More plaudits for global journalist, Jackson Ude, on his Sri Lanka Peace Award
Hours after Mr. Jackson Ude, publisher of Pointblanknews.com was conferred with the Peace Ambassador Award by the Centre for Peace Studies (CPS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, encomiums have continued to pour…
Pointblanknews Publisher, Ude, receives Peace Ambassador Award in Sri Lanka
Mr. Jackson Ude, publisher of Pointblanknews.com was on Saturday at a grand occasion in BMICH Colombo, Sri Lanka conferred with the Peace Ambassador Award by the Centre for Peace Studies…
Religious tension: Sri Lanka closes social media networks
Sri Lanka government on Monday said some social media networks will be temporarily blocked after messages shared online raised religious tensions that have been running high since the deadly Easter…
Facebook’s flood of new languages leaves it struggling to monitor content
Facebook Inc’s struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered by the company’s inability to keep up with a flood of new languages as mobile…
Easter: Nigeria’s President Buhari, Pope Francis Condemn Horrific Bomb Blast Attack in Sri Lanka
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the horrific attacks on several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on the holy day of Easter. The president made his feelings known…
Terrorism Financing: EU Includes Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria to Dirty-money Blacklist
The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financing and…
Sri Lanka intensifies customs checks to prevent smuggling of gold
May 17, 2018 Sri Lanka has intensified its customs checks after a rise in the number of people smuggling gold into the country in an attempt to avoid a new…
New video exposes how UK data firm uses sex traps, bribes to rig elections
The top executive of a data firm was secretly filmed pitching bribery and honey pots to an undercover journalist posing as a Sri Lankan political operative during a dinner in…