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Post your questions for Bryce Dallas Howard
The Guardian - 16 Apr 2024 13:49
The dinosaur-chasing actor will take your questions on her extraordinary range of stage, film and TV roles from Shakespeare to Black Mirror to Rocketman The actor Bryce Dallas Howard may be best known to cinema audiences...
Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown
The Guardian - 16 Apr 2024 07:00
Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendance Dozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial rec...
Philharmonic Sidelines 2 Players It Tried to Fire for Misconduct
The New York Times - 16 Apr 2024 00:45
The New York Philharmonic said the musicians would not perform for now, after a magazine article brought new attention to allegations of misconduct. They have denied wrongdoing.
Trump's Jan. 6 Case Could Go On Even if Court Limits Use of Obstruction Law
The New York Times - 16 Apr 2024 21:39
The federal indictment of Donald Trump for plotting to overturn the 2020 election relies in part on the law that the Supreme Court weighed on Tuesday, but was built to survive without it.
Russia-Ukraine war live: world 'dangerously close to a nuclear accident' amid Zaporizhzhia attacks
The Guardian - 16 Apr 2024 10:39
Head of IAEA issues warning as Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over Europe's biggest nuclear plant Russia and Ukraine negotiated for two months with Turkey on a deal to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea...
Sydney church stabbing: police treating as terrorist attack the alleged stabbing of bishop during livestreamed mass
The Guardian - 16 Apr 2024 01:50
NSW premier Chris Minns said a 'major and serious criminal investigation' was underway after the incident at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, which Anthony Albanese describes as 'extremely concern...
Olympics 2024: is Paris ready to party?
The Week - 16 Apr 2024 14:09
Build-up to this summer's Games 'marred' by rows over national identity, security and pollution
Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame manager, dies at 92
ABC News - 16 Apr 2024 19:10
Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” has di...
McIlroy will 'play PGA Tour for rest of my career'
BBC - 16 Apr 2024 18:49
Rory McIlroy says he will play on the PGA Tour "for the rest of my career" as he quashes rumours of him making a big-money move to LIV Golf.
Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat
The Guardian - 16 Apr 2024 22:00
Iran's chargé d'affaires in London said his country would respond more severely if Israel attacked it again in 'another mistake' Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to trap the west into a total war across the Middle East tha...
Four men charged in thefts across East Coast home improvement stores
Boston - 16 Apr 2024 21:35A Better Idea for the IRS
Wall Street Journal - 16 Apr 2024 18:27
Instead of a government direct-file program, how about a refundable tax credit?
UnitedHealth Stock Jumps After Earnings Beat Expectations
Wall Street Journal - 16 Apr 2024 16:00
UnitedHealth's first-quarter adjusted earnings topped Wall Street's estimates, despite a cyberattack that will weigh on the healthcare and insurance company's full-year results.
PwC Pushes Back at Evergrande Letter
Wall Street Journal - 16 Apr 2024 11:50
PricewaterhouseCoopers has responded to a public letter that blamed some of its executives for the global accounting firm's exposure to China Evergrande, the fallen property giant.
Post Office inquiry to hear from more former executives
BBC - 16 Apr 2024 10:40
David Miller, up first, is a former PO Horizon programme director - closely involved in the software's rollout.
Inside the Manhattan Courtroom Where Trump Is on Trial
The New York Times - 16 Apr 2024 02:57
Protesters railed outside, media and security swarmed the area, and inside the courtroom, Donald J. Trump appeared to nod off.
Israel Weighs Response to Iran's Attack as Allies Push for Restraint
The New York Times - 16 Apr 2024 02:00
The Israeli war cabinet met again on Monday to discuss the strike, with some hawkish members of the prime minister's government calling for a swift and forceful retaliation.
Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban
ABC News - 16 Apr 2024 17:49
A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools
Prosecutors file motion to hold Trump in contempt for allegedly violating gag order - live
The Guardian - 16 Apr 2024 16:49
Prosecutors claim the ex-president has 'willfully violated this court's order by publishing several social media posts attacking two known witnesses' Full report - Trump's historic criminal trial enters second day Key ta...
Homes, roads and airport tarmac flooded as Dubai struck by year's rainfall in a day
Sky News - 16 Apr 2024 16:36
The United Arab Emirates has been hit by heavy rainfall, including in Dubai where homes and roads were flooded and partially submerged cars were left abandoned.
US ambassador urges Japan to boost weapon production for stronger security alliance
Fox News - 16 Apr 2024 16:30
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has urged Tokyo to take a greater role in developing, producing and supplying weapons for a stronger security alliance during conflict.
UK lawmakers to vote on bill that would outlaw tobacco sale, create 'first smoke-free generation'
Fox News - 16 Apr 2024 16:29
United Kingdom lawmakers will debate and vote on a bill that would phase out the legal sale of tobacco entirely by raising the age of sale by one year each year.