US mortgage lending startup Better.com fired 900 employees via a Zoom webinar with no prior notice and just days before the holidays. The firm’s CEO accused them of “stealing” from colleagues and customers by being unproductive.
Read Full Article at RT.com
China's central bank released extra money for lending as the government tried to reassure the public it can contain the potential fallout if a troubled real estate developer's $310 billion mountain of debt collapses.
Davido's Rolls Royce has been one of the interesting highlights of his 2021. Legit.ng compiled videos showing the different times he stepped out in the car.
A new venture from the acclaimed team behind The Barbary, everyone’s vying for a bar stool at this charming little sister restaurant
Music history is littered with examples of rivalries that have got out of hand
The human rights situation in Azerbaijan remained extremely difficult in November. This is stated in the monthly report of the NGO 'Line of Defense'."In particular, political freedoms are not respected, there is no real freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and expression, conscience, press and information.Illegal punishments, politically motivated administrative or criminal persecution, tortures, inhuman and degrading treatment in law ...
“The information technologies industry and the production sector still remain growth drivers. The industrial sector will grow faster than the rest of the economy. The industrial output growth is expected at 3.3-3.5%,” Dmitry Krutoi said.
The Ashes have finally arrived and UK-based cricket fans are preparing for a winter of late nights and early mornings as the action gets underway this week.
Taken from their homes in the middle of the night, put into isolation, denied food and water, forced to do hard labour and undergo “attack therapy”... This is the reality for up to 120,000 young people in the United States who are housed in facilities meant to help “troubled teens”. People on social networks, notably TikTok, have begun sharing their experiences in these programs to raise awareness of the issue.
EDDIE HOWE could prioritise bolstering his Newcastle defence in January.
Motorists have been advised to avoid the North-bound tunnel of the Regional Road (direction to St Julians) because of an oil spill. The spill, just before the tunnel entrance, was caused by a traffic accident. No one was hurt.
U.S. & European stock futures rise, oil bounces ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
As it promised, Google Photos is starting to roll out the Locked Folder feature to Samsung and other non-Pixel phones, Sammobile has reported. The idea is that it keeps your most private photos away from your primary image set and offline, as well. It has only been available on the Pixel 3 or later devices until now, but is now rolling out to older Pixel models too, The Verge noted.
Читать дальше...
Two years ago, the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught on fire, plunging the whole world into collective shock. Hundreds of images circulated online that showed the massive cathedral enshrouded by smoke and firefighters doing their best to put out the flames while the heroic priest Fr. Fournier distinguished himself by risking his life […]
GLOBAL financial crash fears have erupted as debt-ridden property giant, China Evergrande, revealed it may not be able to pay back money to investors which, has put at risk up to $24billion in international bonds, one expert has claimed.
Sir Ringo Starr was surprised that The Beatles streaming figures are nowhere near Drakes.
Follow Matt Wallin throughout 2021. « This was a huge year for me as I overcame my gastro disease and made countless PFDs and stepped up my game. I have been paddling for over 20 years and this has definitely been the pinnacle year for me so far. Thanks to everyone who supported me along the [&hellip
Читать дальше...
Summit greenlights carbon emissions trading system; critics point to pitfalls NPR
Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and suffered grievous wounds that kept him in military hospitals for years.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison after a court found her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions.
It is college application season and some American students are looking abroad for affordable degrees.
Following last week's high school shooting in Oxford, Mich., the accused gunman and his parents are being held in jail — separate from each other and in isolation.