Author: Reuters

WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients to curb rumours

22 January 2019 JAKARTA: Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five, in a bid to fight “misinformation and rumours”, company executives said yesterday.. “We’re imposing a limit of five messages all over the world as of today,”

Japan’s consumer inflation slows to 7-month low

TOKYO: Japan’s annual core consumer inflation slowed to a seven-month low in December as soft household spending kept firms from raising prices, a further sign of the growing challenge faced by the central bank in achieving its elusive 2 per cent target. The data comes ahead of the Bank of

Ghosn received $9 million improperly from Nissan-Mitsubishi JV: Companies

TOKYO: Carlos Ghosn improperly received $9 million in compensation from a joint venture (JV) between Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors, the Japanese automakers said yesterday, raising the possibility of their ousted chairman facing a fresh charge of embezzlement. In the latest twist to the saga of the once-feted official’s fall

Kenya police detain nine in connection with hotel attack

NAIROBI: Kenyan detectives have arrested nine suspects in connection with a Somali militant attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex that killed 21 people, police said yesterday, indicating the search for possible accomplices in the raid is gathering pace. President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday evening that a 20-hour