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Germany blocks sale of two chipmakers to China
Germany on Wednesday blocked the sale of two chipmakers to Chinese investors because of a potential threat to security. Habeck said that Germany remained open to investors, but that "we are also not naive".
Medikal loses Twitter account, loses over 300k followers, Ghanaians beg Elon Musk for mercy
Twitter CEO and billionaire Elon Musk suspended the Twitter account of Ghanaian rapper Medikal on November 9, 2022, and this caused a stir on Ghanaian Twitter.
At COP27 climate talks, US midterms make waves
The US midterms made waves Wednesday at a UN climate summit on the shores of Egypt, with activists urging President Joe Biden to take bolder action against global warming regardless of the result.
King Charles narrowly avoids being hit by eggs
King Charles III and his wife Queen Consort Camilla narrowly avoided being hit with eggs thrown at them during a visit to northern England on Wednesday, British media footage showed. A man was heard shouting "this country was built on the blood of slaves" and "not my king" before he was detained by several police officers as the incident occurred, the footage showed.
Senegal holds breath over talisman Mane making World Cup
Doubts over Senegalese talisman Sadio Mane being fit for the World Cup finals had a nation holding its collective breath on Wednesday with Senegal President Macky Sall tweeting: "Sadio, heart of a Lion! "Like I said to you: Sadio, heart of a Lion!
Strikes flare in Europe as cost of living spirals
European workers squeezed by the soaring cost of living went on strike in Belgium and Greece on Wednesday, with stoppages threatening to paralyse parts of Britain, France and Spain in coming days. Belgium and Greece saw general strikes on Wednesday, disrupting transport in their respective capitals, impacting businesses.
Tema-Mpakadan railway project is ready to begin operations as several netizens praise how beautiful it now looks
A Twitter user has shared the latest photos of the Tema-Mpakadan railway project. Several netizens have hailed the project and are excited to see it start.
Germany's huge Wirecard fraud trial to start in December
Wirecard's former CEO Markus Braun will go on trial from December 8 to answer fraud charges in Germany's biggest-ever accounting scandal, a Munich court said Wednesday. The higher regional court in Munich said it had scheduled 100 court dates for the mammoth trial.
Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 staff
Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history", boss Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday. Zuckerberg renamed the company to Meta a year ago to reflect the commitment to the project, but the division working on metaverse technology has since made losses of more than $3.5 billion.
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