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Facebook, a Meta-owned company, is in another trouble as a number of the US states have requested an appeals court on Monday to reinstate an antitrust lawsuit against the social media platform. The argument by a group of the US states, led by New York, has highlighted the ongoing harm from Facebook's actions. The lawsuit was initially filed against Facebook in 2020, close to the time when the US Federal Trade Commission also sued the company. The FTC is still fighting the company and requesting the court to order Facebook to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta's Facebook, who is already facing an antitrust lawsuit by the US FTC, may soon end up fighting another another legal case as a big group of the US states, led by New York, has requested a three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reinstate a lawsuit filed against the company in 2020. The states do not include Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and South Dakota. Both the FTC and the states...

The woman swallowed batteries in an apparent act of deliberate self-harm. (Pixabay/Representative pic) Doctors in Ireland recently removed more than 50 AA and AAA batteries from a 66-year-old woman's gut and stomach after she swallowed them in an apparent act of deliberate self-harm.  Citing a report published in the Irish Medical Journal, the Huff Post reported that the woman was treated at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin after ingesting an initially "unknown number" of cylindrical batteries. Her X-ray revealed foreign objects in her body, but doctors said that thankfully none appeared to be obstructing her gastrointestinal (GI) tract and no batteries showed signs of structural damage.  Initially, doctors waited for the woman to pass batteries out of her body naturally. Over a one-week period, the patient even managed to pass five AA batteries. However, X-rays taken over the following three weeks showed that most were still stuck inside - and the w...

Rupee Today: Domestic currency strengthens to 79.7o against a weaker dollar The rupee was subdued early on Monday even as the dollar hovered roughly 1 per cent below a two-decade top versus major rivals, as investors eye a slew of central bank meetings this week, with the Federal Reserve headlining widespread interest. Bloomberg showed the rupee last at 79.7200 per dollar, after opening at 79.6700, compared to Friday's close of 79.7450. PTI reported that the domestic currency gained 8 paise to 79.70 against the US dollar in early trade. Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury, Finrex Treasury Advisors, stated that the rupee opened marginally firmer due to Asian stocks opening flat or higher, the dollar index at 109.80, US Treasury yields at 3.45 percent, and Asian currencies opening marginally stronger than they did on Friday. "The range for the day is expected to be 79.50 to 80 with a close watch on RBI as they try to maintain the 80 level," Mr Bhansali told P...

The violence took place last month after India won the match against Pakistan. (Representational) London: Two people were arrested in East Leicester on Sunday after a clash erupted when groups of young men began an unplanned protest, the Leicestershire Police said in a statement. According to the statement shared by Leicestershire Police on its Twitter handle, "Two arrests were made - one man on suspicion of conspiracy to commit violent disorder and one man on suspicion of possession of a bladed article. They remain in police custody." This comes after various videos and reports have been circulating on social media about Pakistani organized gangs being seen vandalising and terrorising Hindus in the UK's Leicester City. The incident follows a spate of violence and disorder in the eastern part of the city. The violence took place on August 28 after India won the match against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2022, following which a fight broke out in Melton Road, Belgrave, lea...

King Charles said that he and his wife Camilla had been so deeply touched by messages. (File) London: Britain's King Charles III said Sunday he had been "moved beyond measure" by the outpouring of public sympathy following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in a message of thanks on the eve of her grand state funeral. King Charles said that he and his wife Queen Consort Camilla had been "so deeply touched" by messages of condolence and support from Britain and around the world. Britain held a minute's silence on Sunday in a tribute to Queen Elizabeth before Monday's farewell. "We were moved beyond measure by everyone who took the trouble to come and pay their respects to the lifelong service of my dear mother, The late Queen," he said in a statement. "As we all prepare to say our last farewell, I wanted simply to take this opportunity to say thank you to all those countless people who have been such a support and comfort t...

China's second point was to condemn anti-Russia sanctions imposed by West. (File) Beijing: China is fully exploiting the Russia-Ukraine crisis to warn the United States of its threats -- a classic example of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey," GeoPolitica reports said. From China blaming NATO's expansion for Russia's invasion of Ukraine to blaming Ukraine's desire to join NATO for endangering Russian security or even condemning anti-Russia sanctions imposed upon the outbreak of the war, Beijing's intentions are only to threaten the US amid the ongoing power conflict, GeoPolitica reported. More of this becomes clear when one looks closer to Beijing launching a diplomatic push in impossible circles. A lot of China's condemnation of the West comes as Beijing finds itself in the midst of a huge strategic problem. An interesting point was made by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Evan Feigenbaum. It identifies China's t...

Sentiments in Zimbabwe after the death of the queen are mixed. (Representational) Harare, Zimbabwe: On a chilly spring morning, a kilted piper playing the bagpipes led diplomats into Harare's stone-walled Anglican Cathedral for a thanksgiving service in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. But the turnout among the public was meagre -- numbering in the dozens -- and the flags that flew at half-mast were in honour not of Zimbabwe's former monarch but of an army brigadier who had died a week after her. Sentiments in this southern African country after the death of the queen are mixed. Many of Zimbabwe's institutions, such as its parliament and bewigged judges, are based on the British model, and food, clothing and even accents are inspired by Britain. Yet memories remain of the humiliation of the colonial era, tinged more recently by tensions under Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, Robert Mugabe. Older Zimbabweans grew up in a country called Rhodesia -- a Brit...