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Elon Musk fires back at Twitter in court battle
Elon Musk fires back at Twitter in court battle
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Elon Musk on Friday filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm's lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal. Twitter, whose stock price closed at $41.61 on Friday, has stuck by its estimates regarding accounts run by software "bots" rather than people, and argued that Musk is contriving excuses to back out of the contract.

Broken homes: Ukrainians in east begin daunting rebuild
Broken homes: Ukrainians in east begin daunting rebuild
World
by  AFP

Galyna Kios had been surviving with family and neighbours in her gloomy basement, cooking on a makeshift wood-fired stove, when the Russians came. Six explosions of varying intensity -- almost certainly shell fire a few kilometres away -- rang out as Kios worked through lunchtime.

Uber courts drivers by letting them pick rides
Uber courts drivers by letting them pick rides
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Uber on Friday said it will let drivers in the United States see trip details before deciding whether to accept them -- a new feature long sought by drivers. Revealing details only once a driver had accepted a trip was seen as a way to ensure riders would get picked up promptly, and not be snubbed because they were headed to locations deemed undesirable by drivers.