In this case, it’s not satire. InfoWars, the website of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has been purchased by The Onion – a parody outlet – putting an end to the controversial platform that drummed up anti-government paranoia in the United States for a quarter of a century. The auction sale…
EU says Meta automatically ties its ad service – Facebook Marketplace – to Facebook, creating an unfair advantage. The European Union has hit technology giant Meta with a fine just shy of 800 million euros for what it called “abusive practices” involving its Facebook Marketplace online classified ads business. The…
Journalists Megan O’Toole and Jillian Kestler-D’Amours win award for report on Indigenous fight for water rights in US. Al Jazeera English online has been awarded a top prize at the 29th annual Amnesty International Canada Media Awards for a report on the Indigenous struggle for water rights in the southwestern…
United States President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday nomination of Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz for attorney general has generated a stir on both sides of the political aisle. The role doubles as the country’s top prosecutor and the head of the Department of Justice. As attorney general, Gaetz would also oversee agencies…
A United States jury has ruled that Virginia-based defence contractor CACI must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison in 2004. But what exactly was it and what happened there? What was the case about? Here’s what you need to know: What was…
Federal prosecutors have asked an appeals court to pause their bid to revive the criminal case against the United States President-elect Donald Trump, who was accused of mishandling classified documents after his first term as president ended. Special Counsel Jack Smith, 55, made the request on Wednesday in the US…
CEO Shayne Coplan accuses Biden administration of targeting company over its perceived political associations. Authorities in the United States have raided the home of the chief executive of Polymarket, a betting platform that drew widespread attention for strongly favouring Donald Trump to win the presidential election. The Federal Bureau of…
United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, 42, will serve as his attorney general, a role that doubles as the country’s top prosecutor and the head of the Department of Justice. Trump announced the nomination in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday,…
Putting an end to days of speculation, United States President-elect Donald Trump nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to lead the State Department under the incoming administration. The choice of his former political rival had been rumoured for days and signals the new administration’s commitment to a hawkish foreign policy. A…
Experts aren’t sure what is causing fewer overdose deaths, but they are hopeful the decline is sustainable. Drug overdose deaths in the United States appear to continue to decline, giving experts hope that the nation is seeing sustained improvement in what remains an epidemic. Some 97,000 people died of a…
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