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Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and public face of Twitter, will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately, the company announced Monday. Dorsey will remain a member of Twitter’s board until at least next year. Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief technology officer, will take over as CEO. …

Ace Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has been named the 2021 NABJ Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of the Year. He will receive the award at an event to be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021 in the United States of America. This was made known in a letter addressed to …

A man has reportedly been sentenced to death in North Korea for smuggling copies of Netflix’s blockbuster series “Squid Game” into the country. According to Radio Free Asia (via Variety), authorities were led to the man after they caught high school students watching the series. The report states that “Squid Game” was smuggled …

A Brazilian woman, who made headlines earlier this year by marrying herself, is now heading for divorce after confessing she’s met someone else. Cris Galera grew tired of relying on men, so decided to marry herself in a formal ceremony which was held in September 2021. The 33-year-old model insisted …

Viral internet sensation kid, Antwain Lee Fowler has been confirmed dead. The viral Instagram kid who’s known for the famous phrase, “You got some cheese I can eat,” Antwain Lee Fowler went viral two years ago when his mother shared videos of him eating and making funny comments. The video …

US vice president Kamala Harris will serve as acting president while President Joe Biden is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, the White House has said. “As was the case when President George W Bush had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007, and following the process set out in …

Elon Musk has offered to sell some of his Tesla (TSLA) stock “right now” if the UN can prove that $6 billion will solve world hunger. His comments came after UN World Food Programme (WFP) director David Beasley challenged the ultra-wealthy — and in particular the world’s two richest men …

Tributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84. The former top military officer died on Monday morning, his family said. He was fully vaccinated. Powell became the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George …

In Indonesia, a man has caused a bit of a ruckus by seemingly disregarding all romantic conventions and marrying his rice cooker. Yes, the electric appliance used to make fluffy rice for everyday meals. The man’s “wedding ceremony” to his beloved appliance went viral on Twitter after he shared a …

The founder of the world’s largest megachurch, Pastor David Yonggi Cho is dead. Yonggi Cho, who also known as Paul Yungi Cho, died in the early hours of Tuesday at age 85. The popular cleric before his death was the founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea …