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The verdict marks the first time a US state has successfully sued the social media giant over child safety issues.By Agence France Presse, Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 25 Mar 202625 Mar 2026A jury in the United States has ordered social media giant Meta to pay $375m for harming children’s mental health and making them vulnerable to sexual exploitation.Jurors in New Mexico handed down the verdict on Tuesday after a six-week trial in which state authorities accused the tech behemoth of failing to protect minors.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe verdict marks the first time that a US state has successfully…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Until recently, Sanjeet, a business consultant from India, thought of Malaysia as home.After living and working in the Southeast Asian nation for more than a decade, he had become comfortable with the climate, people and way of life.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Once I had crossed the five-year mark, Malaysia seemed like an ideal long-term choice,” Sanjeet, who is in his 40s and asked to use a pseudonym, told Al Jazeera.“One gets used to what Malaysia has to offer.”But after a recent move by the Malaysian government to reduce the country’s reliance on foreign…

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to pause AI rollout amid growing backlash to technology.Published On 26 Mar 202626 Mar 2026Two progressive lawmakers in the United States are pushing for a moratorium on new AI data centres to ensure the rapidly-advancing technology does not threaten the “future of humanity”.The legislation unveiled by Senator Bernie Sanders and House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday would pause the construction of data centres until the introduction of national safeguards to protect workers’ livelihoods, civil liberties and the environment.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSanders, an independent who represents the state of Vermont,…

Brent crude tops $104 a barrel as hopes fade for deescalation in US-Israel war on Iran.Published On 26 Mar 202626 Mar 2026Oil prices have climbed higher amid fading hopes of deescalation in the Iran war following Tehran’s denial that talks with the United States are under way.Futures for Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose nearly 2 percent on Thursday to top $104 per barrel after Tehran dismissed reports of direct negotiations with US President Donald Trump’s administration.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe rise comes after oil prices eased on Wednesday following reports that Trump had shared a 15-point…

This is first big step by the ChatGPT maker to focus its business on potentially more lucrative areas, such as coding tools.Published On 25 Mar 202625 Mar 2026OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral towards the end of last year as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere.OpenAI said in a brief social media message on Tuesday that it was “saying goodbye to the Sora app” and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users had already created on the…

Argentinian President Javier Milei’s party has pulled off a stunning win in legislative elections, boosting his ability to push forward with his overhaul of the economy, including free market reforms and deep austerity measures.In the elections, widely seen as a referendum on Milei’s performance in office, his La Libertad Avanza party won more than 40 percent ​​of the vote in Sunday’s elections, compared with 31 percent for the left-leaning Peronist opposition movement.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe midterm elections were the first national test of Milei’s support since he won office two years ago and will help him…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – United States President Donald Trump has come and gone from a meeting of Southeast Asia’s leaders, but many questions remain about how the region will fare under his ever-shifting trade policies.Trump flew into Malaysia on Monday to attend the 47th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where his marquee event was overseeing the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listOn the sidelines of the summit in Kuala Lumpur, he also met with ASEAN’s leaders to discuss US tariff rates, which range from 10 percent…

Last year, Reliance Industries Ltd signed a deal with Russian major Rosneft to import nearly 500,000 barrels per day.Published On 24 Oct 202524 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIndia’s top importer of Russian oil, the conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, says it will abide by Western sanctions, ending several days of speculation about how the company will manage new measures targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies.Reliance “will be adapting the refinery operations to meet the compliance requirements”, a company spokesperson said in a statement on Friday, while maintaining its relationships with suppliers.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Whenever…

South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Burkina Faso removed from Financial Action Task Force’s financial crimes list.Published On 24 Oct 202524 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA global money-laundering watchdog has taken South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique and Burkina Faso off its “grey list” of countries subjected to increased monitoring.The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF), a financial crimes watchdog based in France, on Friday said it was removing the four countries after “successful on-site visits” that showed “positive progress” in addressing shortcomings within agreed timeframes.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe FATF maintains “grey” and “black” lists for countries it…

Petro, however, did acknowledge that a disruption in the two countries’ military cooperation could have serious consequences.Published On 23 Oct 202523 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareColombia’s President Gustavo Petro has indicated that a suspension of aid from the United States would mean little to his country, but that changes to military funding could have an effect.“What happens if they take away aid? In my opinion, nothing,” Petro told journalists on Thursday, adding that aid funding often moved through US agencies and employed Americans.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut a cut to military cooperation would matter,…