The app said it will be rolling out usernames gradually, in a move meant to improve privacy.Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026Change is coming for some three billion users of the world’s favourite messaging platform, WhatsApp.The social media app owned by Meta will allow users to be identified by usernames instead of phone numbers, it said on Monday. WhatsApp is used in more than 180 countries and 60 languages, the platform says.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listUsers will soon be able to reserve unique handles, with a wider rollout planned for later this year.The move is designed…

Adverse weather does not dampen Mexico’s party as the cohosts storm into the last 16 by beating Ecuador.Mexico turned on the style at their iconic Azteca Stadium on Tuesday, brushing Ecuador aside 2-0 to break their FIFA World Cup knockout curse dating back 40 years.The round-of-32 match was delayed for…

The Justice Department on Tuesday pledged to crack down on so-called “birth tourism” after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and US visitors.  Colin McDonald, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for fraud enforcement, directed federal prosecutors to “zealously protect…

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