fter facing widespread criticism for admitting that it deliberately slows down ageing iPhone models, Apple has formally apologised to the global iPhone community. “We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologise,” Apple said in a statement late on Thursday. Apple has also reduced the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone […]
A US university professor who received death threats after posting several controversial tweets has said that he was resigning because the year-long harassment has made his situation “unsustainable”. George Ciccariello-Maher, a professor of politics and global studies at the Drexel University, Philadelphia, had been teaching his class remotely via video conference after being put on […]
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been publicly banished from Facebook and Instagram because of US sanctions, a media report said. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday had sanctioned Kadyrov and four other Russian officials for human rights violations. Until this week, the Chechen strongman, who has led the semi-autonomous Caucasus enclave since 2007, was seen […]
At least 12 persons were reported dead in a fire that raged through a New York City apartment in the Bronx area, the US media reported. More than 170 firefighters were on the scene of the huge blaze late on Thursday that also saw more than a dozen critical injuries, authorities said. The deadly blaze […]
A Chicago community activist slept outside in frigid cold weather in an effort to raise awareness for the city’s homeless population. The lowest temperature outside in Chicago was around minus 19 degree Celsius while the wind chill dropped to minus 28 degree Celsius on Wednesday morning. “There’s not enough help being done, especially during the […]
Israel’s Transport Minister wants to dig a railway tunnel under Jerusalem’s Old City and name a station next to the Western Wall after US President Donald Trump. Yisrael Katz said he wanted to honour the US president for his decision to recognise the city as Israel’s capital, BBC reported on Wednesday. The Western Wall is […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has asked Russia to ease violence in eastern Ukraine over a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the US State Department has said. During their phone talk on Tuesday, Tillerson underscored the US concern with the rising violence in eastern Ukraine and asked Russia to lessen the […]
Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Hossam Zaki has said the pan-Arab organisation is optimistic about achieving progress on the situation in war-torn Yemen. “In spite of the difficult situation in Yemen and the humanitarian crisis there, we are optimistic that progress could be achieved in the Yemeni file next year,” he said on Wednesday, […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that the wartime sexual slavery issue of “comfort women” cannot be resolved by a 2015 agreement with Japan. Moon’s comments came a day after Seoul’s Foreign Ministry confirmed a secret deal in the 2015 agreement, Xinhua news agency reported. The government in Seoul then under impeached President […]
The Spanish government has approved a series of measures aimed at preventing gender-based violence, an issue which has left 47 women dead there so far in 2017. The measures would include improving on help and protection provided to victims, carrying out awareness and education campaigns and providing professional training, Efe news reported. Coordination between courts […]