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San Francisco: The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter, according to US media and an investor in the firm.He tweeted "the bird is freed", in an apparent reference to the deal closing, reports...

Washington: Twitter has confirmed that Elon Musk officially sealed his deal to acquire the social media company, a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed on Friday.“The merger between Twitter, Inc. and X Holdings II, Inc.,...

London: Rishi Sunak, the UK's new Prime Minister, points to his time in the US studying and working as a defining part of his life.The 42-year-old has made the California chapter of his biography a key part of his...

Manila: At least 31 people died on Friday and more others were missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded a number of towns in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines, a local official said.Naguib Sinarimbo, interior and local government minister...

United Nations: Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are on their way to visit two facilities in Ukraine after Russia's "dirty bombs" allegations, the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said here."Allegations have been made, inspections are...

Dhaka: Bangladesh and Japan expected to elevate bilateral relations to ‘Strategic Partnership’ level during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Japan on 29 November - 1 December 2022 at the invitation of Prime Minister of Japan...

Dhaka: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was on interim release by the government's executive order after being convicted in two cases of corruption, is unlikely to be sent back to jail before the upcoming national elections, said Law Minister...

Vatican: Pope Francis has warned priests and nuns about the dangers of watching pornography online, saying it "weakens the priestly heart".The Pope, 86, was responding to a question about how digital and social media should be best used, at...

San Francisco: Elon Musk has posted a video of himself walking into Twitter's headquarters here in California, US, carrying a sink, raising speculation about the fate of his planned takeover and alleged purge.He also updated his Twitter bio to...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called out Russian commanders' tactics to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut as "craziness".Bakhmut in the Donetsk region which had a pre-war population of 70,000, has been in the eye of Russian attacks...