President Bola Tinubu has asked the Nigerian military to investigate the recent killing of six soldiers by terrorists in Borno State. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the attack occurred on 4 January in Sabon Gida, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The Nigerian leader, in a statement, signed by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, also sympathised … Read more
Trump declared Tuesday he would not exclude using economic or military coercion to gain control of Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory, and the Panama Canal. “I’m not gonna commit to that. No. It might be that you’ll have to do something,” he said. “We need Greenland for national security purposes,” he added. “People really don’t even know … Read more
Back to the clash: Even before Badenoch asked her first question, Starmer said “reasonable people could agree or disagree” on having another inquiry — but that survivors of abuse “want action.” Make a u-turn: The PM urged Badenoch to withdraw what he called her party’s “wrecking amendment” to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill later Wednesday … Read more
“In the EU,” the statement stressed, “any ban of digital services can be considered as a last resort and in relation to an infringement of the transparency and accountability obligations of the law, not in response to individual issues and pieces of online content.” The EU is conducting its own investigation under the Digital Services … Read more
The Washington Post’s media critic bashed his own paper for failing to cover the internal turmoil plaguing the Jeff Bezos-owned publication — including the decision to kill an editorial cartoon that showed the Amazon billionaire kowtowing to President-elect Donald Trump. Erik Wemple didn’t pull any punches during a live chat session with readers when asked … Read more
The company has no plans to end fact-checking in the EU, the company clarified at POLITICO’s request, and will review its EU content moderation obligations before making changes. The move comes as Meta, and other tech giants, attempt to cozy up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration in Washington. Meta has also put a … Read more
Like it or not, Donald Trump is about to be president again. And given his first tumultuous term in office, we can expect a good deal of chaos and confusion to follow. Much of that daily drama from January 2017–2021 was a result of Trump’s short attention span, which led to dizzyingly fast news cycles … Read more
Across Europe, teaming up with Weidel is seen as an inflammatory step as members of her populist and anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have for years been accused of whitewashing and trivializing Nazi crimes. The AfD is currently polling second. French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to accuse Musk of having gone too far … Read more
Washington Post staffers are bracing for layoffs as morale in the newsroom has plummeted in the wake of an exodus of top talent from the Jeff Bezos-owned broadsheet, according to a report. The imminent staff cuts are expected to impact “many dozens” of employees in the business division — with an announcement possibly coming down … Read more
The tensions around the scandal contributed to race riots that took place in August, during which Musk also clashed with the United Kingdom’s government. Against this backdrop, Musk’s strident criticism of centrist and center-left politicians like Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips, a Home Office minister, is not unexpected — the Tesla entrepreneur’s politics … Read more
