Rangers' Sterling banned from road after drink driving crash
Footballer Dujon Sterling has also been fined after crashing his car while almost three times over the drink driving limit.
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Alphabet’s Record Canadian Debt Deal Weighs on Bond Spreads
Alphabet Inc.’s C$8.5 billion ($6.24 billion) bond deal is driving corporate and provincial spreads wider in Canada as investors’ enthusiasm for the hyperscaler’s debt tests the market’s ability to absorb it.
‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools | Education policy
Strict bans on mobile phones in schools have “close to zero” impact on student learning and show no evidence of improvements in attendance or online bullying, a study has found. Researchers at US universities including Stanford and Duke looked at nearly 1,800 US schools where students’ phones were kept in locked pouches and found little…
Cannes Plot, Budget and Helena Bonham’s Exit
In Cannes, two rival film teams descend upon the Cannes Film Festival with movies in competition and something to prove. One camps out at a flashy, palatial hotel on the Croisette, while the other is ensconced in a luxurious hilltop hideaway. That’s the premise of Season 4 of Mike White’s hit anthology series “The White…
Microsoft, Google, xAI give US access to AI models for security testing | Business and Economy News
The deal comes days after the Pentagon announces an agreement with seven tech giants to use AI in classified systems. Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026 Tech giants Microsoft, Google and xAI say they will allow the United States federal government access to their new artificial intelligence models for national security testing. The Center…
Coinbase layoffs today: Crypto giant cuts hundreds of jobs as CEO says AI is ‘changing how we work’
Brian Armstrong joined the ranks of tech bosses citing artificial intelligence as he dramatically reduces the company’s workforce. May is kicking off with another brutal round of tech layoffs that have been affecting the industry for much of the year. Today, the U.S.’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN), announced it was laying…
Expert brands rescue of Timmy the whale ‘an all-round catastrophe’ over deficient tracker | Germany
Marine biologists and whale experts have stepped up their criticism of a privately funded operation to release a humpback whale that was stranded for weeks off Germany’s Baltic Coast after it emerged that a tracker fitted to the whale was not working. The whereabouts and health of the young male whale – nicknamed Timmy after…
Hegseth says US ‘hasn’t capitulated on anything’ regarding Iran | US-Israel war on Iran
NewsFeed At a Pentagon briefing, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a reporter the US had not capitulated on its demands from Iran, and that it still has the “upper hand”. Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
I/O Edition On May 12
Google Google I/O is just a couple weeks away, but in keeping with a semi-recent tradition, the folks over in Mountain View are kicking things off early by live streaming the Android Show: I/O Edition on May 12 at 1PM ET/10 AM PT. While Google hasn’t released…
US Secret Service agent placed on leave for allegedly fondling himself in public | Secret Service
A US Secret Service officer has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for allegedly exposing and fondling himself in a public area of a Miami hotel. Local sheriff’s office deputies say they arrested John Andrew Spillman, 33, on Sunday after he was found naked while off duty on the sixth floor of the…