According to a petition filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, an arbitrator ordered Spacey and two of his production companies last year to pay nearly $31 million to Media Rights Capital (MRC), the company behind the hit political series ‘House of Cards’. MRC has now asked …
Read More »France’s ambassador ‘ordered out of Belarus,’ leaves before Monday deadline – reports
AFP’s Sunday evening report said that Ambassador Nicolas de Bouillane de Lacoste has already departed from Minsk, and that the Belarusian authorities had set an October 18 deadline for his departure. The agency cited a French embassy spokesman, who said that the envoy sent his goodbyes to the staff before …
Read More »Apple ordered to let customers pay OUTSIDE App Store in big win for Epic Games, but Fortnite maker may have to cough up huge sum
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an injunction on Friday forcing Apple to release its death grip on fees charged on users’ app purchases, granting a partial victory to plaintiff Epic Games even while ordering the software company to pay damages to Apple for breaching its contract. Epic, makers …
Read More »Resorts burn and fire tornadoes rage in blaze-ravaged California, as entire CITY ordered to evacuate (VIDEOS)
Residents of South Lake Tahoe, a resort town on the Californian side of the lake straddling the state’s border with Nevada, were ordered on Monday to head east, as law enforcement officers went door to door to make sure everyone complied. The order was given as the Caldor Fire – …
Read More »Bare-knuckle fighters ‘couldn’t possibly’ be ordered to vaccinate, says president – & talks over ex-UFC star VanZant’s future loom
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president David Feldman acknowledges that a possible date at a New York venue such as iconic fight location Madison Square Garden could be scuppered if fighters need to be vaccinated. Coronavirus vaccinations have been an increasingly hot topic across sports, with UFC supremo Dana White announcing …
Read More »‘Come into my office & arrest my entire staff’: Capitol Police ordered to ARREST maskless staffers, Republicans say they’ll resist
Capitol Physician Brian Moynihan announced on Tuesday that face masks would once again be required to enter the House side of the US Capitol, regardless of the wearer’s vaccination status. The measure was supported by top Democrats, but opposed by many Republicans. Even Moynihan himself was seen flouting his own …
Read More »Australia goes down under the boot as citizens in Sydney are ordered to avoid casual conversation – even with a mask and vaccine
You’d have to see it to believe it but, even then, it’s hard to fathom. After reporting an infinitesimal rise in new Covid cases in New South Wales – 78 to be precise, and one death – Chief Health Officer Dr. Kerry Chant took the precautionary anti-Covid measures to a …
Read More »Rail service disrupted & new evacuations ordered in Europe as death toll from floods tops 180
At least 155 people were killed in Germany’s western Rhineland-Palatinate region and neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia. The military was deployed to help rescue workers save people from rooftops and recover vehicles trapped in the floodwater. Another 27 died in Belgium, where around 11,000 families were left without power in the Liege …
Read More »Kremlin says claims Putin ordered campaign to put Trump in power are ‘fundamentally untrue’ after supposed expose in The Guardian
In comments made exclusively to RT on Thursday evening, Putin’s spokesman slammed the report, published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper earlier that day. “This is total fiction,” Dmitry Peskov remarked. “Strictly speaking, it is complete nonsense. Of course, this is the hallmark of an absolutely low-quality publication. Either the newspaper …
Read More »Another Florida residential tower ordered EVACUATED after safety audit as Surfside death toll reaches 22
Crestview Towers in North Miami Beach was built in 1972. On Friday, North Miami Beach authorities ordered all the residents to evacuate by the evening, as the building was not judged safe for continued occupancy. The reason behind the order was the report by an engineering inspector, dated January 11, …
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