Новости за 28.12.2022

Hitting back at Brussels’ imposition of a windfall tax on oil companies, Exxon Mobil Corp is suing the European Union on the grounds that the tax will hinder investment and end up being “counter-productive”, according to media reports.According to the Financial Times, the first to report the story, Exxon filed the lawsuit at the European General Court in Luxembourg City on Wednesday through its German and Dutch subsidiaries. The lawsuit challenges the European Union Council’s legal authority to impose... Читать дальше...

Acura’s latest recall involves just 19 TLX sedans. Usually that wouldn’t be worth mentioning in a story, but the reason the cars are being recalled is absolutely noteworthy. A report from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says tire supplier Bridgestone “determined that the tires equipped on a…

What to watch for this weekend when the last four standing square off.

No bathroom is too tiny for these lil beauties.

Pope Francis’ visit to the National Shrine of Ta’ Pinu on April 2 is commemorated in the 2023 calendar of the...

A portrait of Holmes by artist Sidney Paget. | Wikimedia

Watching the copyrights on art expire still feels like a novelty. After all, the US public domain was frozen in time for 20 years, thawing only in 2019. But this weekend’s Public Domain Day will give our cultural commons a few particularly notable new works. As outlined by Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, the start of 2023 will mark the end of US copyrights on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s final Sherlock Holmes stories ... Читать дальше...

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I hope you all had a happy holiday weekend and, with any luck, are off this week. Last week, I dug into the wonky, rocky economic outlook for podcasting in 2023. This week, I am keeping it light (plus, nothing much happens in the liminal space between Christmas and New Years, anyway).

Stuff reports: Te Pūkenga – the organisation that now runs the country’s polytechs – needs a further cash injection of almost half a billion dollars, according to figures seen by Stuff. A yet-to-be-published business case from the Crown entity says its “preferred option” is for a further $422.6 million over four years from 2023, including $285.8m […]

There’s something very annoying about James Cameron’s self-righteous proclamation that he wouldn’t want to fetishize guns today. In an interview with Esquire, Middle East, Cameron said that “I don’t know if I would want to fetishize the gun, like I did on a couple of Terminator movies 30 years ago, in our current…

"Four Play" is the name of the game on the Jan. 2 episode of Barmageddon, but not in the way you think. Host Nikki Bella and her sister Brie Bella give Blake Shelton a NSFW vocabulary lesson in E!...

Am I doing the right thing?

Slate's 2022 Movie Club, Entry 9.

Jack Della Maddalena being announced the victor over Danny Roberts at UFC Vegas 65 | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Dayne Fox predicts the breakout fighters in each division for the UFC in the upcoming year.

How can you make your own and others' lives better in 2023? For training entrepreneur Vikki Sylvester the answer is "education, learning new skills and focusing on the can-do".

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa diagnosed with concussion, ruled out Sunday

With concerns around the timeline of launching this reporting change, the IRS has halted it.

New FanDuel bettors can grab this great offer ahead of the Birmingham Bowl.

Having someone else cover the cost of a community’s water system is enticing — but risky.

The Mumbai Police have arrested a 31-year-old farmer and seized from him 16,000 fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination with the face value of Rs 80 lakh in suburban Powai, an official said on Wednesday. The seizure was made by the crime branch on Monday, he said. "The crime branch got a tip-off that a gang was active in circulating fake notes. A trap was laid and the accused was nabbed. Police seized 160 bundles of Rs 500 fake currency notes from him," the official said. During the probe, it... Читать дальше...

Two members of the federal opposition’s front bench have not asked a single question in question time since the change of government.

After the worst year for global stocks in more than a decade, and a rout in bonds that’s unmatched this century, some investors aren’t prepared to take anything for granted in 2023.

In the sequel to the smash hit Knives Out, murder and mayhem unfold against a backdrop of remote island beauty ... and the now-familiar setting of lockdown.

Sports administrators say easing anti-siphoning rules would increase investment in women’s games, but it could also result in Australians paying for their favourite sports.

NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes wants to turn the state’s Central Business Districts into Central Social Districts with more al fresco dining to boost street activity and help local businesses.

Sydney’s CBDs will bounce forward from COVID, not back. In any case, the Central Business District is past its use-by date.