PREMIUM TIMES reported that Speed Darlington was arrested on 27 November during a performance in Owerri, Imo State, marking his second detention in two months. His legal counsel, Deji Adeyanju, claimed that Burna Boy was behind his arrest and detention. Providing an update on Monday, the rapper’s lawyer, Stanley Alieke of Law Capitol, issued a statement confirming … Read more
A Connecticut appeals court on Friday largely upheld a nearly $1.3 billion defamation verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a case accusing the Infowars founder of spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. A three-judge panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court found that a jury’s October 2022 decision to award $965 million in damages plus attorneys … Read more
Employee theft is a concern that affects businesses worldwide, costing billions each year. Even prominent billionaire and Dallas Mavericks co-owner Mark Cuban faced this challenge in the early days of his entrepreneurial journey. In a recent interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast with three-time Super Bowl champion Shannon Sharpe, Cuban opened up about how … Read more
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China will seize global manufacturing crown from US by 2035: … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, September 20, 2024 Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, speaks during the presidential forum in the exhibit hall of the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 10. The forum was held the night before the two-day 2024 SBC Annual Meeting. | Luc Stringer/Baptist Press Southern … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Rafizi Ramli has ordered his press secretary Mohamed Farhan Akmal Mohd Iqbal to lodge a police report against a PAS-friendly social media influencer using the handle @RichardPower_ for making false accusations. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the Economy Minister denied the influencer’s claims and insisted that he never paid … Read more
In a Friday “press conference” where he took no questions from the media, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that he couldn’t have possibly sexually assaulted Jessica Leeds over four decades ago because “she would not have been the chosen one.” In 2016, Leeds told the New York Times that Trump grabbed her breasts and … Read more
The Delhi High Court on Thursday warned open-source platform Wikipedia that it would block the website in India if it does not comply with the country’s laws. It also issued a contempt of court notice, reported TOI. The court took a strong view of the website’s failure to provide details on subscribers who edited the … Read more
GEORGE TOWN: A group of supporters, including former DAP members, arrived early at the courthouse here to show support for Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who is being sued by tycoon Tan Sri Tan Kok Ping. Among those present on the first day of the trial were former DAP members Hew Kuan Yau, popularly known … Read more
The former chief financial officer for Royal Bank of Canada is suing the bank for almost $50 million over claims of wrongful dismissal. Nadine Ahn said in a lawsuit that there is no merit to the allegations by RBC that she had an “undisclosed close personal relationship” with another employee who received preferential treatment. RBC said … Read more
