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ELON Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the Tesla CEO to uphold the deal. The likely unraveling of the acquisition was just the latest twist in a saga between the world's richest man and one of the most influential social media platforms, and it may portend a titanic legal battle ahead. Twitter could have pushed for a $1 billion breakup fee that Musk agreed to pay under these circumstances. Instead, it looks ready to fight to complete the purchase, which the company's board has approved and CEO Parag Agrawal has insisted he wants to...

By electing another Marcos, Filipinos show they have forgotten history The son of a brutal kleptocrat takes over his dad’s old job on June 30th News Link By electing another Marcos, Filipinos show they have forgotten history Archive Link archive.ph

ALERT: Instant noodles removed from Irish shops following recall notice A batch of instant noodles is being removed from Irish shops following a recall notice. According to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), the Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton Noodles Original Flavour (60g) with a best before date of 20/07/2022 has been recalled due to the presence of an unauthorised pesticide. Ethylene Oxide is not authorised for use in foods sold in the European Union (EU). Although the consumption of the contaminated product does not pose an acute risk to health, there may be health issues if there is continued consumption of ethylene oxide over a long period of time. Therefore, exposure to this substance needs to be minimised...

Google engineer says Lamda AI system may have its own feelings By Chris Vallance Technology reporter (Source: Google engineer says Lamda AI system may have its own feelings) A Google engineer says one of the firm's artificial intelligence (AI) systems might have its own feelings and says its "wants" should be respected. Google says The Language Model for Dialogue Applications (Lamda) is a breakthrough technology that can engage in free-flowing conversations. But engineer Blake Lemoine believes that behind Lamda's impressive verbal skills might also lie a sentient mind. Google rejects the claims, saying there is nothing to back them up. Brian Gabriel, a spokesperson for the firm, wrote in a statement provided to the BBC that Mr...

More than 5 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve were exported to Asia and Europe last month, Reuters first reported. Among the shipments were two cargo ships carrying 560,000 barrels each from Atlantic Trading & Marketing, part of France's TotalEnergies, according to Reuters. And Phillips 66, the fourth-largest oil supplier in the US, sent about 470,000 barrels from a storage facility in Texas to Trieste, Italy, where a pipeline feeds refineries in central Europe. The exports follow similar shipments of Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude in April, when three ships went to Europe to replace Russian oil. Overall, US oil exports have been surging since Russia invaded Ukraine in February as Western countries...

TOKYO: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died of his injuries after he was shot on Friday (Jul 8). No vital signs were detected upon his arrival in the hospital, and doctors tried to resuscitate him, a hospital spokesperson said. The former prime minister died at about 5pm local time. Abe, 67, had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the western city of Nara when he was shot by an assailant at around 11.30am. Footage broadcast by NHK showed Abe standing on a stage when a loud blast was heard with smoke visible in the air. He collapsed after being shot and was rushed to hospital. A fire department official had earlier said Abe appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest. Police said a 41-year-old man...

Another battle took place on Zmeiny Island on July 7. On July 4, Natalia Humenyuk, Head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of the Defense Forces in the South of Ukraine claimed that the Ukrainian flag was raised over the island and the territory came under Kiev’s control. These claims were spread by Ukrainian media supported by archived photos. Later on the same day, Ms Humenyuk was obliged to clarify that her words should be taken metaphorically. In fact, the flag was just thrown from a helicopter and was “waiting for Ukrainian servicemen to raise it”. She claimed that noone would sacrifice the lives of Ukrainian servicemen for a photo with the flag. However, her claims were ignored by the Ukrainian media and Kiev’s officials...

https://bbgvod-azure-us-east1-zenko.global.ssl.fastly.net/vod/vod/m/ODk2MTE2OQ/Q2xvdWRfNjI5MzM0/fea19023-8359-42a6-8c25-727117359238/2/index.m3u8 Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- Japan’s longest-serving premier and a figure of enduring influence -- died after he was shot during a campaign event Friday, national broadcaster NHK said. The attack shocked a nation where political violence and guns are rare. Abe, 67, was shot from about 3 meters (10 feet) away with what appeared to be a homemade firearm in the western city of Nara as he was giving a campaign speech for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Video and images from the scene showed the former premier collapsing to the ground, with blood on his shirt, after two blasts. A...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 8) — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. tested positive for COVID-19 through an antigen test, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced on Friday. In a briefing, Cruz-Angeles said that Marcos has a slight fever. She noted that those who had close contact with him, including her and Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez, have negative results via antigen test. Marcos first tested positive for COVID-19 in 2020. https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/7/8/BBM-COVID-19-positive-.html

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was feared dead on Friday after apparently being shot at a campaign event in the Nara region, local media reported. National broadcaster NHK said a man who appears to be in his 40s was arrested for attempted murder and a gun had been confiscated from him, citing police sources. Local police were not immediately able to comment when contacted by AFP. Japan ex-PM Abe feared dead; man nabbed for attempted murder

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On July 7, Sky News channel reported that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, will resigning. The report also noted that Johnson will make a statement today. More than 30 members of Boris Johnson’s administration resigned over the last two days. The Tories will be changing party rules to restart discussions on a vote of no confidence in the British prime minister. British officials are beginning to leave their posts one by one. The reason for this precedent was the s©andal associated with Boris Johnson. The officials began to apply as early as July 6. A total of 33 people left the Conservative government. The last to leave the administration was Rachel McLean, the Secretary of State for Protective Services, who...

