Japan: Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Nara defaced by Canadian teen
A 17-year-old boy reportedly carves the name "Julian" on an 8th Century temple in Nara, Japan.
1970-01-01 08:00
The New York Times will shut down its sports desk and shift coverage to The Athletic
The New York Times will shut down its sports desk and shift its daily coverage of athletes and teams to The Athletic, the newspaper announced Monday.
1970-01-01 08:00
Meta backs down on Donald Trump Jr ‘misinformation’ warning
It didn’t take very long for conservatives to pounce on Meta’s new Twitter competitor and accuse it of censoring a prominent conservative, forcing the social media giant to back down. Last week, the New York Post reported that users of Instagram Threads — the upstart from Facebook’s parent company meant to take advantage of Twitter users’ discontent over the site’s Elon Musk-era problems — were offered a warning when they attempted to follow Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of twice-impeached, twice-indicted ex-president Donald Trump. They were asked if they were “sure” they wanted to do so, and warned that the younger Mr Trump had “repeatedly posted false information that was reviewed by independent fact-checkers or went against our Community Guidelines”. The Trump Organization executive, who frequently posts false and inflammatory statements targeting prominent Democrats, posted a screen grab of the warning to Twitter on Thursday, around the time the new app went live. “Threads not exactly off to a great start,” he wrote. “Hey Instagram, threads is verbal, so the whole skimpy bikini thing is not going to work so well if your influencers can’t actually formulate a sentence… IMHO you may want to rethink cutting off those who can”. Meta communications boss Andy Stone responded that the warning “was an error and shouldn’t have happened”. “It’s been fixed,” he added. In response, Mr Trump replied: “Ok thanks I appreciate that”. The frustrated would-be poster’s father was banned from Instagram and Facebook for two years after he incited a deadly riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. On that day, a mob of the defeated president’s supporters stormed the seat of the US legislature in hopes of preventing certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Read More Instagram Threads hits 100 million users, becoming easily the fastest growing app ever Twitter restores old, ‘better’ version of TweetDeck – but for how long? Account tracking Elon Musk’s jet is now on Threads after it was suspended from Twitter Elon Musk says ‘Zuck is cuck’ as Threads inches closer to 100m users
1970-01-01 08:00
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1970-01-01 08:00
Toyota, Stellantis Blast Biden’s Plan to Boost Electric Car Sales
Stellantis NV and Toyota Motor Corp. blasted a Biden administration plan to squelch auto pollution, saying it would
1970-01-01 08:00
11 Ridiculously Overdue Library Books That Were Finally Returned
Next time you bring back a library book a few days past its due date, know that your fine could have been a lot worse.
1970-01-01 08:00
Top Fed official proposes higher capital limits for larger banks
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said Monday he is proposing stricter bank capital requirements in light of three major US bank failures earlier this year.
1970-01-01 08:00
Republican block means major branch of US military lacks a confirmed leader for first time in over a century
A major branch of the US military does not have a Senate confirmed leader for the first time in more than a century, as a result of a Republican senator refusing to lift his block on military nominations.
1970-01-01 08:00
Steve Bannon ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in legal fees to firm that represented him in subpoena fight
A New York judge has ordered Steve Bannon to pay his former attorneys nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal fees for work on various legal matters, including his fight against a subpoena by the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.
1970-01-01 08:00
The New York Times Sports Desk Is Gone
The Times is eliminating its sports desk.
1970-01-01 08:00
Martinique profile
Provides an overview of Martinique, including key facts about this French Caribbean territory.
1970-01-01 08:00
Sex offender Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison
Nassar, who sexually abused gymnasts, is believed to have been stabbed in the chest and the back.
1970-01-01 08:00
