Amrutha Pagad

Apple's shares took a tumble on Thursday, September 7, after reports emerged of China banning iPhones for government employees. According to reports, Apple, the world's most valuable company, is on track to lose nearly $200 billion in market value, with shares falling by 6% in two days.

UK’s second-largest city and Europe’s largest local authority, Birmingham, has declared bankruptcy. The city has issued the Section 114 notice, which means that the local council is no longer able to balance its budget.

Facebook is killing its news feed section in the UK, France, and Germany come December. Meta announced the development on September 5, saying that it is part of their ongoing effort "to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most".

It seems like countries are waking up to the unfairness of tech giants not paying for news content featured on their platforms. After Canada and Australia, Malaysia in the Southeast is considering making tech giants like Meta and Google pay for news content. 

Ukraine, at the crux of war with Russia, is set to get a new defence minister. Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar from the Ukrainian Muslim minority, has been named by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the new defence minister. Umerov is set to take over from Oleksii Reznikov, who has been in the role since November 2021.

France is mulling a ban on disposable vapes to combat smoking among young people. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told RTL Radio on September 3 that the government is planning to unveil a new anti-smoking plan soon.

UAE-based entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan and UK-based asset management firm Kalrock infused Rs 100 crore into financially crippled Jet Airways as part of the process to take over the airline.

North Korea doesn't seem to be able to sit calm even for a split second. According to the latest reports from the North Korean state media, the rogue nation carried out a "scorched earth" simulated nuclear strike against its bitter enemy South Korea.

Ashneer Grover still isn't over his bitter break-up with BharatPe. The ousted co-founder of the fintech company took to X/Twitter to take a jab at the exit of another BharatPe executive.

China has a new bone to pick up from Japan - the Fukushima-treated radioactive water release. Following the row over Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, Japan has been at the receiving end of hate and criticism largely from Chinese citizens both online and in the real world.