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Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for ‘massive’ ad revenue drop
Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread ...Musk begins his Twitter ownership with firings, declares the ‘bird is freed’
Elon Musk has taken ownership of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) with brutal efficiency, firing top executives but providing little clarity over how he will achieve ...Former President Donald Trump summoned to testify to U.S. Jan 6 riot panel, provide documents
Former President Donald Trump was issued an order on Friday to testify under oath and provide documents to the House of Representatives ...North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning U.N. meeting, U.S. drills
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in the direction of Japan, after the return of a ...Major U.N. powers question Pacific islanders’ call for nuclear legacy help
Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the ...Florida, Carolinas count the cost of Hurricane Ian
Florida, North and South Carolina were on Saturday trying to recover from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian, after one of the ...Hurricane Ian veers toward Carolinas after pummeling Florida
A resurgent Hurricane Ian barreled north on Friday toward a second landfall in South Carolina, a day after carving a path of ...Flooding strands Florida residents as Ian takes aim at Carolinas
Emergency crews on helicopters and boats raced on Thursday to reach stranded residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast after Hurricane Ian left behind ...Waning Hurricane Ian creeps across Florida after battering Gulf Coast
A weakened but still formidable Hurricane Ian chugged across Florida toward the Atlantic seaboard on Thursday after thrashing the state’s Gulf Coast ...Hurricane Ian makes landfall along Florida Gulf Coast with Category 4 fury
Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, assaulting the state with howling winds, torrential rain and a ...