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BuzzFeed to close news operation
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» NEW YORK - BuzzFeed announced Thursday that it was shutting its news division as part of layoffs, signalling the end of one of the most notable news websites of the internet era.
BuzzFeed says shutting down newsroom: CEO memo
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» NEW YORK - BuzzFeed announced Thursday that it was shutting its news division, signalling the end of one of the most notable news websites of the internet era.
Kevin Spacey faces court over 1980s sex complaint
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» NEW YORK: Kevin Spacey was to appear in a New York court Thursday to face a civil lawsuit brought by US actor Anthony Rapp, who has accused the disgraced Hollywood star of sexual misconduct towards him when he was 14.
Why crypto creators want to stay anonymous
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» PARIS: The two lifelong friends from Florida never sought the limelight, but then they built a multi-million-dollar empire selling digital art and people wanted to know who they were.
Pulitzer Board honors teen who filmed George Floyd murder
AFP, Published on 12/06/2021
» NEW YORK - The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a "special citation" on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice.
Young Venezuelans turn to adult content to survive crisis
AFP, Published on 12/01/2021
» CARACAS - Like many other young Venezuelans, Valery Lopez has found a way to survive the South American country's crippling economic crisis: through online sexual content.
Regulators must impose more stiff sanctions in dirty money fightback: analysts
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» LONDON - Financial regulators must impose more heavy penalties to combat money laundering, experts argue, after an international journalism investigation alleged that astronomical amounts of dirty cash has been flowing for years through some top global banks.
US dictionary Merriam-Webster to change its definition of racism
AFP, Published on 10/06/2020
» NEW YORK; The American reference dictionary Merriam-Webster will change its definition of the word racism at the suggestion of a young black woman, who wanted it to better reflect the oppression of people of colour.
Elon Musk says he tweeted diver was 'pedo guy' after insult
AP, Published on 04/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk testified on Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literal, when he called a British diver a pedophile in a tweet, prompting a defamation lawsuit from the man who helped rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from Tham Luang cave last year.
Elon Musk's 'pedo guy' jury to be asked opinions of visitors to Thailand
Reuters, Published on 03/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Potential jurors in the defamation trial of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk may be excused from the case if they voice strong feelings about billionaires or people who visit Thailand.