TikTok calls report of possible sale to Musk’s X ‘pure fiction’
Bloomberg News had earlier reported that Chinese officials were considering selling the company’s US operations to Musk’s social media platform X.
Category: International
Trump to Make Online Address to Global Elite’s Davos Meeting
Donald Trump will speak online to the annual meeting of the global political and business elite in Davos next week, days after taking office as US president, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.
Gay Men Can Train as Priests But Don’t Flaunt It: Italy Church
A section of the 68-page guidelines was specifically directed at “persons with homosexual tendencies who approach seminaries, or who discover such a situation during their training”.
More Than One Million People Internally Displaced in Haiti: UN
The latest data “reveals that 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amidst an intensifying humanitarian crisis”, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration said.
Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher On Instagram
Usher became Bieber’s mentor, guiding him through the early stages of his career and helping him secure a record deal with Island Def Jam Recordings. Their relationship has evolved over the years, with Usher providing support and advice to Bieber through both his successes and challenges
Cease fire hope as ‘Final round’ of Gaza talks to start Tuesday in Qatar
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the negotiations, told AFP, “A final round of talks is expected to take place today in Doha.”
Nine charged over looting in LA fires: prosecutor
The charges include for one burglary that netted $200,000 and one in which an Emmy statuette was stolen, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters.
Sierra Leone Reports First Case of Mpox
Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world’s highest alert level for the potentially deadly viral disease was raised last year.
Venezuela Yamuapisha Rais Maduro Kwa Muhula Wa Tatu
Kuapishwa kwa Maduro kumekumbwa na utata mkubwa, huku kiongozi wa upinzani Edmundo Gonzalez akidai kuwa alishinda uchaguzi kwa 67% ya kura.
Venezuela’s President Elect, Nicolas Maduro Sworn In
A defiant Maduro, 62, adorned with an oversized yellow, blue and red presidential sash, shrugged off the outcry over his unproven claim to have won another six-year term, saying that his investiture was a “great victory for Venezuelan democracy.”
