A man fatally shot 10 people at a ballroom dance venue where people were celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year late on Saturday in a city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles, and he was still at large after fleeing the scene, police said. Another 10 people were taken to local hospitals to be… Read More Ten dead following shooting at Lunar New Year event in Los Angeles
Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has undergone a successful heart surgery and his life is not in danger, his spokesman Aidos Ukibay said on Friday. Ukibay’s tweet followed reports by Kazakh media that Nazarbayev, 82, who ran the oil-rich country for three decades, was hospitalised. Nazarbayev resigned as president in 2019 and lost his remaining… Read More Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev undergoes successful heart surgery
Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group in eastern Kenya, a government official said on Thursday. They also recovered rocket propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the militants on Wednesday in the village of Galmagalla in Garissa county, said Thomas Bett, deputy county commissioner of the Bura… Read More Kenyan security forces kill ten al Shabaab fighters
Islamist al Shabaab militants on Friday killed at least seven soldiers at a Somali military base in a town re-captured by the government, the information ministry and militant group said. The attack was eventually repelled, an officer at the base in the central Somali town of Galcad said. He said the dead included the base’s… Read More Seven dead as al Shabaab militants attack military base in central Somalia
The lending unit of crypto firm Genesis filed on Thursday for U.S. bankruptcy protection from creditors, toppled by a market rout along with the likes of exchange FTX and lender BlockFi. Genesis Global Capital, one of the largest crypto lenders, froze customer redemptions on November 16 after FTX stunned the financial world with its bankruptcy,… Read More Genesis crypto lending unit files for U.S. bankruptcy
Google’s parent Alphabet Inc said on Friday it is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet’s shares rose almost 4% in pre-market trading. The cuts come at a delicate moment for the U.S. company, which has… Read More Google parent company Alphabet set to lay off 12,000 workers
T-Mobile, the No.3 U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers, said on Thursday it was investigating a data breach involving 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts and that it could incur significant costs related to the incident. The company, which has more than 110 million subscribers, said it identified malicious activity on January 5 and contained it… Read More T-Mobile launches investigation into data breach involving 37 million accounts
David Crosby, one of the most influential rock musicians of the 1960s and ’70s and who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with two different groups, has died at the age of 81. Crosby was a founding member of two revered rock bands: the country and folk-influenced Byrds, for whom he… Read More Rock legend David Crosby dies at 81
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