Representative Image Ankara: Turkey’s data protection authority, the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), has fined Meta, the parent company of Instagram, 11.5 million Turkish liras (around 330,000 US dollars) for violations related to the privacy of minors. The breach stemmed from Instagram allowing private accounts of users under the age of 18 to be switched … Read more
Pyaar Ka Punchnama fame Sonnalli Seygall and her husband Ashesh L Sajnani recently embraced parenthood. The couple, who tied the knot last year, announced the arrival of their baby girl on Thursday and have now shared her name with the world. Sonnalli Seygall and Ashesh L Sajnani name their daughter “Shukar”; pens a heartfelt note … Read more
It’s the happiest time of actress Sonnalli Seygall and her husband Ashesh Sajnani’s life as the couple has welcomed their first kid together, a baby girl. Sonnalli delivered the baby last evening in a Mumbai hospital and both the baby and mother are doing in the best of their health. Sonnalli Seygall and Ashesh Sajnani … Read more
A 26-year-old woman from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, has found herself trapped in a legal and bureaucratic black hole, unable to obtain essential documents like a passport or driving licence. Caitlin Walton’s plight stems from an extraordinary discovery: her birth was never officially registered by her mother, leaving her unable to prove her existence. Caitlin, … Read more
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is on a brief leave this month after the birth of her first child, her office confirmed Friday in a statement that said officials had prepared for her absence as election season gets into full swing. Griswold, a Democrat who is the state’s highest election official, confirmed she had … Read more
The day after Labor Day traditionally marks the beginning of the general election season. Republicans have spent nearly a decade going full One America News—ceding party control to wingnuts like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna; jettisoning anyone who doesn’t toe the Trumpy line, like Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Jeff Flake; and electing … Read more
The start of the school year is just around the corner for many U.S. students, and parents are gearing up to celebrate the occasion with their annual back-to-school social media posts. Interestingly, a teacher advised parents against sharing a particular back-to-school photo that has become popular among Facebook moms. Mr. Williams (@mrwilliamsprek), a preschool teacher … Read more
The Current19:01Could Nova Scotia host a retirement home for whales? A proposed whale sanctuary in Port Hilford, N.S., hopes to offer a safe haven for whales coming out of captivity. And two orcas from a marine park in France could be its first residents. “We owe it to them. We owe them something back because … Read more
Cost of Living5:08Trade you a breadmaker for banana bread? When Samantha Fanning was expecting her second child, the room that would become the baby’s nursery needed a major glow-up. But as a professional photographer and at the time a single mother, Fanning didn’t have room in her schedule — or the painting skills required — to transform … Read more
Anna Smith would like to start a family. But she would also like more space for a baby, as the 27-year-old and her partner currently live in a 500-square-foot apartment in Toronto’s east end for $1,550 per month. Like many Canadians in their 20s and 30s, she says she’s realizing she can’t have both. So Smith, a University of … Read more
