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Facebook blames server tweak for blackout issues
Facebook has said that a “server configuration change” was to blame for the worst outage in its history.
It said it had “triggered a cascading series of issues” for its platforms, including WhatsApp and Instagram.
The disruption, which…
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North Korea may break off US talks and resume missile tests, official says
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may break off denuclearisation talks with the US and resume missile and nuclear testing, a senior official says.
Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui told foreign diplomats the US threw away “a golden…
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New Zealand: 40 dead after shootings at two mosques
Forty people have been killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the incidents as a terrorist attack, and one of the country’s “darkest…
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UK to provide free sanitary products in English secondary schools
The government will provide free sanitary products in secondary schools and colleges in England from the next school year.
The chancellor made the announcement in the spring statement, where the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast…
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Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet
Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash.The US plane-maker said it would suspend all 371 of the aircraft.The Federal…
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Brexit: MPs to vote on delaying leaving the EU
MPs in the UK will vote later on whether to ask the EU for permission to delay Brexit beyond the 29 March departure date.
It comes after MPs voted on Wednesday evening to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances.
Prime Minister…
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Nigeria school collapse: Lagos building disaster leaves 10 dead
At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos.
The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji on Lagos Island, had…
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Ethiopian Airlines disaster: Boeing faces questions after crash
US plane maker Boeing is facing questions after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash on Sunday killed all 157 people on board.
It was the second crash in five months involving a 737 Max 8, and comparisons are being drawn with a Lion Air…
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Brexit talks deadlocked day before Commons vote on May’s deal
Brexit talks between the UK and the EU remain deadlocked, Downing Street has said just a day before MPs are due to vote again on Theresa May’s deal.
Mrs May spoke to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday night after…
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Air France A380 flight to Paris from Abidjan turns back after engine failure
An Air France A380 plane carrying more than 500 passengers from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to Paris was on Sunday forced to turn back mid-flight following an engine failure.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Air France-KLM manager for…
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