Govt secretly orders Google to track anyone searching certain names, addresses, and phone numbers. Investigators are secretly using keyword warrants to help track down criminals. Ekohotblog reports that the American government is using ‘keyword warrants’ to uncover the identity of anyone who searches Google and other search engines for certain search terms that may be … Read more
The program, which launched in 2019 and has reached over 800,000 children… In what it called a “historic” move, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that It has recommended widespread use of the world’s first and only malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where there are moderate to high … Read more
The Taliban emptied out both prisons, releasing their own members who had been imprisoned but also members of ISIS-K… The ISIS-K suicide bomber who carried out a terrorist attack at Kabul international airport in late August, killing 13 US service members and dozens of Afghans, had been released from a prison near Kabul just days earlier when the Taliban … Read more
Forbes said the real estate mogul is just as wealthy as he was a year ago… Former United States President, Donald Trump was left off the annual Forbes 400 ranking of the wealthiest Americans. According to Forbes, Trump is now worth an estimated 2.5 billion dollars, leaving him 400 million dollars short of the cutoff … Read more
The catalog of his music will however be available on YouTube Music, YouTube’s audio-streaming service… Video streaming giant, YouTube has announced the removal of channels owned by embattled R&B singer R. Kelly from its platform, distancing itself from the singer who was recently convicted of sex trafficking. R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury … Read more
Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three Scientists. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems.” The three scientists are from Japan, Germany and Italy. Read Also: Former Nigerian International Sunny … Read more
Her identity as the Facebook whistleblower was revealed on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused by its apps, including Instagram’s potential “toxic” effect on teen girls, is testifying at a United States … Read more
About 80 percent of the victims were boys. About 216,0000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy since 1950, an independent inquiry has found, alleging the phenomenon was covered up for decades by a “veil of silence”. The details made public on Tuesday are the latest … Read more
Vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant was 93% after the first month, declining to 53% after four months… The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose. This is according to a data published on Monday that US health agencies … Read more
The 12 million files constitute the biggest of such leak in history Several world leaders have denied wrongdoing after featuring in the Pandora Papers – a huge leak of financial documents from offshore companies. The 12 million files constitute the biggest of such leak in history. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan’s King Abdullah II … Read more
Prof David Julius’s breakthrough came from investigating the burning pain we feel from eating a hot chilli pepper. Scientists who discovered how our bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug of a loved one have won the Nobel Prize. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in … Read more
Facebook has aggressively pushed back against the reports, calling many of the claims “misleading”… A former Product Manager with Facebook, Frances Haugen, who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents, has said that the social media company prioritised profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation. The leaked documents show … Read more
Yellen had warned lawmakers earlier this week that if Congress fails to raise, the federal government will exhaust extraordinary measures by October 18 The United States could be just weeks away from defaulting on its debt for the first time ever. The $28.4 trillion debt limit was reinstated August 1. Since then, Treasury Secretary Janet … Read more
A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire, Dan Petrescu, crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported. The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had taken off from Milan’s Linate airport shortly after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) headed for Olbia in … Read more
Kenyatta and six members of his family have been linked to 13 offshore companies. The family of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country’s politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers – 12 million files – is … Read more
BBC Panorama in a joint investigation with the Guardian and the other media partners have had access to nearly 12 million documents… The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents. Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 … Read more
An American Teen kills newborn son to get out of paying child support. Ekohotblog Reports that a Texan teenager has been put behind bars after police say he killed his own newborn son to get out of paying for child support. Caleb Blake Brown, 17-years-old has been charged with first-degree murder in connection … Read more
Reports on social media described a large detonation and emergency services rushing to the scene An explosion which ripped through a crowd outside the entrance of a mosque in central Kabul on Sunday, has left a number of civilians dead. According to a Taliban spokesman, the blast targeted the gates of the Eidgah Mosque in … Read more
Trump contracted COVID-19 last fall at the height of the 2020 presidential campaign Donald Trump has revealed which COVID-19 vaccine he received before leaving the White House as President. “Well, I got the Pfizer and I would have been very happy with any of them,” Trump told Yahoo Finance Live in a wide-ranging interview. The … Read more
In Washington DC, demonstrators marched to the Supreme Court building, holding signs such as “Make abortion legal”. Tens of thousands of people have been holding rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights. They have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the … Read more