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After turning Twitter upside down, Elon Musk on Tuesday tried to clarify his plans for content moderation, a key issue for the future of the influential platform after the departure of advertisers and top executives. To make his point, Musk then announced the reinstatement of three twitter accounts that had been banished for violating Twitter's content moderation policies.
Two firefighters were killed Friday at Lima's airport when a passenger plane hit their fire truck during takeoff then crashed on the runway, officials said. Footage taken by witnesses and broadcast by Peruvian television channels showed the plane -- an Airbus A320, according to aircraft tracking websites -- taking off at full speed and hitting the fire truck, also traveling at speed.
Elizabeth Holmes's startup Theranos made her a multi-billionaire hailed as the next US tech visionary by age 30, but it all evaporated in a flash of lawsuits, ignominy and, finally, an 11-year prison sentence on Friday.
The United States, France, Britain and Belgium on Friday condemned "in the strongest terms" advances by the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, calling on them to pull back immediately and cease hostilities.
At least nine people died Friday in the latest prison unrest to hit violence-stricken Ecuador, where some 400 inmates have been killed since last year, the prosecutor's office said. Eight people, including five police members, were killed during the attacks in the port city of Guayaquil.
Malaysia's jailed ex-leader Najib Razak's graft-tainted party is seeking to cement its grip on power as the country goes to the polls on Saturday, but analysts say the race is too close to call. Najib, who was at the centre of the 1MDB scandal, is currently serving a 12-year jail term.
A young man has shown off the large pawpaw he plucked from his compound. The video capturing the large edible fruit has gone viral and viewed 2 million times.
Clothing designers inspired by traditional Mexican motifs, embroidery and colors are exhibiting their work at a fashion fair in Mexico City promoted by the government to support marginalized Indigenous communities. French designer Isabel Marant also apologized in 2020 for the use of the traditional patterns from an Indigenous community.
The White House denied Friday it was seeking to smooth over frayed bilateral ties with Riyadh when a recent US government court filing granted immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 murder. Callamard added that it was "beyond cynical" for the Saudi government to seek to extend immunity to Prince Salman by declaring him prime minister.
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