The court said that it cannot bypass the statutory procedure just because the accused is a politician.
The Competition Commission of India said that it prima facie finds merit in the allegations levelled by app developers and media industry bodies against Google Play's new billing policy and has ordered probe into the same.
China and Australia claimed to have stabilised long-strained relations after talks in Canberra on Wednesday, despite tensions over a high-profile prisoner, trade and China’s crackdowns in Hong Kong and elsewhere remaining evident. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Australia for the first time since 2017, marking a diplomatic thaw between two trading partners who have […]
A witness in rapper Young Thug's extortion trial told the jury he would fall asleep on the stand because he was "so high right now." Adrian Bean was subpoenaed Tuesday by prosecutors in the long-running Young Slime Life extortion trial of Jeffery Williams, better known as Young Thug. The state hoped Bean would be able to determine that Young Thug was at the scene of a drive-by shooting on September 11, 2023. But he hasn't provided any helpful information in the case, and when he took the stand...
MacKenzie Scott’s style of trust-based giving shocked the philanthropy world three years ago, and now she is also personally responsible for the decline of civilization, at least according to Elon Musk. In a now-deleted post on X, Musk dismissed Scott’s giving decisions, writing, “‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ should filed [sic] be […]
Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...
The choir celebrated on stage of the magnificent RDs Concert Hall singing a triumphant rendition of ‘The Undertones’ standard, Teenage Kicks. The choir, under the direction of Emma-Jayne Kelly and accompanied by Trevor Burnside won the two- part Youth choir, were placed second in The Alice Yoakley Cup and won the overall Folen’s Publisher Award Cup and £3000 for the "School Choir of the Year 2024". Miss Kelly described the whole experience as “a fantastic day for Derry as Thornhill College also...
Ollie Watkins’ chances of booking a plane ticket for Euro 2024 could be ended on Tuesday night. That’s according to Arsenal great Perry Groves, who expects Ivan Toney to play and shine agains
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott just donated millions to various nonprofit organizations around the country. According to the Star-Advertiser, Habilitat was one of three in Hawaii to benefit from her large monetary gift.
People’s choice of words can be revealing. That’s certainly the case with respect to one of Donald Trump’s favorite slogans, “America First.” In April 2016, Trump initially used the term in a campaign speech, proclaiming that “America First” would be “the major and overriding theme of my administration.” The following year, in his inaugural address, More
A new chapter in the Sam Bankman-Fried saga: On Friday, federal prosecutors asked a New York judge to sentence the founder and former head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX to between 40 and 50 years in prison. They cited claims that Bankman-Fried participated in a “historic fraud” and cost customers and investors at least $10 billion as the rationale behind the hefty jail time. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have argued that five or six years behind bars would be appropriate, maintaining that he’s not an...