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Jason David Frank, star of ‘Power Rangers,’ dead at 49
Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49.
21 Nov 2022 | World -
Twitter France’s head quits company amid Elon Musk layoffs: ‘It’s over’
Twitter Inc.’s head of French operations, Damien Viel, said he was quitting the social media platform, whose new owner Elon Musk recently fired top executives and e…
21 Nov 2022 | World -
Twitter verification chaos: U.S. public safety accounts urge caution after changes
As Twitter became knotted with parody accounts and turmoil, Rachel Terlep, who runs an account for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources that intersp…
19 Nov 2022 | World -
Head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigns amid wave of migrants
The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned from his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as agents encounter record numbers of m…
13 Nov 2022 | World -
Collapsed FTX hit by unauthorized transactions as $1B in crypto vanishes
Crypto exchange FTX was engulfed in further chaos on Saturday when the company said it had detected unauthorized transactions and analysts flagged that millions of …
12 Nov 2022 | World -
Pelosi husband attack: Suspect indicted on federal charges
A man already in custody in last month’s attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges of assau…
10 Nov 2022 | World -
Record-breaking US$1.9B Powerball drawing delayed over processing sales
The record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing was delayed because a participating lottery had issues processing sales and it’s likely that the results won’t be…
08 Nov 2022 | World -
Singer rapper Aaron Carter dies at 34 in California home
Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who began performing as a child and had hit albums starting in his teen years, was found dead Saturday at his home in Southern Calif…
05 Nov 2022 | World -
U.S. Federal Reserve to make rate announcement. How much higher will it go?
Looming over the Federal Reserve meeting that ends Wednesday is a question of intense interest: Just how high will the Fed’s inflation-fighters raise interest rates…
02 Nov 2022 | World -
COP27: Big business under pressure to channel money into climate change fight
Big business more than ever is under pressure to channel money into curbing climate change – and yet the chances of UN talks providing the necessary spur have slimm…
02 Nov 2022 | World -
South Korea declares national mourning period after Halloween stampede
South Korea‘s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after a Halloween crush killed some 151 people in a packed nightlife area in …
30 Oct 2022 | World -
Users will be able to choose between different versions of Twitter: Elon Musk
Twitter users could in future choose a version of the social media platform they like by providing ratings on their tweets, Elon Musk, the new owner of the company,…
29 Oct 2022 | World -
Since becoming Meta, Facebook’s parent company has lost US$650 billion
It has been exactly one year to the day since Facebook’s parent company rebranded as Meta, and in that time the company has entered financial free-fall, analysts sa…
28 Oct 2022 | World -
Jan. 6 trial surfaces missed warnings before U.S. Capitol riots
In a telephone call days after the 2020 election, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes urged followers to go to Washington and fight to keep President Donald Trump in…
23 Oct 2022 | World -
Iran’s atomic energy agency hacked as protests persist
Iran’s atomic energy agency alleged on Sunday that hackers acting on behalf of an unidentified foreign country broke into a subsidiary’s network and had free access…
23 Oct 2022 | World -
Hurricane Roslyn hits Mexico’s Pacific coast with severe winds, heavy rainfall
Roslyn, a powerful Category 3 hurricane, made landfall in Mexico’s Nayarit state on the Pacific coast Sunday morning, dumping a life-threatening storm surge with da…
23 Oct 2022 | World -
Netflix delays Prince Harry and Meghan documentary as ‘The Crown’ comes under fire
Outrage over Netflix‘s fictional series <em>The Crown</em> reportedly has the streaming giant a bit “rattled,” to the point where they’re planning to postpone an upcoming do…
18 Oct 2022 | World -
Iranian Canadian director prevented from leaving Tehran to attend London film fest
MONTREAL — An Iranian-Canadian director says he was unable to attend a film festival in London Friday as Iranian authorities prevented his departure.
15 Oct 2022 | World -
Elon Musk has a ‘super app’ plan for Twitter. Here’s what to know
Elon Musk has a penchant for the letter “X.” He calls his son with the singer Grimes, whose actual name is a collection of letters and symbols, “X.” He named the co…
15 Oct 2022 | World -
Elon Musk has to keep banks, investors on board in Twitter purchase: experts
If the squabbling ever stops over Elon Musk’s renewed bid to buy Twitter, experts say he still faces a huge obstacle to closing the US$44 billion deal: Keeping his …
07 Oct 2022 | World -
Judge halts trial between Twitter, Elon Musk to allow time for buyout deal to close
A judge has delayed a looming trial between Twitter and Elon Musk, giving the Tesla CEO more time to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months spen…
07 Oct 2022 | World -
Jan. 6: Proud Boys member becomes 1st to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after t…
06 Oct 2022 | World -
The face reveal of Minecraft YouTuber Dream broke the internet — let us explain
Dream, a Minecraft YouTuber and one of the most popular names on the internet, has finally revealed his face from behind a smiley-face mask that he used for eight y…
03 Oct 2022 | World -
Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, dies at 75
Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for <em>The Godfather</em> on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood’s…
03 Oct 2022 | World -
Queen Elizabeth II honoured at UN meeting: ‘Exceptional monarch’
This year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders came on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally – the death of Britain’s Queen Eliza…
26 Sep 2022 | World -
Twitter users asked to name Uranus probe – and it went pretty much how you’d expect
In what might take the title of Low Hanging Fruit of the Year, someone recently asked Twitter users to come up a new name for a probe headed to Uranus, and, well, w…
16 Sep 2022 | World -
Twitter whistleblower to testify on security issues ahead of Elon Musk deal vote
A former Twitter Inc. executive turned whistleblower is set to testify on Tuesday before a U.S. Senate committee about his claims of serious security lapses at the …
13 Sep 2022 | World -
Walt Disney CEO sketches out early plan for digital future
Walt Disney Co DIS.N on Sunday sketched the contours of a plan for how the entertainment, theme parks and consumer products conglomerate will use technology to enha…
12 Sep 2022 | World -
‘The Crown’ Netflix series pauses production after Queen Elizabeth II death
“The Crown,” Netflix’s acclaimed series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family, has paused production due to the monarch’s death.
10 Sep 2022 | World -
U.S. tourist killed in shark attack while snorkelling in the Bahamas
An American tourist who was visiting the Bahamas on a cruise ship died Tuesday after being attacked by a shark.
07 Sep 2022 | World -
The Weeknd ends sold-out show in California mid-performance after losing voice
The Weeknd suddenly ended his sold-out concert in Southern California after losing his voice during a mid-song performance.
04 Sep 2022 | World -
Assassination attempt on Argentina VP fails when handgun misfires
A man tried to kill Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country’s president said.
02 Sep 2022 | World -
Trump FBI probe: Judge appears open to special master, says, ‘What’s the harm?’
A federal judge Thursday appeared to give a boost to former President Donald Trump’s hopes for appointing an outside legal expert to review government records seize…
01 Sep 2022 | World -
Should BTS members be exempt from military service? South Korea may ask public
South Korea may conduct a public survey to help determine whether to grant exemptions to mandatory military service to members of the K-pop boyband BTS, officials s…
31 Aug 2022 | World -
NASA’s DART mission will smash spacecraft into a huge asteroid — here’s how to watch
NASA is getting ready for the world’s first mission in planetary defence, and it’s inviting the public to watch as one of its spacecrafts attempts to deflect an ast…
26 Aug 2022 | World