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US equates Russian military company with ISIS

Alleging that Wagner Group threatened religious freedom in the Central African Republic, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday designated the Russian private military company in the same category as Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), Al-Qaeda branches and the Taliban. Blinken declared Wagner an “entity of particular concern,” putting …

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Private space company loses 2 more NASA satellites

The privately launched rocket that was supposed to deliver two NASA satellites into orbit malfunctioned shortly after takeoff on Sunday, failing to complete its mission and losing expensive US space agency payloads for the second time this year. “The upper stage shut down early, and we did not deliver the …

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British cinema company pulls ‘blasphemous’ movie

British cinema group Cineworld has pulled a film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, Fatima, following a wave of mass protests and accusations of “blasphemy.” The offending movie, ‘The Lady of Heaven’ by director Eli King, was taken off the screen just four days after its release. “Due to recent …

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Company buying Trump’s social network warns investors

Special-purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) has alerted potential investors that the man behind its prized product, former US President Donald Trump, has been associated with a long list of failed businesses ahead of a planned merger between the company and Trump Media & Technology Group. DWAC, which …

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Facebook moderator sues company over ‘human trafficking’

Former Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung has sued the social media giant’s parent company Meta and its African subcontractor Sama, alleging in the suit filed on Tuesday that the company “subjected current and former content moderators to forced labor and human trafficking for labor.” Motaung claims he was laid off for …

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Cancer patients sue company behind Fukushima radiation

Six people were children living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant at the time of the 2011 disaster, when the facility was heavily damaged in an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The plaintiffs have since developed thyroid cancer, blaming radiation that seeped from the power plant for their condition. “Some plaintiffs …

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FBI raids Covid testing company in fraud probe

The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing “inaccurate and deceptive” results and enriching its owners. The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control – which has received more than $124 million from the US government for its …

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Worst company of the year named

More than 1,500 respondents of an open-ended survey on Yahoo Finance on December 4 were given dozens of alternatives to choose from, but Facebook beat them all. It received 50% more votes as the year’s worst company than the second-place finisher, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Some respondents complained about Facebook’s …

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