4 h. ago WhatsApp is DOWN: Messaging app crashes for thousands of users around the world

According to Down Detector, the problems started at around 3:10pm, and are affecting WhatsApp users around the world.

Events

5 h. ago WhatsApp, Facebook and TikTok DOWN as thousands of app users can't send messages

Thousands of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger users are facing difficulties this afternoon with reports the popular messaging app is down as users are unable to send messages

Technology

30 h. ago ‘People spontaneously strip off and join us’: nude cyclists send message you don’t need to be buff

Melbourne’s World Naked Bike Ride will celebrate its 20th anniversary as it winds through the city’s streets spreading a message of body positivity and environmentalismGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThis weekend in Melbourne, expect to see hundreds of cyclists with a striking difference. Instead of the usual Lycra-clad peloton, these riders will be getting their kit off in a day of nude protest to draw attention to rider safety and visibility, diversity of body image and a celebration of low-carbon transport.Dearne Weaver, a 61-year-old community worker from Canberra, says when she first attended Melbourne’s World Naked Bike Ride in 2019 she was worried it might be too male-dominated – but she was pleasantly surprised.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Voices: Luigi Mangione’s popular appeal highlights our fetishisation of ‘dangerous’ men

By framing criminals as sex objects, we’re not only vindicating them but their behaviour, writes Olivia Petter. What message does it send to other young men who might go on to become offenders?

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6 d. ago Furious Leicester fans send message as Ruud van Nistelrooy's side produce sorry Brentford show

LEICESTER CITY 0-4 BRENTFORD: Ruud van Nistelrooy could only watch on from the sidelines as his team failed to turn up and allowed a rampant Bees side to run riot

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7 d. ago EU planning to send Ukraine ‘very strong message’ with new aid package – Europe live

Defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius says the EU’s position is ‘very clear’ as the bloc is committed to peace through strength’European Commissioner for defence Andrius Kubilius gets asked about the EU’s plans to support Ukraine.He says that the EU’s position is “very clear,” as the bloc is committed to “peace through strength”.We are informed on that and we know that investigations are going on [by] the authorities, and we will get more information later about this. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Fraser Brown: Why Darcy Graham should sit out Calcutta Cup and Scotland's leftfield Finn Russell alternative

It would send strong message if winger didn’t play against England

Politics

9 d. ago Meghan Markle takes a leaf out of fellow Montecito resident Gwyneth Paltrow's book to send a very specific message with £2,500 necklace

With her scrubbed, clean, fresh Montecito woman appearance including a crisp white shirt and blue jeans, great teeth and minimal make up, Meghan and Gwyneth are sending the same message.

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