At least 10 people have died in a wildfire raging in the Los Angeles area, officials said. The fire has burned nearly 30,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes. President Joe Biden has pledged to provide assistance to those affected. President Biden said Thursday night that he understands the nightmare the families are living through […]
The UN Human Rights Commission ruled today that Australia is violating the rights of asylum seekers, including refugees from Myanmar. The 18-member UN Human Rights Commission is investigating the detention of refugees, including minors, on the island of Nauru outside the country’s borders, where they are denied adequate water and healthcare. The commission is considering […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting the global community should study whether the military offensive there constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people. Francis opened his annual Christmas address to the Catholic cardinals who lead […]
MOSCOW — The airport in the Russian city of Kazan reopened on Saturday after temporarily closing earlier in the day following a Ukrainian drone attack, Russia’s aviation watchdog said. Russian state news agencies reported the drone attack on a residential complex and other areas in Kazan, some 800 kilometers east of Moscow. The Defense Ministry […]
Burberry will use its British heritage appeal to win back customers by focusing on trench coats and scarves and be less ambitious with prices on bags and shoes, the loss-making luxury brand said in a revamp that sent its shares up sharply. New CEO Joshua Schulman laid out his turnaround plans Thursday after Burberry reported […]
R&B singer Al B Sure is calling for a thorough investigation into a book purporting to contain diary entries penned by his late ex-wife Kim Porter that he alleges are “fake.” “I am writing this post to formally request an investigation into an entire group of individuals who worked at or around the residence of Ms. Kimberly Porter,” B […]
Several types of Lactaid milk are being recalled in multiple U.S. states, including New Jersey. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the reason for the recall is that the units of milk may contain trace amounts of almond, which is an undeclared album. The company behind the recall, HP Hood LLC, is recalling all 96-ounce containers […]
The company’s direct-sales model didn’t factor in that women might actually be successful in the workplace. Tupperware’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week prompted many of us to do a double-take. Tupperware had so dominated the business of storing leftover food for so long that the company name more or less became a common […]
The Netflix app is dropping full support for older iPhones and iPads that are stuck at iOS 16. While Netflix plans to stream content to them for the foreseeable future, spokesperson MoMo Zhou confirms to The Verge, it no longer plans to ship updates to that version of the app unless critically necessary. 9to5Mac reports that Netflix is […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple asked a court Friday to dismiss its three-year-old hacking lawsuit against spyware pioneer NSO Group, arguing that it might never be able to get the most critical files about NSO’s Pegasus surveillance tool and that its own disclosures could aid NSO and its increasing number of rivals. A redacted version of the filing in San […]