Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited sites
As dawn breaks the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom – but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia’s most famous sunrise. Asia’s most Instagrammable sites – temples, promenades, shopping streets, museums and mausoleums – are empty, victims of a virus keeping visitors at home. […]
Aussie watchdog sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica breach
Australia’s privacy watchdog announced legal action against Facebook Monday for alleged “systematic failures” exposing more than 300,000 Australians to a data breach by Cambridge Analytica. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said it had initiated proceedings against the tech giant and that Facebook committed “serious and/or repeated interferences with privacy”. The commission alleges the […]
STATE OF THE NATION: Nigeria’s current challenges not insurmountable ― Fayemi
Says unitary policing under a federal setting an aberration By Dayo Johnson Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, weekend declared that the myriads of challenges bedevilling the country are not insurmountable. The governor urged Nigerians not to despair, but take useful lessons so that the nation does not continue to make the same mistakes over […]
Albania reports first two coronavirus cases
Albania reported its first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, a man who returned from Italy late last month and his father, the health ministry said. “A 54-year-old man and his 28-year-old son who returned by car from Florence tested positive for COVID-19,” a ministry statement said. The two are hospitalised in the […]
Formula One unrest, uncertainty as Hamilton eyes Schumacher record
An air of unrest and uncertainty hangs over Formula One as the global motor racing bandwagon flies to Melbourne for the start of the 71st championship season at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton’s bid to equal Michael Schumacher’s tally of a record seven drivers’ titles, and to overhaul his total of 91 race […]
Uber, delivery services to compensate drivers who catch coronavirus
Multiple rideshare and food delivery companies are following in the footsteps of Uber, which announced it would compensate its drivers who catch the new coronavirus. Uber on Saturday announced that drivers who provided documentation that shown they had been diagnosed with COVID-19 or quarantined by health authorities would “receive compensation for a period of up […]
