Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to work long hours or leave
Elon Musk has told Twitter staff that they must commit to working "long hours at high intensity" or else leave the company, according to reports.
In an email to staff, the social media firm's new owner said workers should agree to the pledge if they wanted to stay, the Washington Post reported.
Those who do not sign up by Thursday will be given three months' severance pay, Mr Musk said.
The BBC has contacted Twitter for comment.
In his email to staff, also seen by The Guardian, Mr Musk said that Twitter "will need to be extremely hardcore" in order to succeed.
‘Disappointing and unsurprising’: Qatar 2022 organisers reject ‘fake fan’ claims
Local support for teams is genuine, insists Supreme Committee
The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee has rejected accusations there are fake paid football fans at the World Cup, after videos of Indian expats cheering on the England team in Doha went viral on social media.
Some greeted the clips with scepticism, although the Guardian spoke to half a dozen supporters on the ground who said they were originally from Kerala and displayed a broad knowledge of the England team and the Premier League. Other locals have been seen chanting their support for Argentina and Brazil.
Iran protests: More death sentences handed over 'riots'
Iran's judiciary on Wednesday sentenced three more protesters to death, Iranian state outlets reported.
One of the anti-government protesters was convicted of attacking police officers with his car, killing an officer, according to Iranian state media.
Another stabbed a police officer, and the third tried to block traffic and spread "terror," Iranian judiciary news website Mizan Online reported.
All three can appeal their verdicts, the reports said.
Drone strikes oil tanker owned by Israeli billionaire off Oman’s coast
An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon happened Tuesday night off the coast of Oman, one Mideast-based defense official said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they did not have authorization to discuss the attack publicly.
The Pacific Zircon is operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping, which is a company ultimately owned by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer.
'All parents are having a hard time’
What's your money worth? A new series from the front line of the cost of living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses.
Name: Muyideen Olamilekan Jimoh
Age: 40
Occupation: Self-employed commercial bus driver
Lives with: Wife Falilat (37) and sons Faizan (9) and Mustaheen (6)
Lives in: Lagos, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous city and the country’s economic capital. The family lives in a single room ground-floor apartment with a separate bathroom in a middle-class neighbourhood.
Monthly income: Makes 364,000 naira ($823) from his driving - but after deducting the cost of renting the bus (140,000 naira or $316), fuel (84,000 naira or $190) and informal bus stop taxes (42,000 naira or $95), which comes to a total of 266,000 naira ($601) - he is left with 98,000 naira ($221). The median salary in Lagos 161,000 naira ($364).
Rich countries are trying to hit pause on climate summit’s key issue
The past week has given the world a glimpse of what climate-vulnerable countries have long known: while rich countries bend over backwards to pledge their support for climate action, they are far less enthusiastic when it comes to forking over the cash.
At the UN’s COP27 climate summit, the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom are united against establishing a new fund this year to help the world’s developing nations – which have contributed little to the climate crisis – recover from climate disasters.
Developing a so-called loss and damage fund is a key issue at COP27, and “the litmus test for success” of the summit, said Erin Roberts, a climate policy researcher and founder of the Loss and Damage Collaboration.
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