeth, several Africans voiced conflicted emotions towards the monarch and her country’s colonial past on a continent where Britain formerly ruled over more than half of the land. Some people had happy recollections of Queen Elizabeth II, who served as Britain’s longest-serving …

On Friday, September 9, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. joined the other leaders of the world in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth. He stated that the world has “lost a true figure of majesty” with her passing. “It is with profound grief that we receive the news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing in Balmoral Castle yesterday evening,” the …

Optasia, which has its headquarters in the United Arab Emirates, intends to expand its financial-services company in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America over the course of the next three years in order to reach a wider market of under-banked customers. The business now has operations in more than 40 countries and provides a variety of services including microloans, airtime, …