All been sung. let s get some of the day s other news. the number of daily active facebook users grew to 1.96 billion in the first three months of the year, according to its parent company meta. but meta, which also owns instagram and whatsapp, still reported its slowest revenue growth in at least a decade. but sharesjumped i9% in after hours trade on wednesday. a nationwide strike in sri lanka has begun to increase pressure on the government of president rajapaksa to resign amid an unprecedented economic crisis. the strike has been organised by the country s trade unions. transport, health, education and banking services are reported to have been hit by the industrial action. the move follows weeks of protests over rising price and a worsening shortage of basic supplies, including fuel and food. the electoral court in mexico has said that a vote in april on whether to remove the president halfway through his term in office is invalid because not enough people cast their ballots.
We start with social media giant meta. the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp has been winning back friends online and on wall street. it s been a brutal couple of months. shares lost almost half their value. back in february, we learned that that the number of people using facebook had fallen for the first time ever, and that sparked a collapse in meta s shares. but on wednesday, it revealed that, over the past three months, that decline has reversed. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more. the exec substantial threat to facebook still there but one measures how many people are using the social network, on that front it appears to have satisfied investors, the daily active users 1.96 billion users
The situation is very difficult. there are serious problems with water, food, various supplies, provision of troops, military equipment and weapons. let s get some of the day s other news. the number of daily active facebook users grew to 1.96 billion in the first three months of the year, according to its parent company meta. but meta, which also owns instagram and whatsapp, still reported its slowest revenue growth in at least a decade. but shares jumped 19% in after hours trade on wednesday. prince andrew has been stripped of his status as an honorary freeman of the city of york. councillors voted for the decision after he paid an undisclosed sum to settle a sexual assault case in the united states. some of them have called on the prince to relinquish his duke of york title. donald trump has appealed against a ruling that held him
They badly need medical help. here, there are no conditions, no medicine, no personnel who could help them. we have wounded civilians and we help them as much as we can. we have civilians here with us too. there are hundreds here, dozens of children, many people with disabilities and the elderly. the situation is very difficult. there are serious problems with water, food, various supplies, provision of troops, military equipment and weapons. let s get some of the day s other news. the number of daily active facebook users grew to 1.96 billion in the first three months of the year, according to its parent company meta. but meta, which also owns instagram and whatsapp, still reported its slowest revenue growth in at least a decade. but sharesjumped 19% in after hours trade on wednesday. donald trump has appealed against a ruling that held him in contempt of court forfailing to hand over documents demanded as part of an investigation into his business empire. on monday, a judge ordered t
The number of people using facebook every day rose again to nearly two billion reversing a recent decline. the news sent meta shares up by almost a fifth, despite the company reporting slower revenue growth and warning of a difficult advertising market. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been telling us more. the existential threat to facebook is, is it still cool? well, one measure is how many people are still using the social network. and on that front, it appears to have satisfied investors. facebook s daily active users were 1.96 billion on average for march. that s an increase of 4% year over year and better than expected. to reflect who we are. the company s founder and ceo, mark zuckerberg, spoke optimistically, saying we made progress this quarter across a number of key company priorities. from now on, we re going to be metaverse first. but meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram, still has plenty of issues.