FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Burger King of deceiving vegan, vegetarian and other customers into thinking it cooked the plant-based patties for its “Impossible Whopper” on different grills than those used to cook beef and chicken. In a decision on Monday (Jul 20), US […]
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Logitech International reported a more than 75per cent increase in non-GAAP operating income in its first quarter as rise in homeworking boosted demand for its webcams, video conferencing products and headsets during the coronavirus lockdowns. REUTERS: Logitech International reported a more than 75per cent increase in non-GAAP operating income in […]
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, trapped in the narrow trading band of the past three weeks as investors gauged hopes for a recovery in oil demand against fears of new lockdowns due to a growing number of coronavirus cases. TOKYO: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, trapped […]
ASUNCION: Former South American football boss Juan Angel Napout, who is serving a nine-year corruption sentence in a US prison, has contracted coronavirus, his lawyer said on Monday (Jul 20). “He could barely speak when his wife called him. His throat was very sore” and he was struggling to breath, […]
MAGDEBURG, Germany: A German man goes on trial on Tuesday (Jul 21) for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany’s postwar history. Stephan Balliet, 28, is accused of shooting dead two people in October […]
LOS ANGELES: The reigning World Series champion Washington Nationals announced on Monday (Jul 20) that top infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci will throw out the first pitch on Major League Baseball’s opening day. Fauci accepted the invitation by the club to be part of the festivities surrounding Washington’s first game […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday (Jul 20) said he would send law enforcement to more US cities, as a federal crackdown on anti-racism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country. Trump, a Republican, cited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, […]
WASHINGTON: A US couple who became Internet infamous for drawing an assault rifle and a handgun on protesters outside their Missouri mansion were charged on Monday (Jul 20) with a felony. In a viral video, Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia McCloskey, both lawyers, stand barefoot in their garden in […]
WASHINGTON: ABC News, a Walt Disney Co unit, said senior executive Barbara Fedida is leaving the company after an independent investigation alleged she had made racially insensitive comments and used inappropriate language, according to an email. Fedida also managed in a rough manner and would not return to ABC, Disney […]
SYDNEY: The owner of Australia’s biggest theme park announced on Tuesday (Jul 21) it was facing charges over the deaths of four people on a popular water ride in 2016. Two women and two men died when rafts collided on the Thunder River Rapids ride at the Dreamworld tourist attraction […]