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CRIMEAUSTRALIA Australia: Killer gets 24 years in jail following podcast 44 minutes ago44 minutes ago Former teacher Christopher Dawson was sentenced to 24 years in Australia for killing his wife Lynette Dawson in 1982 so that he could pursue an affair with his teenage student. https://p.dw.com/p/4KNFy The top court in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, sentenced a former high school teacher to...
POLITICSTAIWAN Taiwan: UK lawmakers talk defense cooperation during visit 19 minutes ago19 minutes ago "Taiwan has friends. And Taiwan does not stand alone," said the head of the UK delegation, Alicia Kearn, while visiting the island. China warned the UK to "stop interfering." https://p.dw.com/p/4KNbM A delegation of British lawmakers in Taiwan discussed defense cooperation with Taipei, Foreign Affairs Committee chair Alicia Kearns said on...
SPORTSGERMANY Germany out of World Cup at group stage Matt Pearson 14 hours ago14 hours ago For the second World Cup in a row, Germany are heading home after the group stage. A 4-2 win against Costa Rica wasn't enough for Hansi Flick's side after Japan shocked Spain with a comeback win. https://p.dw.com/p/4KM5C It's happened again. A little over four years after South Korea sent...
US court shuts down Trump special master review of files seized from Mar-a-Lago Issued on: 02/12/2022 - 01:03 File photo: Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. File photo: Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. © Steve...
Macron to end US trip by meeting French speakers in Louisiana Issued on: 02/12/2022 - 09:06 French-speaker Christine Verdin sits next to the bayou with family member Charles, in Louisiana, US, 2022.02:30 French-speaker Christine Verdin sits next to the bayou with family member Charles, in Louisiana, US, 2022. © FRANCE 24 screenshot Text by: FRANCE 24 Follow | Video by: Fanny ALLARD Follow 1 min French President Emmanuel Macron will end...
CORPORATE NEWS Airbnb Targets Renters In a “Nixon to China” development, Airbnb aims to legitimize your apartment sublet. The vacation giant announced Wednesday it’s launching a new service to let renters in 25-plus US cities find apartments to sublet as Airbnb hosts, tapping into the… Isobel Hamilton November 30, 2022 Copy (Photo credit: Open Grid Scheduler/Flickr) (Photo Credit: Open Grid Scheduler/Flickr) Sign up for insightful business news. Enter...
BIOTECH Tech Company Wants to Cure Brain Ailments with Teeny Tiny Robots If this were The Matrix, you wouldn’t want a robot climbing into your head. Now imagine if instead of trying to suck the life out of you, they were robotic life-savers. The team that created Apple’s Face ID is on… Griffin Kelly November 27, 2022 Copy Sign up for insightful business news. Enter your...
CORPORATE NEWS Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Turns out, the house of non-fungible cards that Sam Bankman-Fried built FTX on may just share a few load-bearing foundations with another major crypto player. BlockFi, a lender that forgoes credit checks and uses cryptocurrencies as collateral, has now become… Brian Boyle November 28, 2022 Copy (Photo Credit: Chinnapong/IStock) Sign up for insightful business news. Enter your...
CORPORATE NEWS Warner Bros is Losing One of its Most Reliable Partners Look out! Get out of the way! Godzilla is…leaving? On Tuesday, Legendary Entertainment — the production house behind the giant monster movie franchise and other blockbuster properties — announced it is ending its long-standing relationship with Warner Bros. to team… Brian Boyle November 30, 2022 Copy (Photo Credit: Noelle And Mike/Flickr) Sign up for...
Treatment, Not the Blockbuster They Hoped Ah, nuts. They should’ve stuck to Baby Ruths and Butterfingers. Nestlé announced Tuesday it will unload the world’s only approved peanut allergy treatment just two years after acquiring the company that developed it. Potential patients must’ve found it easier to… Griffin Kelly November 30, 2022 Copy Photo Credit: Isai Dzib/Unsplash Sign up for insightful business news. Enter your email SUBSCRIBE Ah, nuts....
ECONOMY & POLICY China Unrest Tanks Oil Chinese protesters calling for Xi Jinping to step down are likely to be disappointed. But they have managed to topple oil prices. The price of crude has been falling for the past three weeks, but this weekend’s protests erupting throughout… Isobel Hamilton November 28, 2022 Copy (Photo Credit: L.C. Nøttaasen/Flickr) Sign up for insightful business news. Enter your email SUBSCRIBE Chinese protesters...
AGRICULTURE US Disputes Trade as Mexico Plans to Ban Genetically Modified Corn Mexico cracked corn and the US does care. Mexico will ban all genetically modified corn by 2024. That’s not sweet news for the US, which is now threatening legal action over the sweeping policy change. It’s Corn! It’s Got the… Griffin Kelly November 30, 2022 Copy (Photo Credit: Wouter Supardi Salari/Unsplash) Sign up for...
INTERNATIONAL Inflation Finally Cools in the Eurozone It may not be the World Cup Trophy (at least yet), but Europe got a big win on Wednesday. After 17 brutal months, inflation in the eurozone is starting to cool, according to data published by the EU’s statistics agency…. Brian Boyle November 30, 2022 Copy (Photo Credit: Images Money/Flickr) Sign up for insightful business news. Enter your email SUBSCRIBE It may...
The Qatar Stock Exchange index eased the day's trading with a slight decline December 01, 2022, 11:00 am Follow us: alsharq Qatar Stock Exchange A+ A- stock marketQatar Stock Exchange Doha - Qena The Qatar Stock Exchange index started today's trading with a slight decline of 0.06 percent, to lose 6.78 points from its balance and drop to the level of 11919 points, compared to the end...