A court hearing to liquidate a Barclay family holding companies in order to smooth a sale of The Daily Telegraph is poised to be adjourned after a last-gasp offer to repay more than £1bn to Lloyds Banking Group. Sky News understands that a hearing scheduled to take place in the British Virgin Islands on Monday
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RBMedia, one of the world’s top producers of audiobooks, has released a list of the ten bestselling audiobooks of the year. Some of the titles line up with bestsellers in print, like the newest book in Rebecca Yaros’s hit romantasy series The Empyrean. Others, though, seem to have found unique success with this format. Gigi,
Jeremy Hunt has said there is the chance to lower taxes in the autumn statement next week, arguing the economy had “turned a corner”. Ahead of Wednesday’s financial announcement, the chancellor said that as inflation had halved over the year, “this is the moment” to focus on growth. But he argued that there is a
UPDATE, 7:52 PM: Just over 24 hours after Cassandra Ventura filed a rape and abuse lawsuit against her former longtime boyfriend Sean Combs, the singer and the music mogul ended the incendiary matter. “I have decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control,” Ventura a.k.a. Cassie said in a
Cargo numbers at the Port of Los Angeles rose in October, the third consecutive month POLA has seen increases — an mirroring an October rise also reported earlier by the Port of Long Beach. POLA Executive Director Gene Seroka announced the October numbers at his monthly virtual news conference on Friday, Nov. 17. “We’ve seen
Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie have settled a lawsuit alleging abuse – one day after she sued the powerful music producer. The R&B singer – real name Casandra Ventura – had alleged that she was trafficked, raped, plied with drugs and viciously beaten by the rapper on many occasions over the course of
Nov 17, 2023NewsroomFraud Prevention / Mobile Security The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is adopting new rules that aim to protect consumers from cell phone account scams that make it possible for malicious actors to orchestrate SIM-swapping attacks and port-out fraud. “The rules will help protect consumers from scammers who target data and personal information
In one of his usual sweeping declarations about a policy change to X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk on Friday declared that the terms “decolonization” and “from the river to the sea” are euphemisms that “necessarily imply genocide,” the use of which on the platform could “result in suspension.” Both phrases are commonly used by activists
Charles Wesley Godwin is soon to be a household name in country music, and his contribution to the soundtrack of the upcoming movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will surely help to expedite the process. Godwin is hands down one of the most talented up-and-coming artists in the country music genre,
Settlement The suit settled a day after the singer accused the hip-hop mogul of rape and physical abuse Sean Combs and Cassie have reached a settlement in the singer’s lawsuit against Combs, in which she accused him of rape, sex trafficking and physical abuse. In statements obtained by Rolling Stone, both parties said they had
Oppo Reno 11 series is all set to go official in China on November 23 with at least two entries — Oppo Reno 11 and Reno 11 Pro. Both models are currently up for pre-reservations in the country. As the launch date nears, Oppo is disclosing more details about the lineup on its social media
The chief executive of OpenAI – the firm behind viral chatbot ChatGPT – has been ousted after the board said it no longer has confidence in him. Sam Altman is to depart and will be replaced in the interim by Mira Murati, who is currently chief technology officer for the artificial intelligence company. In a
Academic and intellectual British novelist A.S. Byatt has died at 87. In a statement, her publisher Chatto & Windus said she had passed away in her home, but a cause of death was not given. A scholar and critic, Byatt is best known for her 1990 novel Possession, which she won the Booker Prize for
Rishi Sunak has vowed to “take on” anyone who is “standing in our way” regarding the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. The prime minister struck a combative tone following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday, which found the policy – a key tenet of Mr Sunak’s pledge to stop small boat crossings
A coalition of media organizations, including CNN, C-SPAN and The New York Times, says that the Constitution requires televised access to Donald Trump‘s upcoming criminal trial on federal conspiracy charges. Responding to special counsel Jack Smith‘s opposition to televised proceedings, the coalition’s attorneys wrote in a filing today that “well-established that constitutional speech rights include
Seeking to capitalize on what’s been a post-pandemic surge in the vacation cruise industry at the Port of Los Angeles, long-standing plans to add a new cruise terminal, waylaid during the height of the public health crisis, took another step forward this week. The LA harbor commission heard a report on Thursday, Nov. 16, outlining
Rapper Sean Combs has been accused of sex trafficking and assault in a lawsuit filed in a New York court by R&B singer Cassie. According to the complaint, Cassie – real name Casandra Ventura- alleges that she was trafficked, raped, plied with drugs and viciously beaten by the rapper on many occasions over the course
Nov 17, 2023NewsroomMalvertising / Malware Threat actors are leveraging manipulated search results and bogus Google ads that trick users who are looking to download legitimate software such as WinSCP into installing malware instead. Cybersecurity company Securonix is tracking the ongoing activity under the name SEO#LURKER. “The malicious advertisement directs the user to a compromised WordPress
On Oct. 19, Asian-American SoCal resident Nancy Ng, 29, went kayaking on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The excursion was part of a yoga retreat Ng was on, and included at least nine other participants, who rented kayaks from a local business and set out. It was the last time anyone saw Ng. Now, four weeks
Happy Friday. We’re back with another loaded new edition of the Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist. This week on the playlist, we have new tunes from Dolly Parton, Wyatt Flores, Tanner Usrey, Justin Moore, Ernest, Billy Strings, Kacey Musgraves, Charles Wesley Godwin, Sierra Ferrell, Flatland Cavalry, Jake Kohn, Nolan Taylor, Tyler Halverson, Lauren Watkins,