Author: News Desk

Violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has surged dramatically, leaving at least 150 dead since November 11 and pushing the country’s death toll for the year past 4,500, according to the United Nations. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk warned of escalating chaos, calling for urgent action to halt the gang violence overwhelming the capital.

The Department of Justice said Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly as Google has ‘deprived rivals’ of opportunities to expand their search engine market share. Alphabet’s Google should be forced to sell its Chrome browser and share data with competitors, prosecutors in the United States have argued, as part of a list of proposals intended to end the tech giant’s monopoly on searching the internet. In a court filing on Wednesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that Google, which controls about 90 percent of the online search market, should not be allowed to re-enter the browser…

Chiara Balistreri: “My ex beat me with a dog leash, so people would like my video” She is 21 years old and from Bologna: with several profiles on social media, with lots of followers. That on its own came with the pressure to impress and attract the likes, the shares and views. Feeding the social algorithms with content. Until her boyfriend started beating her. She finally mustered up the courage and denounced her boyfriend’s violence and the fact that he was placed under house arrest after the mistreatment inflicted. He fled Bologna and has been on teh run since the…

Israel launched overnight strikes in three areas north of Gaza which continued until this morning. At least 95 people were killed in less than 24 hours, local media reports. The overnight strikes killed at least 66 people in Beit Lahiya and injured dozens. In Sheikh Radian at least 22 people, including children, were killed in the air strikes and at least 7 people, including one child, were killed in Al-Mawasi.

A dispute over work issues ended in tragedy. On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, in Verbicaro, in the province of Cosenza, the Italian police of the Scalea company and the local station arrested a 40-year-old man red-handed for the murder of his uncle. The man, a mechanic, was tracked down after killing his uncle, a 74-year-old, at the height of an argument that arose for trivial reasons attributable to disagreements in the workplace. A call to 112, received on Wednesday afternoon around 6pm, reported the presence of a body inside a workshop in Verbicaro. The police proceeded to identify…

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Washington’s decision to send antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine was needed to “help slow down” the advance of Russian ground troops. The announcement comes two months before Donald Trump replaces Joe Biden in the White House. Trump has criticized the amount the U.S. has spent on supporting Ukraine. US says supplying Ukraine with antipersonnel mines will help slow Russian troops

The United Nations has raised alarm about dire humanitarian conditions in northern Gaza, where no significant aid has been delivered for 40 days due to an ongoing siege by Israeli forces. According to the UN, 65,000 to 75,000 people in areas like Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and Jabalia face severe shortages of food and other essentials.

US prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to force Alphabet’s Google to divest its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take other steps to end its internet search monopoly. A court filing showed that the Department of Justice urged Google be banned from becoming the default search engine on smartphones, preventing the US tech giant from exploiting its Android mobile operating system. The world’s most popular web browser, Chrome provides user information to Google that helps the company profitably personalize which ads users see. Google controls about 90% of the online search market with over 60% of users…

Boxing hero Price praises Lottery’s impact To mark the National Lottery’s 30th birthday, Lauren visited Caerphilly Dragons – an all-female football club – as well as the VGA Gymnastics Club near Crumlin. As one of Wales’ most successful female athletes, Lauren acts as an inspiration to every young girl with sporting ambitions. Growing up, she was always told by her grandmother to reach for the moon and that if she fell short, she would land on the stars. Culminating with an Olympic gold At just eight-years-old, as part of a school project, she wrote that she wanted to become a…

Student found dead on campus at Scottish university The university said it is working with emergency services and that it has sent out a letter to students who attend the establishment with a number of support services available. Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public university in the city of Aberdeen. A spokesperson for RGU said: “RGU can sadly confirm that the body of a student was found on its campus this morning. “The university is liaising with the emergency services and is supporting the student’s family as well as the entire university community. “This is a very…