Daily Report A Net Neutrality Setback for Facebook in India
In the United States, the social media giant has been an advocate of equal treatment of all Internet content. In India, regulators who share that belief have effectively blocked a free Facebook service. Read more...
He flaunted private jets and luxury cars on Instagram. Feds allege he left a trail of cyber crime
Ramon Abbas openly flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets, designer clothes and luxury cars. Read more...
N.C.A.A. to Host Mens Basketball Tournament in One City for 2021
The event, which is typically spread across the United States, could be held in its entirety in Indianapolis, organizers said. Read more...
Beijing flies 15 fighter jets into Taiwan for second time in two days
China deployed 15 fighter jets into Taiwan airspace for the second time in two days in a move that comes after the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt was moved into South China Sea. Read more...
The Determined Siblings Who Became Americas First Women Doctors
Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, the subjects of The Doctors Blackwell, by Janice P. Nimura, succeeded in practicing medicine against innumerable odds. Read more...
Couple spend 50,000 transforming their dated home into a modern paradise
Lois Spencer-Tracey, 38, from Brentwood, and her husband of nine years, Gary, 37, bought their first home in December 2015 for 250,000. They have since spent 50,000 on its transformation. Read more...
Sales executive is slammed for complaining about Austin
Sales executive, Brett Alder, who moved his family from California to Texas is slammed for penning an op-ed in which he complained that the locals are rude and the food isn't great. Read more...
Rampaging goat ATTACKS a walker in the Blue Mountains leaving him with horrific injuries
An 'sociopathic' goat has injured a bush walker in the lower Blue Mountains NSW so seriously, the man was rushed to hospital as the goat looked on, munching grass, on Tuesday morning. Read more...
An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat
The big tech platforms are facing a challenge unlike any other as Australia moves to make them pay for news. Read more...
Up to HALF of Covid survivors 'may still be vulnerable to South African variant'
Professor Penny Moore, from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa, found in 44 survivors that 48 per cent of them (21) had no immune response to the new variant. Read more...
Is the Covid-19 Vaccine Effective Against New South African Variant?
Vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech effectively protect recipients. But in a worrying sign, they are slightly less effective against a variant found in South Africa. Read more...
Photographer Tamas Rizsavi's stunning pictures of trains in epic European landscapes
Tams Rizsavi, 29, from Hungary, who works as a locomotive engineer, has snapped stunning photos of trains in jaw-dropping landscapes in countries such as Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Read more...
Forget About a Gym. These People Pay Thousands for Personalized Workouts.
Im in for ,000 a year, a fashion consultant says. That covers a trainer, a nutritionist, an age management doctor and tons of supplements. Read more...
Your Monday Briefing
The world approaches 100 million cases. Read more...
Betting on Chess
A London bookmaker has Viswanathan Anand of India as the favorite to win the Tata Steel chess tournament when it concludes on Sunday. Read more...
Broadway star Celeste Holm's longtime Manhattan home put on the market for million by estranged son following her death
Boasting spectacular views over the city, the duplex at 88 Central Park is where the star lived for more than half a century and died this July, aged 95. Dan Dunning, whose father was Holm's third husband, told the New York Times 'She loved it because of the view of the park and the way she felt involvement with the seasons, just by looking through her windows. Read more...
Rupert Murdoch, Accepting Award, Condemns Awful Woke Orthodoxy
Mr. Murdoch of News Corp, who spoke in a video, has been relatively quiet publicly in recent years. He called conformity on social media a straitjacket on sensibility. Read more...
Gordon 39;Butch39; Stewart, Founder of Sandals Resorts, Dies at 79
Mr. Stewart turned a rundown beach hotel in Montego Bay, in his native Jamaica, into the flagship of a chain of luxury resorts. Read more...
Police Pay
An article on 14 May said that a report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies had revealed that police are using dishonest methods to boost their pay. While the report found that police overtime spending has risen and said the matter was 'ripe for review' - the suggestion that this was caused by dishonesty or 'tricks' came from the Mail, not the report. Officers can begin claiming overtime 30 minutes after the end of a shift. The claim that officers make arrests outside normal working hours to increase their payments has been aired previously, but we should have made clear that it is conjecture. We apologise for any confusion and the article has been amended. Read more...