April 3, 2023
Oil price surges
Oil prices have surged after several of the world's largest exporters announced surprise cuts in production. The price of Brent crude oil is trading close to $85 a barrel after jumping by almost 6%. Economists warned that higher oil prices could…
April 3, 2023
Ziggy Marley says luxury villa discriminated against him because he’s Jamaican
Eight-time Grammy Award winner Ziggy Marley, son of the late reggae legend Bob Marley, is complaining that Sea Salt Villa, a posh property based in St Ann, has discriminated against him, merely because he is “Jamaican”. The villa has denied the…
April 3, 2023
Russia releases video of detained cafe bomb suspect
Russian investigators have detained a woman in their hunt for the killers of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe. In the video released by authorities - most likely recorded under duress - Darya Trepova is heard…
April 1, 2023
Gwyneth Paltrow scores court win that means more than $1
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — All that for a dollar? Nah, Gwyneth Paltrow ’s motivation to go to trial to fight a lawsuit accusing her of sending a fellow skier “absolutely flying” at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016 was about vindication. She got it when a…
April 1, 2023
Oscar Pistorius stays in prison after his parole is denied
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday and will have to stay in prison for at least another year and four months after it was decided that he had not served the “minimum detention period”…
April 1, 2023
Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
ROME (AP) — Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government’s privacy watchdog said…
April 1, 2023
Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump steps before a judge next week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it will not only mark the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. It will also represent a reckoning for a man long…
April 1, 2023
Tornadoes strike Arkansas, Illinois; 4 dead, dozens injured
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois. At…
March 22, 2023
Egyptian referee Farouk suspended for using spectator’s mobile phone to disallow goal
Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator's mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match. Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equalizer away to Suez in a second-division match last Friday. There is no video…
March 22, 2023
Tekashi 6ix9ine hospitalized after being attacked in Florida gym
Tekashi 6ix9ine was reportedly rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after being attacked at a gym. The 26-year-old rapper was in the sauna of a LA Fitness when he was "savagely beaten by a group of men," TMZ reports. He was without security when he…