Samuel Phillip Bickett, a former compliance director at the Bank of America, was sentenced to four months and two weeks on Tuesday by a Hong Kong court. Court magistrate Arthur Lam said Bickett’s behavior posed a “serious threat to public order,” noting the officer whom he attacked suffered multiple injuries. …
Read More »Top EU court hands data watchdogs greater power to hold tech firms accountable
The ruling announced on Tuesday expands the rights of EU nations to hold tech companies accountable despite not being the nation where those businesses are headquartered. “Under certain conditions, a national supervisory authority may exercise its power to bring any alleged infringement of the GDPR before a court of a …
Read More »Glove gate: Wilder embarrassingly claims Fury’s hands were loaded again as he accuses boxing champ of ‘cheating and abusing drugs’
Not content to accept the comprehensive beating Fury gave him in good grace in February 2020, Wilder went on to make a procession of fanciful suggestions that sounded dangerously like excuses for his defeat, including blaming his ringwalk costume for sapping his energy by being too heavy. One of the …
Read More »‘Blood on your hands’: Turkey’s Erdogan attacks Biden over alleged Israeli arms deal amid ongoing Gaza strikes
Erdogan’s criticism of Biden came after unconfirmed reports by the Washington Post on Monday that the US president’s administration has approved a $735 million arms deal with Israel. “Today we saw Biden’s signature on weapons sales to Israel,” the Turkish leader said after chairing a cabinet meeting. “Mr. Biden, you …
Read More »‘They are exclusive’: NBA star Devin Booker ‘holds hands’ with model and ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ stunner Kendall Jenner
Towering shooting guard Booker has been linked with Jenner since the pair took a road trip from Los Angeles to Arizona together last April, although celebrity outlets in the US widely reported that they had kept their partnership low-key and casual. The 24-year-old Phoenix Suns superstar has not featured TV …
Read More »YouTube blocks videos & hands strikes to RT’s English & German channels over alleged Covid-19 disinformation
On Friday, four videos on RT’s main English-language channel were made inaccessible for viewers for what YouTube said were violations of its policies on “medical misinformation” and “spam, deceptive practices and scams.” In its notification letter, the platform didn’t specify what exact content in those clips went against its regulations. …
Read More »‘Answer to your evilness’: President promises to ‘cut both hands’ of Iran’s enemies with 60% uranium enrichment plan
President Hassan Rouhani explained the reasons behind the decision to ramp up uranium enrichment as he spoke during a cabinet session on Wednesday. The president linked the weekend incident at Natanz to the ongoing talks in Vienna over the comatose 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …
Read More »‘Best kind of fishing!’: People pick herring with bare hands as thousands thrown ashore in Sakhalin, Russia (VIDEOS)
Videos of Pacific herring covering Sakhalin’s south-western coastline were posted online on Sunday. What looks like thousands of fish, both moving and still, can be seen ashore, with excited men walking among them. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Дмитрий Лисицын (@lisitsyn_sakhalin) Local ecologist Dmitry Lisitsyn, who …
Read More »YouTube removing ‘dislike’ would play into hands of progressive woke inquisition trying to radically transform American society
Although it certainly stung many fragile egos, one of the functions that made YouTube so attractive is that it trusted average Joes to play emperor in the coliseum of ideas. After watching a particular video, users are empowered to activate the ‘off with its head’ sign of ultimate rejection. Or …
Read More »Trump hands over ‘MILLIONS of pages’ of tax returns to Manhattan DA – reports
The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Trump’s lawyers may no longer shield the ex-president’s tax returns from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who is investigating whether Trump and the Trump Organization committed any financial crimes, including his alleged inflating of property values to secure loans. Trump’s lawyers immediately …
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