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French star chef quits restaurant after 'troubling' hazing
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» BIARRITZ (FRANCE) - A French star chef has abruptly quit his luxury hotel job after a kitchen hand was reportedly tied up naked and humiliated, the hotel chain said Thursday.
'Rude and inappropriate': Sophie Marceau remembers Depardieu
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» PARIS - Sophie Marceau, one of France's best-loved actors, said in an interview published Thursday that film icon Gerard Depardieu, accused of rape, was "rude and inappropriate" when they worked together, and targeted women with low-level jobs on set, not the stars.
Secretive US spaceplane ready to go higher
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2023
» CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - After weeks of false starts and delays, a SpaceX team was preparing again on Thursday to launch the US military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission, the first atop a rocket capable of delivering it to a higher orbit than ever before.
‘Almost Naked’ Moscow party triggers backlash
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A celebrity-studded "Almost Naked" party in Moscow's famed Mutabor nightclub has drawn outrage from Russia's political establishment, which has become increasingly disapproving since the assault on Ukraine.
UN 'deeply alarmed' by Nigeria attacks
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» GENEVA - The UN human rights chief said Thursday he was "deeply alarmed" by the string of attacks on villages in central Nigeria which left nearly 200 dead, according to local authorities.
A pint of wine? It’s a Brexit thing
Claire Moses, The New York Times, Published on 28/12/2023
» In 2024, the Brits will be able to drink like Winston Churchill again.
‘Mistaken power cut’ caused fatal Nepal crash
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2023
» KATHMANDU - A Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 72 people almost a year ago was caused by the pilots mistakenly cutting power leading to an aerodynamic stall, a report issued by a government-appointed investigation panel on Thursday said.
Bangladesh garment factories firing workers after protests
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2023
» DHAKA - Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a million workers told Reuters this week, while many others are on the run fearing arrest.
New York Times vs OpenAI: Who has the edge?
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion, Published on 28/12/2023
» The lawsuit filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement pits one of the great establishment media institutions against the purveyor of a transformative new technology.
Russians get long prison terms for anti-war poetry
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for reading poems against the assault on Ukraine.