G20 leaders endorse global minimum corporate tax deal for 2023 start
U.S. President Joe Biden talks with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he attends the G20 leaders’ summit in Rome, Italy October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool ROME, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) will endorse an OECD deal onContinue Reading
The Harder They Fall: ‘Raising hell’ in Netflix’s all-black Western
Netflix’s new Western, The Harder They Fall, opens with an intriguing disclaimer: “While the events in this film are fictionalised… These. People. Existed.” Without it, viewers might assume the movie is an imaginary tale, one of several cases of Hollywood re-casting historical periods and events with more ethnic minority charactersContinue Reading
Scottish university hands over looted Benin Bronze to Nigeria
LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – A Scottish university will on Thursday hand over to a Nigerian delegation a Benin Bronze that was among thousands looted by British troops in 1897, the third European institution in two days to return cultural artefacts to their African homelands. The sculpture represents the headContinue Reading
Zayn Malik denies assault of Gigi Hadid’s mum Yolanda Hadid
Zayn Malik has “adamantly” denied assault of Gigi Hadid’s mum, Yolanda Hadid. The former One Direction singer told TMZ claims that he hit Yolanda Hadid are “false allegations”. Zayn Malik didn’t directly address the allegations in a statement posted on Twitter, but he did ask for privacy and said he hoped forContinue Reading
COP26: Arnold Schwarzenegger angered by world leaders’ climate policies
Arnold Schwarzenegger says leaders who claim combating climate change hurts the economy are “stupid or liars”. Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the former governor of California told the BBC that cutting carbon emissions will benefit global economies. The Terminator actor said reducing meat intake does not have to mean sacrificing somethingContinue Reading
US revokes licence of top Chinese telecoms company
Washington has revoked the US licence of one of China’s biggest telecoms companies citing “national security” concerns. China Telecom must stop providing services in America within 60 days. Officials said the Chinese government’s control of the company gave it the opportunity “to access, store, disrupt, and/or misroute US communications”. ThisContinue Reading
Frances Haugen says Facebook is ‘making hate worse’
Whistleblower Frances Haugen has told MPs Facebook is “unquestionably making hate worse”, as they consider what new rules to impose on big social networks. Ms Haugen was talking to the Online Safety Bill committee in London. She said Facebook safety teams were under-resourced, and “Facebook has been unwilling to acceptContinue Reading
The Posies: Cult indie band split up amid sexual assault claims
Cult indie band the Posies are splitting up after several women made allegations of sexual misconduct against frontman Ken Stringfellow. One woman accused the musician of forcing her into sex in a men’s toilet; another said she had been in an abusive relationship with him since 2017. A third saidContinue Reading
Chadwick Boseman: Tributes pour in for Black Panther actor
Tributes are being paid to US actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero film, after he died on Friday aged 43. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016 but had never spoken about it publicly. He died at his home in Los Angeles with hisContinue Reading
Donald Trump: US Treasury should get cut of TikTok deal
Donald Trump says the government should get a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if an American firm buys it. The US president said he made a demand for a “substantial portion” of the purchase price in a phone call at the weekend with Microsoft’s boss. He alsoContinue Reading