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Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter (TWTR.N) for about $41 billion in cash, saying the social media company he has often criticized needs to go private to see effective changes. Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, represents a 38% premium to […]
American actor, Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty to a one-count charge on Wednesday of violating three different women at various nightspots in Manhattan in 2018 and 2019. The plea came three years after Gooding’s arrest in the case that caused several delays as his lawyers sought to get it dismissed or reduced […]
Syrians are mobilising to support Ukrainians, by sharing hard-earned knowledge gleaned from years of war involving Russian forces, such as surviving shelling, helping refugees and responding to chemical attacks. A unique bond seems to be growing as both Ukrainians and Syrians seeking accountability for the ravages inflicted by Russian forces in their countries. Syrian […]
Incumbent president Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen have both advanced to the final round of the French presidential elections after the first round of voting on Sunday. They will face off again on April 24. President Emmanuel Macron of La République en Marche (LREM, Republic on the Move) won the […]
Following the incident of US actor Will Smith slapping comic Chris Rock at the Oscars, Smith has been banned from the Oscars gala and other Academy events for 10 years. In a statement made by the Academy, the 94th Oscars had been overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith […]
Thursday in Costa Rica a cargo plane carrying mail and packages skidded off the runway and broke into two during an emergency landing which has led to a temporary closure of San Jose international airport. Smoke was billowing from the bright yellow plane of German logistics giant DHL as it ground to a […]
Russia says it has suffered “significant losses of troops” in its war with Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov, Russia’s presidential spokesman, said this on Thursday in an interview with Sky News. “We’ve had significant losses of troops and it’s a huge tragedy for us,” he said. His admission is significant because Russia’s ministry of defence had […]
Australia on Thursday released the last refugees held in a former hotel where tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was spectacularly detained earlier this year, activists said. The eight men held in the Melbourne facility were originally in a group of refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from offshore facilities to receive medical care. […]
Two rights groups on Wednesday said security forces and their allies in a disputed part of northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tigrayan civilians had been targeted in “a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing” in […]
American celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Rihanna, Elon Musk, and others have been listed by Forbes as billionaires of 2022. Forbes is an American business magazine that is owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. The magazine which features articles on finance, industry, marketing, Investment, and other topics, is published […]
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