CANNES, France — While Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of the former president in the 1980s. “The Apprentice,” directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian … Read more
An Arizona woman is facing charges for helping North Koreans obtain remote US jobs and transfer earnings to North Korea, which violates US sanctions. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Christina Marie Chapman, 49, was arrested on Thursday and charged with nine counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. … Read more
Washington — After a nearly two year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday including a former Air Force pilot who was denied the chance to be the United States’ first Black astronaut decades ago. It was the first crewed launch for the enterprise owned and founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos since … Read more
DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA — Elon Musk and Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin launched SpaceX’s satellite internet service for the nation’s health sector on Sunday, aiming to improve access in remote parts of the sprawling archipelago. Musk, the billionaire head of SpaceX and Tesla TSLA.O, arrived on the Indonesian resort island of Bali by private … Read more
Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world’s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins. “We have determined that the dunes sagebrush lizard is … Read more
BEIJING — Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said Saturday, as concerns grow over a U.S. outbreak infecting cattle. Two counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275 cases of H5 influenza among dead Pallas’s gull and other wild birds, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs … Read more
Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. Since March 25, when the bird flu virus was confirmed in U.S. cattle for the first time, weekly sales of raw cow’s … Read more
The Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru, has retired from the Forum after over 15 years in office, sources familiar with the development have told PREMIUM TIMES. The sources said Mr Okauru submitted his retirement notice to the Forum’s Chairman, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara, this week. Our sources said the director-general’s … Read more
Microsoft is reportedly offering relocation to hundreds of its machine learning and cloud computing employees in China. According to The Wall Street Journal, which cites unnamed sources, Microsoft is surveying up to 800 China-based employees about potential relocation amid ongoing tensions between the US and China. This follows Microsoft President Brad Smith’s meeting with China’s … Read more
NEW YORK — A sprightly miniature poodle named Sage was crowned “Best in Show” on Tuesday at the 148th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, winning the grand prize in the most prestigious competition among pure-bred canines in the United States. Sage, the finalist representing 21 breeds classified as non-sporting dogs, triumphed over more than … Read more
