On Friday, lawyers representing 14,683 Apple workers asked a federal judge to approve the settlement, which was reached after eight years of litigation. Employees of 52 Apple Store outlets filed the class-action lawsuit back in 2013, alleging that the tech giant was breaching California law by not compensating staff for …
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In a statement on Friday, the Washington Post announced that it had removed “large portions” of two articles covering the discredited Steele dossier – a political opposition report commissioned by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign which claimed to have evidence of a conspiracy between President Donald Trump and Russia. Washington …
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“As of today, effective immediately, the conservatorship has been terminated as to both the person and the estate,” Mathew Rosengart, the pop star’s attorney, told reporters outside the courthouse on Friday. “This is a monumental day for Britney Spears.” Spears thanked her fans on Instagram, calling the end of conservatorship …
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On Wednesday, the former prime minister delivered an important and provocative speech at the National Press Club in Canberra. Keating, undoubtedly Australia’s last political leader of real intellectual stature and vision, left office in 1996. Since then, he has occasionally spoken out on political issues affecting Australia. His speech this …
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In research published earlier this week ahead of peer review, scientists at Yale and the University of Washington School of Medicine said they found the mutation in a woman aged in her 70s, who was severely immunocompromised at the time she received Remdesivir due to cancer treatments. Though such mutations …
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In a statement on Friday, Claridge’s announced that it had “mutually agreed” to separate with Daniel Humm, the chef and owner at its award-winning, Michelin-star restaurant Davies and Brook. “We completely respect and understand the culinary direction of a fully plant-based menu that Daniel has decided to embrace and champion …
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The large group of protesters, which included children and the elderly, carried Australian flags and marched through Melbourne’s Central Business District on Saturday, calling for the dismissal of their premier with chants of “Sack Dan Andrews!” Craig Kelly, a United Australia Party MP for the Division of Hughes, NSW, took …
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Speaking to reporters, Tatyana Golikova stressed the need for Russians to get vaccinated as the country looks to achieve herd immunity. Her comments came just a day after Russia’s Covid-19 Operational HQ revealed that it is preparing to make a QR code confirming vaccination compulsory for long-distance public transport and …
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While the nuclear-powered submarines envisioned under the AUKUS pact are at least years away from being built, Australia has already envisioned how it will use the vessels. Speaking at the Hudson Institute, a conservative Washington-based think tank, Australia’s Ambassador to US Arthur Sinodinos said the submarine project, as well as …
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stark rebuke to Biden’s vaccine requirement for larger American companies in a ruling on Friday, stating that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – the federal agency tapped to enforce the mandate – was not created to “make sweeping pronouncements on …
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