Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, including reputed mobsters and other basketball figures. The 49-year-old entered a guilty plea on Tuesday to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
Two of Netflix‘s star series returned this month, but audiences have been slow to catch on. Both Beef and Running Point both debuted their second seasons over the past two weeks or so to pretty middling results. Beef, which debuted on April 16, managed 4.1M views in its first full week on the streamer, boosting…
The Federal Communications Commission will review licenses of stations owned by Walt Disney’s ABC network. Regulators say they’re looking for potential “unlawful discrimination.” This comes after President Donald Trump told ABC to fire late night host Jimmy Kimmel. (Source: Bloomberg)
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to walk out of Opec is a political as much as business decision, and will reignite the simmering rows between the UAE and Saudi Arabia – which had been covered up by their shared anger with Iran over its attacks on the Gulf states since the start of the US-Israel…
Omdurman, Sudan – When Marasi Alfadil arrived in Omdurman with her children, there was almost nothing waiting for them. The family eventually found a half-finished building inside a compound to live in. There are no proper walls, no services and little food. But for Marasi, it is still safer than the city she fled. Recommended…
The UAE has had increasingly frosty relations with Saudi Arabia. The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of one of its largest producers and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and prices.
I wonder how many of these “State of Wales Marriage” pieces we’re going to get this week. The Prince and Princess of Wales’s 15th wedding anniversary falls on th 29th. Over the weekend, the Telegraph and the Sun both had big stories about William and Kate’s marriage and their alleged “new chapter.” These pieces have…
Experts warn there are still risks of further ice collapses, and there are fears climbers will again have to queue to reach the summit.
The US’s top media watchdog announced on Tuesday that it is accelerating the review of eight local broadcasting licenses used by ABC, in a move critics see as a clear example of political and regulatory retribution against a disfavored broadcaster. The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement comes after the White House launched a full-on attack…
NVIDIA is releasing a new variant of its 5070 GPU for laptops. Nestled in a blog post about the latest version of its Game Ready Drivers, the company notes its partners will soon start selling 5070 laptops with 12GB of VRAM, alongside the 8GB model that NVIDIA has offered since the launch of the 50-series….
