The first trial to emerge from Special Counsel John Durham’s probe finally got underway Tuesday – as prosecutors accused former lawyer Michael Sussmann of trying to engineer an ‚October surprise‘ when he sought out a top official to discuss an allegation about Trump and Russia. The allegation didn’t pan out, but the meeting itself constituted …
Trial of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann begins Weiterlesen »
When , the film star and women’s rights campaigner, was criticised for showing her breasts on the cover of Vanity Fair, she hit back by asserting ‘feminism is about giving women choice. It’s about freedom‘.For liberal feminists like her that might be true. But for many other women — perhaps a sizeable majority — that …
Feminist Louise Perry sparks fierce debate on the sexual revolution Weiterlesen »
NEW YORK (AP) – McSweeney’s has raised just over $300,000 – exceeding its goal by $25,000 – in the two months since announcing it was buying back The Believer, the acclaimed literary publication that nearly went out of business last year. Around 1,500 people gave money for stonededge the Kickstarter campaign, averaging roughly $200 per …
Publisher of The Believer raises $300,000, exceeding goal Weiterlesen »
Alphabet Inc’s said on Wednesday it would slow the pace of hiring for the rest of the year, the latest company to make such a move as decades-high and the fallout from the Ukraine crisis pressure businesses. The announcement aligns Google with other major tech companies including Technologies Inc and Inc and comes a day …
Google is latest tech firm to put a 'go slow' on new hires Weiterlesen »
Howard Brown was the wonderfully cheery, bespectacled, sharp-suited customer-services rep who was plucked from obscurity more than 20 years ago to put some bang into banking as the all-singing, all-dancing new face of the . He sprang on to our screens in 2000 with a cover version of Tom Jones’s song Sex Bomb.It was the …
Howard Brown brands Halifax 'DISGRACEFUL' over gender badge row Weiterlesen »
By Kagondu Njagi NAIROBI, July 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A sculpture of a giant tap spewing plastic waste greeted delegates at U.N.environment talks in Kenya earlier this year – a reminder of the urgent need for them to agree a global pact website to curb plastic pollution. The 30-foot (nine-metre) tall sculpture was built …
Africans look to crypto as charity funding dwindles Weiterlesen »
By Dimuthu Attanayake COLOMBO, June 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – No petrol means no work for Sri Lankan delivery rider Michael Sathis, and getting supplies has become a challenge as fuel stations run dry amid a devastating economic crisis. Sathis sometimes had to queue all night to fill his tank until he found a Facebook …
Sri Lankans turn to social media for help as economic crisis bites Weiterlesen »
These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don´t stop with planning out their brutal attacks.They also create marketing plans while arranging to livestream their massacres on social platforms in hopes of fomenting more violence. Sites like Twitter, Facebook and now the game-streaming platform Twitch have learned …
Livestreamed carnage: Tech's hard lessons from mass killings Weiterlesen »
Spoilers from the upcoming season of have surfaced because of a Monopoly game tie-in that reveals its plot secrets. Season four part one will drop on on May 27, but details about the story escaped onto the internet when photos of the game circulated online. Now a source has told the that Stranger Things creators …
Stranger Things season four SPOILED by Monopoly game tie-in Weiterlesen »
The first trial to emerge from Special Counsel John Durham’s probe finally got underway Tuesday – as prosecutors accused former lawyer Michael Sussmann of trying to engineer an ‚October surprise‘ when he sought out a top official to discuss an allegation about Trump and Russia. The allegation didn’t pan out, but the meeting itself constituted …
Trial of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann begins Weiterlesen »