Discord is paying for teens to give each other compliments
Social media company Discord acquired Gas this week, a fast-growing startup that is designed around teens giving each other compliments.
The whole West is threatened if an aggressor isn’t challenged, Dutch PM says
The whole of Europe could be at risk if Russia isn’t challenged, according to the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Instagram just got an update that gives you more control over what you see in your feed
Instagram rolled out an update focused on teens, which include a notification-silenced mode called Quiet time and enhanced filters for users’ feeds.
Irish premier hopeful of post-Brexit trade talk breakthrough — but ‘we’re not there yet’
Irish premier Leo Varadkar on Thursday said there has yet to be a breakthrough over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade rules.
UK Labour leader Starmer slams PM’s Davos no-show, touts new ‘inverse OPEC’ alliance
U.K. opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for opting not to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Yellen says Treasury is taking extraordinary measures to avoid default as U.S. hits debt limit
Yellen previously said she believes the U.S. government can keep paying its bills until at least early June by deploying extraordinary measures.
France contends with widespread strikes as unions take to streets against pension reform
Unions have made common front in widespread demonstrations across all of France.
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, suggesting the labor market remains tight.
Greta Thunberg on Abu Dhabi’s oil chief leading COP28 climate summit: ‘Completely ridiculous’
The UAE, one of the world’s top oil producers, will host the U.N.-led climate summit from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023.
Former Indian central bank governor says a soft landing will be ‘very hard’ for the Fed
The U.S. Federal Reserve will find it “very hard” to engineer an economic soft landing after its cycle of aggressive interest rate hikes, according to former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan.
