The leading arguments for a Microsoft-TikTok tie-up
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Prano Bailey-Bond’s psychological horror “Censor,” which opens Sundance’s Midnight section Friday, is a twisted, bloody love letter to the low-budget horror films of the 1980s. Variety spoke to the young British helmer, who was recently named as one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch.” In “Censor,” a young woman, Enid, is seen at work as […]
Sky Sports reported that former England under-21 defender Axel Tuanzebe and France forward Anthony Martial were targeted on Instagram, with several users posting racist comments and symbols on their pictures. Tuanzebe also suffered abuse on Twitter, the report added. "Everyone at Manchester United is disgusted by the racial abuse received by players via social media after last night's game," Manchester United said in a statement https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-issue-statement-following-racial-abuse-to-players-on-social-media?utm_source=web_notification&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=muwebsite&utm_content=UNITED%20ISSUE%20STATEMENT.
If the rise of direct-to-consumer businesses has been one of the big e-commerce trends of the last decade, then the growth of startups raising huge rounds to consolidate D2C players, to bring more economies of scale to the model, has definitely been a related theme of the past year. In the latest move, a startup out of Germany called the Berlin Brands Group has announced that it plans to invest €250 million (about $302 million at today's rates) to buy up smaller companies and bring them into its fold. While a lot of the company's would-be competitors in the consolidation race are focusing primarily on the Amazon Marketplace -- leaning on fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to carry out the distribution and logistics -- Peter Chaljawski, the founder and CEO, tells us that it's a different story in its existing target market of Europe.
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The teen who plotted attacks on mosques will not be tried in open court as this could deepen religious divides, said Minister K. Shanmugam.
It was Melbourne dog Goku’s first time on a porous pier, but it won’t be his last. He loved the surprise of the water coming through, his owner said, and was running up and down, “super excited”.Francesca Alves posted footage of Goku’s fun on TikTok on January 26, where she jokingly asked, “Pier or dog water park”?Goku “absolutely loves the beach and water,” Alves told Storyful. Credit: Francesca Alves via Storyful
Portugal is in a terrible phase of the coronavirus pandemic and can hope for only limited help from abroad, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said, as hospital staff warned they were being overwhelmed. With a total of 668,951 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11,305 deaths, including a record 293 dead on Wednesday, Portugal has the world's highest seven-day average of new daily cases and deaths per million inhabitants. Some hospitals are running out of beds, others see dwindling oxygen supplies, and doctors and nurses are over-stretched.
Members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 described long workdays during two weeks of quarantine, and relief at finally being able to leave their hotel in the Chinese city of Wuhan. "The only thing I could see for 14 days from the hotel room has been concrete," Thea Fischer, a Danish member of the team, told Reuters by phone from Wuhan.
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a judge on Thursday that he had not been allowed to speak to his defence lawyer one-to-one since being detained on arrival back in Russia on Jan. 17. The judge is hearing Navalny's appeal against his jailing on alleged parole violations which he denies. In response to Navalny, the judge gave Navalny five minutes to speak to his lawyer via video link and asked prison guards to leave the room so that he could talk privately.
Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are back together, and this time Aubrey Plaza is along for the ride.
Risky piloting caused the fatal crash of a vintage plane in the Swiss Alps over two years ago that killed all 20 people on board, an investigation concluded Thursday.
Swiss investigators said Thursday that “high-risk flying” by the pilots of a vintage propeller plane led to a 2018 crash in the Alps that killed all 20 people on board. The 79-year-old Junkers Ju-52 operated by local airline Ju-Air crashed in southeastern Switzerland on Aug. 4, 2018. It was flying back from Locarno in southern Switzerland to its base near Zurich.
The streaming landscape in Australia is to become larger and more complicated with the imminent launches of Stan Sports, and Disney’s Star. Stan, the Australian streaming service that is now wholly-owned by Nine Entertainment, is taking the game to incumbents Optus and Foxtel with the kick-off of its add-on package Stan Sports in time for […]
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Tokyo Olympics organisers said Thursday they were encouraged by the support of IOC chief Thomas Bach and felt on "solid ground" to hold the virus-postponed event, despite growing debate over its feasibility.
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services warned residents that “another round of significant weather is expected” after storms hit the state, causing power outages, mudslides and downing trees on January 27.This video, shared by the agency, shows several different clips of storm damage, including footage of a tree that smashed through part of a house.Local news reports said the major storm system was forecast to continue dropping rain and snow until the early hours of Friday, January 29.The storm triggered mudslides in several areas previously scorched by wildfires.Flood warnings for Monterey, San Benito, and portions of Santa Clara counties were extended until 2:30 am Friday. Credit: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services via Storyful
Google has updated and broadened its Play Store policy on gaming loyalty programs to help developers better understand the practices that are permitted, months after confusion about the guidance prompted some backlash in India, the biggest Android market by users. The company said on Thursday that it now specifies guidance on gamified loyalty programs that are based on a qualified monetary transaction in an app and offer prizes of cash or other real-world cash equivalent perks. Scores of apps run gamified loyalty programs in their apps to appease and win users.
The prime minister is visiting Scotland to promote the Union amid signs of rising support for Scottish independence.
Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year's soccer World Cup. They told him his son had died - not in Qatar, but in Eritrea, one of the world's most secretive countries. Ali's son was one of three young Somali men whose families told Reuters they had been recruited by Somalia's federal government for jobs in Qatar, only to surface in Eritrea, where they were sent to serve in a military force against their will.