Seoul (AFP) The jailed de facto leader of the giant Samsung group walked free on parole Friday, the latest instance of South Korea’s long tradition of freeing business leaders imprisoned for corruption or tax evasion on economic grounds. Lee Jae-yong — the 202nd richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth […]
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court, retires Thursday and his exit, apart from adding to the vacancy list, will return the spotlight on the unprecedented impasse within the Collegium over appointment of judges that has been there for nearly 22 months now.Sources told The Indian Express that Justice […]
The posts came in response to complaints about racist, sexist, and anti-gay onslaughts aimed at Twitch streamers who don’t appear to be straight, white and male. People targeted with such abuses shared their viewpoints and stories on Twitter with the hashtag #TwitchDoBetter. Those who shared included Omega Jones, a Twitch streamer who uses the handle […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore expects its economy to grow at a faster pace than previously predicted as vaccinations gain pace, allowing for more economic activity and boosting demand for goods and services at home and in some of its key markets abroad. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Wednesday (Aug 11) upgraded its gross domestic product (GDP) […]
In 2022, things will get even weirder. Yormany says a truly enormous creature known as the ‘Cerine Croin’ will be found in the Bermuda Triangle; a race of fish-humans will be found living in the sunken remains of Atlantis; dragons will be found living in “the mountains”; in July, supervolcano Yellowstone will start a two-and-a-half-year […]
TORONTO A couple years ago around this time, someone asked Charlie Montoyo who the Blue Jays upcoming starting pitchers were and his response revealed a lot about the state of starting pitching in the organization at that time. We honestly dont know, he said back in September of 2019. An opener and a guy. Going […]
Humankind, an upcoming 4X strategy game from Sega developer Amplitude Studios, will launch on Xbox Game Pass for PC. Amplitude’s highly anticipated strategy game was originally set to release in 2020, but was delayed more than once, likely due to the pandemic. Humankind is now launching on PC and Google Stadia on August 17, and […]
Lisa Johnson Premier Jason Kenney in Edmonton on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.Photo by Chris Schwarz /Government of Alberta Article content Alberta pediatricians are pleading with Premier Jason Kenney to keep COVID-19 health measures in place to protect children and vulnerable families weeks before unvaccinated students are set to return to school. Advertisement This advertisement has […]
Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95. Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in the 1960s and ’70s, died Saturday, […]
Remember that DOOM roguelike, the one that Bethesda posted a cease and desist for? Its creators begrudgingly applied, but not before taking the spirit of that project and injecting it into a modern spiritual successor. That game is Jupiter Hell, its finally out of early access, and its very good. In case youve forgotten, the […]
