Criminal probes into the financing of terrorist activities in Russia and abroad have been launched against several private companies, the country’s Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. The list of suspects includes the Ukrainian industrial conglomerate Burisma Holdings, linked to a corruption scandal surrounding the Biden family that has been dragging …
Read More »Toyota car company’s new products for 2023
In 2023 Toyota, the renowned Japanese auto giant with a rich history, unveiled its new creations, continuing its excellence in the automotive industry. With its long experience and commitment to excellence, the company once again delighted its fans with an impressive variety of new models that announced themselves with new …
Read More »US equates Russian military company with ISIS
Alleging that Wagner Group threatened religious freedom in the Central African Republic, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday designated the Russian private military company in the same category as Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), Al-Qaeda branches and the Taliban. Blinken declared Wagner an “entity of particular concern,” putting …
Read More »Private space company loses 2 more NASA satellites
The privately launched rocket that was supposed to deliver two NASA satellites into orbit malfunctioned shortly after takeoff on Sunday, failing to complete its mission and losing expensive US space agency payloads for the second time this year. “The upper stage shut down early, and we did not deliver the …
Read More »British cinema company pulls ‘blasphemous’ movie
British cinema group Cineworld has pulled a film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, Fatima, following a wave of mass protests and accusations of “blasphemy.” The offending movie, ‘The Lady of Heaven’ by director Eli King, was taken off the screen just four days after its release. “Due to recent …
Read More »Gazprom cuts off gas to Denmark’s largest energy company and Shell in Germany
Denmark has become the fifth country to be cut off from Russian natural gas following the refusal of its biggest power wholesaler Orsted to pay for deliveries in rubles. Supplies to Shell Energy Europe Limited in Germany have also been halted for the same reason, Russian energy giant Gazprom announced …
Read More »Company buying Trump’s social network warns investors
Special-purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) has alerted potential investors that the man behind its prized product, former US President Donald Trump, has been associated with a long list of failed businesses ahead of a planned merger between the company and Trump Media & Technology Group. DWAC, which …
Read More »Facebook moderator sues company over ‘human trafficking’
Former Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung has sued the social media giant’s parent company Meta and its African subcontractor Sama, alleging in the suit filed on Tuesday that the company “subjected current and former content moderators to forced labor and human trafficking for labor.” Motaung claims he was laid off for …
Read More »Cancer patients sue company behind Fukushima radiation
Six people were children living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant at the time of the 2011 disaster, when the facility was heavily damaged in an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The plaintiffs have since developed thyroid cancer, blaming radiation that seeped from the power plant for their condition. “Some plaintiffs …
Read More »FBI raids Covid testing company in fraud probe
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing “inaccurate and deceptive” results and enriching its owners. The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control – which has received more than $124 million from the US government for its …
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