Ferreira – who stands 6ft 8in tall – starched Austin with an explosive right hand in the early stages of their heavyweight meeting at the top of the prelim card at the 2021 PFL Playoffs 2 in Florida. After sending the Brit bouncing off the canvas, Ferreira momentarily looked as …
Read More »Russian cosmetics giant Natura Siberica bubbles over into civil war, as staff rebel against ‘raider’ takeover after founder dies
In an open letter issued on its website on Thursday, high street organic cosmetics giant Natura Siberica’s breakaway staff members said that they were in open rebellion against the new management of the company. “We, the employees… express our categorical disagreement with the appointment of Sergey Builov to the post …
Read More »Investigation opened into giant Macron-Hitler billboard comparing Covid policy to Nazi regime
A billboard seen on the outskirts of Toulon and La Seyne-sur-Mer, displaying an image of French President Emmanuel Macron dressed in a Nazi uniform and sporting Adolf Hitler’s trademark toothbrush moustache, has caught the attention of the city’s prosecutor, according to local media reports. A report in France Bleu on …
Read More »Speaking in tongues: Russia’s tech giant Yandex working on AI video translator to allow viewers to watch anything with voiceover
In a statement released last week, digital services giant Yandex revealed it has been working on a software prototype that would allow users to watch videos in their browser in another language. The program is capable of simultaneously translating the content, and dubbing it with a computer-generated voiceover. If that …
Read More »Pharma giant Merck investigates after ‘noose’ found at North Carolina facility, tasked to help produce J&J Covid-19 vaccine
The rope, allegedly tied like a noose, was discovered earlier this week on Merck’s 262-acre Durham site, which is undergoing an expansion. The discovery was made by a contractor, the local media reported. While the investigation is still underway, the site management team appeared to have little doubt that an …
Read More »Giant diamonds, buried miles below Earth’s surface, could explain superdeep earthquakes, new study reveals
The study follows earlier hypotheses on superdeep earthquakes and explores whether water stored hundreds of kilometers below the Earth’s surface may be responsible for the phenomena. An earlier explanation, although partially discounted as scientists didn’t know why there would be water 300km below the Earth’s surface, suggested that fluid in …
Read More »Taxi of the future? Russian banking giant Sber enters driverless race with fully autonomous, eco-friendly car
Dubbed FLIP, the project represents the latest, fifth generation of self-driving vehicles, meaning it’s fully autonomous and has neither driver’s seat nor dashboard in it. Being the size of a regular passenger car, it’s 40% more spacious, according to its developers, SberAutoTech. The futuristic vehicle – the prototype resembles a …
Read More »Former Google employees who sued tech giant over gender pay gap win class action status in case estimated at $600 million
The Thursday ruling by the San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Cheng, certifying a class-action status to the 2017 gender pay gap suit, was celebrated as a major victory by the plaintiffs. “This is HUGE,” Kelly Ellis, one of the women behind Ellis et al v. Google Inc. tweeted. A …
Read More »All that glitters: Kyrgyzstan is going to war with a Canadian gold giant over vast profits, torture claims & a ‘poisoned’ glacier
The long-running stand-off over the Kumtor Mine, operated by Toronto-based Centerra Gold, has spilled over into outright conflict. The new president of the Central Asian former Soviet Republic, Sadyr Japarov, a long-time critic of the company, signed a law earlier this month that would allow the state to step in …
Read More »Chairman of South Korean dairy giant steps down after company claims its yogurt is effective against Covid-19
Hong Won-sik, chairman of Namyang Dairy Products, announced on Tuesday that he would no longer lead the company, adding that he took full responsibility for the dubious claim and the resulting scandal. Namyang’s research chief claimed last month that the company’s Bulgaris yogurt reduces the likelihood of coronavirus infection by …
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