By AFP US securities regulators on Wednesday charged the chief executive of the blood-testing company Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and a former president at the onetime soaring Silicon Valley startup with an “elaborate, years-long fraud.” U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday charged the […]
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By AFP The father of teenager accidentally shot dead by US police in a department store, demanded jail time Tuesday for the officers involved in her killing. The death of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta is the latest at the hands of law […]
By Guardian Nigeria Rohingya refugees sued Facebook on Monday for $150 billion over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority. The complaint, lodged in a California court, says the […]
By AFP A court in southern Libya on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as a candidate in next month’s presidential election, Libyan media reported. He had lodged an appeal earlier in the day at the […]
Heirs of Italian fashion house Gucci have threatened to take legal action against Ridley Scott’s new film House of Gucci for depicting members of the family as “hooligans.” Ridley Scott’s new film House of Gucci is already picking up Oscar buzz since its release […]
By AFP Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought “total and complete” control over his media image, his ex-spokesman told the graft trial of the veteran leader on Monday. “If we use the term ‘control freak,’ he is much more than […]
By OREORITSE TARIEMI Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been reportedly sued following the tragedy at the Astroworld concert that left eight people dead and dozens injured. Confirming the news, Texas firm Thomas J. Henry Law tweeted a Daily Mail story on the […]
By AFP A football fan who racially abused England’s Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail. Jonathon Best, 52, posted an 18-second video on Facebook in which he […]
By Guardian Nigeria FIFA on Friday escaped a soccer coach’s lawsuit challenging a bribery conviction and coaching ban handed down by the organisation’s judicial body, after a Manhattan federal judge found that the Swiss dispute has no jurisdictional ties to New […]
By Guardian Nigeria Argentina’s ex-president Mauricio Macri was again subpoenaed Friday as part of a probe ito a wiretapping scandal, after the current president lifted an obstacle to him testifying. The investigation is looking into allegations that his government spied on […]