Turkey-Syria earthquake: Freezing weather adds to despair as quake toll passes 20,000
The UN calls for aid workers to get more resources and warns the full extent of the disaster is still unfolding.
Day: February 10, 2023
Military commander tells senators on spy balloon: “We think before we shoot”
Senators questioned Pentagon officials about why the spy balloon was not shot down over Alaska.
News Corp to cut 1,250 jobs after missing second-quarter estimates
Reduced ad spends due to rising inflation and higher interest rates have battered Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerateMedia conglomerate News Corp said on Thursday that it would cut 1,250 jobs after it missed estimates for second-quarter earnings due to…
Meta submits data to the EU showing that pop up content warnings stopped Facebook users sharing 25% of flagged posts and 38% on Instagram; TikTok reports 29% (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Meta submits data to the EU showing that pop up content warnings stopped Facebook users sharing 25% of flagged posts and 38% on Instagram; TikTok reports 29% — The warnings that pop up when someone tries to share potentia…
Ukraine Says Russia Has Massed 1,800 Tanks, 700 Aircraft & 500k Men For A New Assault
The Australian/Foreign Policy: Ukraine Braces for Grisly Russian Offensive in the East Russia is sending more bodies. Ukraine doesn’t have enough. And the tanks won’t arrive in time. “We expect in the next 10 days a new, huge invasion,” a Uk…
South Dakota lawmakers seek foreign-owned land investigation
South Dakota lawmakers are advancing a number of bills that would curb Chinese influence in South Dakota’s farmland
When a ‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Is Out of Reach
People in poorer countries cannot get access to a revolutionary cystic fibrosis treatment.
Foreign minister says Iranians can freely voice ideas despite thousands detained
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Iran’s foreign minister about free expression, Americans being held prisoner in his country and the future of the Iran nuclear deal.
Russia ousts director of elite museum as Kremlin demands patriotic art
The director of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery was replaced by a daughter of an ex-senior security official after a complaint that exhibits were not ‘in line’ with national values