Since 2021, the US government said that it has helped close more than 800 two-way trade and investment deals across 47 African countries for a total estimated value of over USD 18 billion, and the US private sector has closed investment deals in Africa valued at USD 8.6 billion.
The new US law enshrines federal protections for same-sex couples, requiring that the federal government and all states recognize marriages if the couple was married in a state where the union was legal, The Hill reported.
Taking to Twitter Elon Musk announced a new update to the micro-blogging platform after the second instalment of the so-called "Twitter Files" revealed how the company build blacklists and actively limited the visibility of certain accounts.
Even though previous management denied reports of a shadow ban, Weiss said Twitter executives and employees used a powerful tool like "Visibility Filtering or VF" to block searches of individual users and to limit the scope of a particular tweet's discoverability.
Blinken said that Cherelle Griner spoke to her wife Brittney and stressed that listening to them connect for the first time after the basketball player's release "was as moving as it was unforgettable."
On Thursday morning, Biden shared a picture with Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle Griner on his Twitter handle and wrote, "Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner. She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home."
Xi and Saudi Arabian King are scheduled to hold a Saudi-Chinese summit that will also be attended by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Xinhua news agency reported.
This set of documents were mainly Twitter's internal communications to disclose links with political actors and with a focus on how the social network blocked stories related to Hunter Biden's laptop in the lead-up to the 2020 US Presidential election.
A US judge dismissed the lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after Biden's administration recommended.