A group of military officers has announced that they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested. Sources have told the BBC that President Embaló has been arrested by armed men after gunfire was heard near the presidential palace. Witnesses in the capital, Bissau, heard gunshots at around
X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, briefly rolled out a highly anticipated feature late Friday night that enabled users to see the country of origin of any account on the platform. The update appeared under a new ” About this account” page, accessible by clicking on a user’s join date on their
A rare example of the first functioning calculating machine in history, La Pascaline, is set to be retained in France after a Paris court provisionally prevented its export, halting its scheduled auction. The machine, which was designed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal, aged only 19, was called by Christie’s, the auction house
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