Piling onto pressure from Amazon, Netflix and social justice activists, the network NBC said it won’t televise next year’s Golden Globe Awards, citing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) slow pace ofRead More…
WHO classes Indian Covid-19 variant as ‘global’ concern, amid worries of vaccine resistance
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Detroit police chief James Craig to retire, may take on Republican target Gretchen Whitmer in run for Michigan governor
James Craig, chief of the Detroit police, has announced his retirement after nearly 8 years of fighting crime in one of America’s most dangerous cities, and his next battle may be toRead More…
US Coast Guard fires 30 warning shots at 'unsafe & unprofessional' Iranian military ships during flotilla encounter – Pentagon
A US Coast Guard ship fired warning shots in the course of a close encounter with vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the Strait of Hormuz off Iran,Read More…
Massive and sophisticated fake review scam unearthed on Amazon – report
Scammers on Amazon are using a complex system to obtain fake 5-star reviews for their products, avoiding detection by using different forms of payment so the purchase seems as normal as anyRead More…
Biden says ‘no evidence’ Russia responsible for pipeline cyberattack… but Russia has ‘some responsibility’
A cyberattack that crippled the US fuel supply wasn’t the work of Russia, President Joe Biden said. Confusingly, Biden then said that Russia bears “some responsibility” for the attack. A ransomware attackRead More…
‘Open the turnstiles’: UK PM Johnson gives green light for 10,000 fans to return at Premier League games
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that football fans will be able to attend games again from next week onwards, with anything up to 10,000 home supporters allowed to watch theirRead More…
‘I want to see Conor come back’: UFC lightweight title hopeful Chandler wants future championship tilt with McGregor
Ahead his upcoming UFC title fight against Charles Oliveira in what will be just his second fight for the promotion, Michael Chandler is forecasting a war with the winner of the rematchRead More…
EU to hit AstraZeneca with second lawsuit over Covid-19 vaccine delivery delays, spokesperson says
The European Commission will take further legal action against AstraZeneca over delayed shipments of its Covid-19 jabs earlier this year, a spokesperson for the EU’s executive branch has said. “Tomorrow, the caseRead More…
Boxer Dubois ‘won't rub it in’ to Saunders after rival’s mocking comments about quitting with eye injury come back to haunt him
Daniel Dubois, who was questioned by the boxing world for taking a knee after a similar injury, has suggested that Billy Joe Saunders might have been taught a ‘life lesson’ following hisRead More…