‘Sex for grades’ outlawed by Nigeria’s parliament
Nigeria’s outgoing parliament has finally passed a bill that aims to prevent the sexual harassment of university students. Once it is signed into law by newly elected President Bola Tinubu…
Microsoft email server hacks put Biden in a bind
The scale of a hack on Microsoft Exchange is beginning to emerge, with tens of thousands of organisations potentially compromised. The attack used previously unknown flaws in the email software…
Facebook and Google news law passed in Australia
Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. The legislation had been fiercely opposed by the US tech giants,…
Trump impeachment: Senate falls short of majority needed to convict
The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection over the Capitol riot on 6…
President Biden cancels funding for Trump border wall
US President Joe Biden has rescinded the national emergency order used to fund Donald Trump’s border wall. In a letter to Congress on Thursday, Mr Biden wrote that the order…
South Africa in shock after AstraZeneca vaccine rollout halted
South Africa’s decision to halt its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a study showed “disappointing” results against its new Covid-19 variant may have left the nation in shock, but…
Twitter and Facebook told to ‘go further’ by football authorities
Twitter and Facebook have been told to “accept responsibility for preventing abuse” and “go further than you have promised to do to date” amid continued online abuse of footballers. Some…
