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The Cardano price has declined by nearly 1% today, weakening to $0.245331 as the wider market experiences a 1.5% dip in the past 24 hours.

Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as «unacceptable». The human resources and social development ministry said in a statement to AFP that the investigation began before Amnesty International this week reported that Nepalese Amazon workers in Saudi Arabia had suffered «appalling» living conditions, on-the-job safety risks and wage theft. «Any form of labour abuse or exploitation is unacceptable and is comprehensively investigated by the relevant Saudi authorities,» the statement said. «The distressing reports outlined in this case are already the subject of an ongoing investigation.» The Amnesty report published on Tuesday drew from the accounts of 22 men who had worked in warehouses in Riyadh or the Red Sea city of Jeddah going back to 2021. The London-based human rights group accused recruitment agents and two Saudi labour supply companies of deceiving migrant workers who thought they would be employed directly by Amazon and took out steep loans to pay recruitment fees. Upon arrival in Saudi Arabia they encountered «dirty and overcrowded accommodation, sometimes infested with bed bugs» as well as «gruelling» working conditions marked by constant monitoring and inadequate rest, sometimes resulting in injury, Amnesty said. The abuses were so severe they likely amounted to "human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation", Amnesty said. The kingdom's «kafala» sponsorship system for foreign workers meant the labourers struggled to leave the warehouse jobs and risked possible arrest for «absconding», Amnesty said, adding that «a few contemplated suicide». Saudi

Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Argentina’s central Córdoba province on Tuesday as wildfires grew amid an intense heat wave.

As serious volatility rocks the Tezos chart, XTZ has tumbled -4.8%, leading some fearful bag-holders to ask 'is Tezos going to zero?'.

assembly elections in Rajasthan are set to be a showdown between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with both parties acutely aware of the critical anti-incumbency factor that has shaped the state's politics since 1993. The state has witnessed a revolving chair scenario where no CM has won two consecutive terms since 1993. Gehlot is counting on his welfare schemes, but faces a tough fight. What is the date for Rajasthan elections, when are the results? The voting for the 200-seat Rajasthan state assembly will be held on November 23.

SUGAR Cosmetics launches a TVC to mark the festive season with Bengali actor, Prosenjit Chatterjee along with actors Tonni Laha Roy, Diya Mukherjee, and Aratrika Maity. Prosenjit extends an opportunity to his fans to meet him this Pujo season, adding a dash of excitement to the celebrations. The TV commercial will be aired statewide across leading Bengali television channels. Additionally, the commercial will be amplified across mainstream digital, social media channels, and retail touchpoints.

Noida: Misinformation is a «dangerous phenomenon» which has been exploited by other countries and the enemies of India to create social division and unrest, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said here Thursday when asked about the government's action on news portal NewsClick. He said Internet platforms need to be «extra» careful and ensure that citizens who consume information from online sources are not misled, provoked or incited by people deliberately propagating misinformation against India and Indians.

Manipur government in an order said such dissemination will be dealt with severely and booked as per law. The order, which was issued on Wednesday night, came even as videos and images of widespread violence went viral on social media platforms. One such video shows two Meitei youths being shot at point blank and then being buried in a pit by a group of people speaking Kuki language.

OPPO India will unveil its newest foldable, the Find N3 Flip, on October 12 in the country. The handset boasts a flagship-grade processor designed for performance without compromise and backed by technologies that deliver all-day battery life with industry-leading power efficiency and charging speeds that raise the bar in the segment." The event is scheduled to commence at 7 pm today and will be broadcast live on Oppo's official website and various social media platforms. According to leakster Abhishek Yadav, the Oppo Find N3's price was disclosed prior to the launch.

Associated Press depicted a devastated section of the Gaza Strip, reported The Daily Beast. Later, he removed the image and replaced it with a plain background while maintaining his 'praying for Israel' message.

Hamas, its foreign affairs ministry said Wednesday. Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira has interrupted an Asia trip to travel 'to New York to participate in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, called by Brazil… to address the situation in the Gaza Strip,' the Ministry said in a statement. Brazil previously called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, the day after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Israeli forces say 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the onslaught, the worst in the country's history. As Israel pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people, in response, the death toll there has also reached 1,200 people, including a high number of civilians, according to Palestinian authorities. More than 3,38,000 people in the enclave have been displaced, according to the United Nations. At Sunday's Security Council meeting, members were divided over policy concerning Israel and the Palestinians. Earlier on Wednesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for urgent international action to protect both Palestinian and Israeli civilians, especially children. «Children must never be held hostage, anywhere in the world,» Lula wrote on social media platform X. «Hamas needs to free the Israeli children who were kidnapped from their families.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Short video app TikTok's compliance with Malaysian laws is unsatisfactory, the country's communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said on Thursday.

tech companies must remove illegal content from their platforms, or risk facing severe legal penalties. Following the militant Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel and Israel's retaliatory airstrikes in Palestinian enclave Gaza, social media firms have seen a surge in misinformation related to the conflict, including doctored images and mislabelled videos, alongside images of graphic violence.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukesh Goyal broke down after being denied a ticket from the Kotputli constituency for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan. Goyal had previously contested in the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections but was defeated by Congress' Rajendra Singh Yadav by a margin of more than 13,000 votes.

video content consumption patterns of American teenagers, highlighting YouTube's domination over Netflix in grasping the young viewership. Teenagers in the U.S., as per the survey, allotted 29.1% of their daily video consumption time to YouTube, surpassing Netflix which stood at 28.7%.

Argentina’s firebrand populist presidential candidate Javier Milei is coming under fire from his rivals who are blaming him for a sharp depreciation of the local currency in the parallel market

Social Security's cost-of-living increase for 2024 will be announced Thursday

London’s Luton Airport has reopened after a vehicle fire spread through a newly built parking garage and caused the partial collapse of the structure

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users

While Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world