A Philippine news site co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has been ordered to shut down, the company said Wednesday, a day before President Rodrigo Duterte -- its arch-nemesis -- leaves office. © MARIA TANRappler co-founder Maria Ressa has been a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte Ressa has been a vocal critic of Duterte and the deadly drug war he launched in 2016, triggering what media advocates say is a grinding series of criminal charges, probes and online attacks against her and Rappler. © Maria TANPhilippine news site Rappler has been ordered to shut down The latest blow was delivered by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission. In a statement Wednesday, it confirmed the "revocation of the...

THE administration of the Department of Education (DepEd) was formally turned over to Vice President and Education chief Sara Duterte-Carpio by former Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday. Briones turned over the DepEd flag and official seal, as well as a copy of the Basic Education Development Plan 2030 — the country's first long-term plan for the education sector. She highlighted the education gains during her six-year term including the Sulong EduKalidad campaign to improve the quality of education, empowerment of the regions through its regional directors, participation to international assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the transformation of the National Educators Academy of the...

Hidden content Russia-Ukraine war has divided the world and NATO chief said that full-scale war can be super destructive. Lukashenko Says Russia Should Be 'Ready' to Use Nuclear Weapons

Una ng naglabas si Zelensky ng press release na pinasabog umano ng Russia ang isang shopping mall at libo ang mga tao na possibleng namatay, kinalat ito ng mga leaders ng G7 at ibat ibang ahensya ng news media na captured ng West maging ang mga news outlets na captured sa pilipinas ay agad itong binalita. Maski ang mga twitter warriors ng West ay todo pakalat sa balitang ito. Pero ang totoo fake news ito, dahil ang pinasabog ng Russia ay ang ammunitions na galing sa West backers na inimbak sa katabing factory, dahil ito ay mga bomba ngdulot ito ng sunog sa paligid. Ayun ambilis nakuryente, akala nila makaka style bucha ulit sila. sabi nga ng isang dating senador ng US, "we failed in the propaganda war"

The war in Ukraine reaches well beyond the country's borders. Inside Russia, the war has divided society into two irreconcilable camps: those who oppose the war and those who support what the Kremlin insists on calling a ''military operation.'' Since February 24, many Russian families have members who no longer talk to each other, or who rarely communicate. Parents have severed relationships with their children, husbands with wives, and sisters with brothers.

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Marcos vetoes bill creating Bulacan Airport ecozone (1st UPDATE) While House Bill No. 7575 is seen to boost economic growth in the project's host area, it has provisions 'that pose fiscal risks to the country' and it infringes on other agencies' mandates, says Marcos MANILA, Philippines – In his first full day in office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoed the bill creating the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport. “At the foreground, fiscal prudence must be exercised particularly when resources are scarce and needs are abundant,” Marcos said in his veto message to the Senate President dated Friday, July 1, in relation to thumbing down House Bill No. 7575 or the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and...

Hindi pinirmahan ni BBM ang House Bill 7575 na magtatatag ng Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport. Eto yung paligid ng ginagawang malaking airport ng San Miguel sa Bulacan. Nasa sulat na naka-address sa Senado ang paliwanag niya kung bakit kailangang i-veto ang bill. Babalik ulit ang bill sa Kongreso kung saan pagbobotohan ng mga congressman at senador kung babaliktarin nila o hindi ang veto ng Pangulo. Paglilinaw: Matutuloy pa rin ang paggawa ng New Manila International Airport. Wala lang mga posibleng special tax exemptions ang mga negosyo na nakapaligid doon na kasamang nakasaad sa House Bill.

Congratulations our 17th President PRESIDENT FERDINAND “BongBong” Marcos Jr.

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Great resignation ‘in full swing’ as Filipinos find better work online FacebookTwitterSHARE ARTICLE With the hybrid work era creating new opportunities and easier ways to find greener pastures, companies should brace for more turnover waves, according to a report by Sprout Solutions MANILA, Philippines – More Filipinos are quitting their jobs as they find it easier to get better opportunities because of hybrid work arrangements, a report by human resource (HR) solutions company Sprout Solutions said. Sprout’s 2022 State of HR Report found that 62% of HR professionals observed an upward trend in company resignations amid the pandemic. “With the hybrid work era creating new opportunities and easier ways to find greener pastures, HR...

Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte will step down from office as “the most popular president of the post-Edsa 1 era,” according to the latest PUBLiCUS survey. In PUBLiCUS’ PAHAYAG Second Quarter survey conducted from June 16 to 22, some 75 percent of its 1,500 respondents approved or strongly approved of Duterte’s job performance during his six-year term. Only 10 percent of respondents said they disapproved or strongly disapproved of the President’s performance since 2016. “Our numbers indicate that President Rodrigo Duterte will leave office as the most popular president of the post-EDSA I era. No other president who served under the 1987 Constitution has ended his or her term with majority approval and trust ratings, much less a...

Its secret: traditional medicine such as herbs and plants. “A newly organized COVID-19 treatment and research team operates in the DPRK to develop treatment methods for scientifically controlling the spread of the malignant virus,”

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On June 25th, Russian-led forces claimed control over the city of Severodonetsk including the industrial zone of the Azot plant. The entire left bank of the Seversky Donets River within the borders of the Luhansk People’s Republic is under control of the LPR People’s Militia. In its daily briefing, the Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that the People’s Militia of the Luhansk Peopel’s Republic, with the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the command of Army General S.V. Surovikin, completely liberated the city of Severodonetsk. The towns of Borovskoye, Voronovo and Sirotino are also under full control of Russian-led forces. Click to see full-size image On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed...