Why India’s household savings are at a 47-year-low
Indians, traditionally known as avid savers, are now stashing away less money and borrowing more.
USC cancels grad ceremony as campus protests continue
Protests against the Gaza war have erupted in dozens of US campuses, and there have been hundreds of arrests.
‘A hard day’ – Ashley Judd on quashed Weinstein conviction
The actress tells BBC News survivors feel betrayed after a new trial is ordered for Harvey Weinstein.
Australia news live: police investigating 2022 disappearance of Jessica Zrinski search bushland near Jenolan caves; imams criticise terror raids
Homicide detectives have begun a three-day search for 30-year-old in NSW central tablelands; peak Muslim bodies deny police consulted them in lead-up to Sydney raids. Follow the day’s news live
As we reported, X has provided an update on its legal challenge against Australia’s eSafety commissioner, stating it had complied with a direction to remove content from the Wakeley church stabbing.
However, underneath the post from the platform’s global government affairs team (which we quoted in our previous post), the video is available to watch in a reply to the post, as of 7.45am AEST.
The eSafety Commissioner required X to remove posts containing a video of the attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, filmed by an innocent bystander. [The bishop] has expressed his desire for the video to remain online.
X believes it has complied with the notice issued by eSafety, and with Australian law, by restricting all the posts at issue in Australia.
Continue reading...‘No one is above the law’: police data reveals sexual assault among charges laid against 78 Victorian officers
Sexual assault, intentionally causing injury and unlawful assault among most common charges against police
Dozens of police officers in Victoria are facing criminal charges, including sexual assault and intentionally causing injury.
A total of 78 officers and public transport police, known as Protective Services Officers, were facing charges for criminal or traffic offences as of 16 April.
Continue reading...Harvey Weinstein: what does ruling mean for California rape conviction?
Mogul’s lawyers say decision in New York will strengthen appeal in Los Angeles but victims confident guilty verdict will be upheld
Harvey Weinstein was already expected to spend the remainder of his life in prison for crimes in New York when a Los Angeles jury found him of guilty of rape and sexual assault in 2022 and he was sentenced to an additional 16 years.
But on Thursday New York’s top court overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for two sex crimes and found he should receive a new trial, and the California case has taken on even greater significance.
Continue reading...Police allegedly use rubber bullets and teargas at university protest in Georgia
Multiple arrests at crackdown on Emory University campus encampment focused on Palestine and Cop City
Police have carried out multiple violent arrests at Emory University in Decatur, Georgia, in what appears to be the first campus crackdown in recent days to involve rubber bullets and teargas after students set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine and against Cop City.
On Thursday, Emory students set up multiple tents on the campus’s lawns in protest against the university’s ties to Israel, as well Atlanta’s Cop City, a police and fire department training center that is being constructed on a 171-acre plot in a forest south-east of Atlanta.
Continue reading...Conservation saving species, global study suggests
A first-of-its-kind study shows conservation is worth investing in, researchers say.
USC cancels main commencement ceremony amid Gaza protests
Move made after more than 90 demonstrators arrested on campus and university cancels pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speech
The University of Southern California (USC) has canceled its main stage graduation ceremony, citing new safety measures as student protests over the Israel-Gaza war have surged on the campus.
USC is one of many campuses across the country that have become hubs for student demonstrations against the war, with hundreds of arrests nationwide as tensions escalate. Police arrested dozens of students and activists at USC this week on trespassing charges.
Continue reading...ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say
App’s ‘secret source’ algorithm reportedly core to operations of parent company, which sources say make a sale highly unlikely
ByteDance would prefer to shut down TikTok rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US, four sources said.
The algorithms TikTok relies on for its operations are deemed core to ByteDance’s overall operations, which would make a sale of the app with algorithms highly unlikely, said the sources close to the parent.
Continue reading...The ex-flight attendant who now leads the airline
Mitsuko Tottori was named as the first female boss of Japan Airlines earlier this year.
Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns
Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern
MI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign states are targeting sensitive research, as ministers consider measures to bolster protections.
Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on the threat by the domestic security service’s director general, Ken McCallum, and National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) chief, Felicity Oswald.
Continue reading...Gardener charged with murder after alleged attack on elderly Brisbane couple
A 26-year-old Beachmere man has been charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder
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Homicide detectives have charged a man with murder after a man was found dead and a woman suffered serious head injuries at a home north of Brisbane.
Det Insp David Harbison said it was not a domestic violence-related incident and the 26-year-old man was not previously known to the victims.
Continue reading...Microsoft’s heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in second quarter
World’s largest public company reports $61.86bn revenue after investing billions into artificial intelligence
Profits at Microsoft beat Wall Street’s expectations as its heavy bet on artificial intelligence continued to bear fruit in the second quarter.
The technology giant has invested billions of dollars into AI in a bid to turbocharge its growth, particularly of its cloud computing services. Its cloud computing revenue surged by more than 20% in the latest quarter.
Continue reading...Police arrest Gaza protesters at Emory University
Video shows chaos erupting at one Atlanta college as police clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
‘The boss’ featured at Trump hush-money trial
Former magazine publisher David Pecker detailed how he helped bury stories for Trump, who he called “the boss”.
David Pecker testifies Michael Cohen said Trump ‘furious’ over refusal to pay Stormy Daniels – as it happened
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- Pecker ‘bought McDougal story so it did not hurt Trump campaign’
- Embarrassing stories, and who pays? Trump trial key takeaways
“He said she was a 12 out of 10,” David Pecker says the former editor in chief of the National Enquirer, Dylan Howard, told him about Karen McDougal after meeting with her.
Pecker says McDougal told Howard she didn’t want her story about Trump to be published. He says:
She said she didn’t want to be the next Monica Lewinsky … She wanted to restart her career.
Dylan came to me in early June of 2016 and said that he received a call from one of his major sources, in California, that there’s a Playboy model who is trying to sell a story about a relationship that she had with Donald Trump for a year.
Continue reading...Supreme Court divided on whether Trump has immunity
The justices discussed immunity, coups, pardons, Operation Mongoose - and the future of democracy.
US preparing to announce $6B in weapons contracts for Ukraine – POLITICO
- US preparing to announce $6B in weapons contracts for Ukraine POLITICO
- Aid to Ukraine seemed dead. Then secretive talks revived it. The Washington Post
- Aid makes it's way to Ukraine, GOP critics vow no more US aid The Hill
- Frontline Ukrainians Fear New Aid From U.S. Will Be a Disaster The Daily Beast
- Biden signs Israel, Ukraine, TikTok bill into law CNBC