Twitter temporarily closes offices as layoffs begin

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc temporarily closed its offices on Friday after telling employees they will be informed by email later in the day whether they are being laid off. The move follows a week of uncertainty about the company's future under new…

U.N. calls on Taliban to release women's rights activists

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief on Friday called on Afghanistan's Taliban government to release five people the U.N. says were detained during a news conference organised by a women's civil society organisation. Police disrupted a news conference in Kabul…

Rail workers call off strike at the eleventh hour

Rail workers call off strike at the eleventh hour

Rail workers call off strike at the eleventh hour: Union cancels three days of walkouts which were set to start tomorrow and cause week-long chaos RMT members had been due to stage 24-hour walkouts on Saturday and next Monday and Wednesday Union…

Putin losing grip and faces regime collapse as 'predators' circle over disastrous Ukraine war, claims Russian KGB expert | The Sun

Putin losing grip and faces regime collapse as 'predators' circle over disastrous Ukraine war, claims Russian KGB expert | The Sun

VLADIMIR Putin is losing grip on power and his regime faces total collapse as "predators" circle around due to his disastrous handling of the war in Ukraine, claims a KGB expert. Yevgenia Albats, who now lives in exile, said Putin can no…