There’s a cultural reckoning upon us, and Black executives can no longer keep silent. More than 70 prominent Black business leaders have signed a letter urging U.S. companies to battle against restrictive voting rights, following a bill that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law last week which includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over […]

Lembata, Indonesia Rescuers in remote eastern Indonesia dug through the debris of a landslide on Tuesday in search of as many as 21 people believed to be buried in one of several disasters brought on by severe weather in the South-East Asian nation and neighbouring East Timor. More than a dozen villages were affected by Sunday’s landslide on Lembata island, […]

A PICTURE of a "ripped" squirrel with a "six-pack" that went viral left some eagle-eyed viewers stunned when they spotted an even bigger bulge. Sarah Lenzenhuber managed to capture a picture of the bulky critter outside her apartment in Missouri, USA, last week "I saw him while out walking my dog, did a double-take and then doubled over laughing," Sarah […]

Labor charities spokesman Andrew Leigh has flagged a parliamentary inquiry into Scientology, expressing concerns about its “unprecedented” wealth and shifting of assets into Australia. The comments come after an investigation by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald found that the Church of Scientology had shifted tens of millions of dollars into Australia from offshore and had made $65.4 million […]

American firm thinks again about ‘adviser’ David Cameron as fallout from lobbying saga crosses the pond Fiserv is reviewing its relationship with former prime minister David Cameron Advisory work began in September 2017 with First Data, which Fiserv bought  Source close to the US company said Mr Cameron was not on the board at time The fallout from the Greensill […]

A DOCTOR Who fan’s long- suffering wife let him build a 6ft Dalek for their living room — and says it has changed their life for the better. Ian McTeague, 55, thought Tracy, 52, would exterminate his hopes of creating the movable replica despite his pestering but she relented. He spent 18 months building it out of fibreglass and MDF, […]

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Washington: Florida Republican Matt Gaetz says he will not leave Congress and denies that he “slept with” an underage girl, suggesting that accusations against him by political foes stem from anger that he “loathes the swamp”. In a column appearing in the Washington Examiner, a conservative news outlet, the embattled politician predicted that “some of my feckless colleagues in Congress” […]

Putin’s biggest critic Alexei Navalny vows to continue hunger strike despite suffering heavy cough and fever as TB sweeps through penal colony where he is being held Alexi Navalny, 44, has vowed to continue a hunger strike he started last week Putin critic is suffering from a heavy cough and fever in a harsh penal colony Navalny claimed tuberculosis is […]

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