France’s parliament has approved a bill aimed at fighting hate online that obliges platforms and search engines to remove prohibited content within 24 hours starting July 1. Lawmakers adopted the proposed legislation on Wednesday. Submitted by French President Emmanuel Macron’s LREM party, the law allows for fines of up to […]
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BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal has said that the cricket board is looking at a “big revenue loss”, if the IPL 2020 does not take place. Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League this year because of the coronavirus pandemic would cost more than half a billion dollars, but cutting players’ pay […]
The Bundesliga returns on Saturday in empty stadiums, but German fans are being warned to stay away and authorities have warned matches could be halted if too many supporters gather outside the grounds. German football will be blazing a trail among Europe’s top leagues by resuming two months after it […]
Freddy Daruwala’s bungalow has been sealed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after the actor’s father tested COVID-19 positive. The actor, best known for playing the arch villain in the 2014 Akshay Kumar starrer Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, confirmed that his father had initially revealed symptoms of seasonal […]
Amanda Kloots just gave a very happy update on her husband, actor Nick Cordero. “Guys we might have to change our hashtag. Nick, dada, is awake!” she said as she held the couple’s 11-month-old son, Elvis. “Finally confirmed after two days of, ‘Is he doing this?’ You get so excited, […]
WASHINGTON, May 13 — President Donald Trump has seized on Americans’ growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his re-election pitch, arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone. That is just so much tough talk, hardly substantiated by action, says the campaign for presumed Democratic presidential […]
COX’S BAZAR, May 13 — Roughly 10 people were injured as a fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh destroying at least 330 shanties, officials said yesterday. Local firefighter official Emdadul Haq said the 330 rough buildings, including homes and shops, in the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp […]
SYDNEY, May 13 — Australians need to stay on guard against new outbreaks of novel coronavirus as mobility restrictions are eased across the country this week, authorities said, as the death toll rose to 98 today. Australia is one of the most successful countries in its handling of the pandemic, […]
Prices are tumbling in America as the coronavirus lockdown drags on and people spend less. US consumer prices declined for the second-straight month in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday. Prices fell by 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, marking the largest drop since December […]
Canadian singer Bryan Adams is sorry about that. The “Summer of ’69′” crooner walked back a social media rant on Tuesday that blamed “bat eating” people for spreading the coronavirus, after it was widely slammed for its racist undertones. The drama started on Monday when Adams, 60, posted a clip […]