PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce battle for political power. An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend, but gangs have continued to attack police … Read more
Update, 5:50 p.m. ET: LinkedIn appears to be back up globally, though it’s still not clear what caused the outage. Russian Court Says Meta Is “Extremist Organization” It’s not just you. LinkedIn is experiencing a widespread outage with users taking to other social media sites like X and Facebook to complain. It’s not immediately clear … Read more
The tech sector is having a big 2024. Nvidia just crushed earnings expectations. The artificial intelligence boom remains in full swing. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index is up more than 8 percent year to date. The U.S. economy is also doing surprisingly well, adding 353,000 jobs in January, well ahead of economists’ forecasts. Hotter-than-expected inflation data … Read more
Cellular towers are shown on February 22, 2024 in Redondo Beach, California.Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images (Getty Images) AT&T issued a statement Thursday night to explain that the telecom’s widespread network outage earlier in the day wasn’t caused by a cyberattack. Countless conspiracy theories emerged online Thursday morning as people naturally wondered why they’d lost service—theories … Read more
AT&T says it has fully recovered following a major outage on Thursday that disrupted connectivity for customers across the country. “We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers,” the company said in a statement Thursday afternoon. “We sincerely apologize to them. Keeping our customers connected remains our top priority, and we are taking … Read more
AT&T’s wireless network appears to be dealing with a major outage. The carrier on Thursday confirmed to CNET that it’s suffering from “wireless service interruptions.” “Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning,” a spokesperson said. “We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TOKYO — Rie Wakabayashi was at the gym when a powerful earthquake struck her hometown in western Japan on Monday. She clung to the workout equipment to stand, but even the machines were shaking, she said. After a tsunami warning was issued, Wakabayashi and her parents took … Read more
ROME — The Vatican has decided to shut down a Slovenian-based female religious community founded by a controversial ex-Jesuit artist accused by some women of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuses. The archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia said in a statement Friday that the Loyola Community would have one year to implement the Oct.20 decree ordering its … Read more
JERUSALEM — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning was issued, officials said Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake Saturday night had … Read more