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Dominion vs. Fox News Trial Delayed Until Tuesday

Dominion vs. Fox News Trial Delayed Until Tuesday

On Sunday, the Delaware Superior Court judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News announced the start of the trial would be postponed from Monday to Tuesday. Judge Eric Davis didn’t provide a reason for the delay....

Mali

Max Orders Decade-Long Harry Potter TV Adaptation

Max Orders Decade-Long Harry Potter TV Adaptation

US streaming service Max confirmed on Wednesday that it has ordered a decade-long television adaptation of the Harry Potter books written by JK Rowling....

Culture

Fox News Settles Election Defamation Lawsuit

Fox News Settles Election Defamation Lawsuit

Fox News has announced that a settlement has been reached with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, ending a defamation case in which Khalil claimed he was falsely accused by host Lou Dobbs of helping rig the 2020 US presidential election against Donald Trump....

Shows etc

Apple Set to Open First Retail Store in India

Apple Set to Open First Retail Store in India

Apple is gearing up to open its first retail store in India to the public later this month, roughly two decades after the company began selling products and services in the South Asian nation....

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Israeli Police Again Clash with Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli Police Again Clash with Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police again raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque late Wednesday night — the second such raid in 24 hours — after the first led to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip firing at least nine rockets into Israel. Israel responded with air strikes that hit what it said were weapon product...

Israel

India: 100+ Detained, Internet Cut for 30M as Police Hunt Sikh Separatist

India: 100+ Detained, Internet Cut for 30M as Police Hunt Sikh Separatist

A manhunt for a radical Sikh separatist preacher in India entered its third day on Monday as authorities arrested hundreds of his supporters and shut down internet access for approximately 30M people in the state of Punjab....

Murders and attempted murders

US Justice Dept. Wants Executives to Pay for Corporate Misconduct

US Justice Dept. Wants Executives to Pay for Corporate Misconduct

Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced Thursday that the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) would unveil a new policy to reallocate the cost of corporate crime into the pockets of executives. This comes as part of a larger push by the Biden admin. to regulate illegal corporate actions....

Shows etc

Report: McCarthy Gives Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 Footage

Report: McCarthy Gives Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 Footage

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has reportedly given Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to 41K hours of footage from the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Sources have told Axios that Carlson's team sorted through the video last week and that the show will begin airing footage in the coming weeks...

Politics

CNN's Don Lemon to Undergo 'Formal Training' Following Nikki Haley Remarks

CNN's Don Lemon to Undergo 'Formal Training' Following Nikki Haley Remarks

CNN host Don Lemon will undergo 'formal training' before returning to the network's This Morning breakfast show, after making controversial on-air remarks about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley last week....

Women

Filings Show Fox News Stars Doubted Election Fraud Claims

Filings Show Fox News Stars Doubted Election Fraud Claims

Documents made public Thursday from Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News reveal internal communications from Fox employees in which notable personalities say former Pres. Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false and outlandish....

Shows etc

BBC Offices in India Searched Following Modi Documentary

BBC Offices in India Searched Following Modi Documentary

Income tax authorities have searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, just weeks after the broadcaster released a controversial documentary criticizing Indian Prime Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi....

Metaculus

Ukraine Warns Against Russia, Belarus in 2024 Olympics

Ukraine Warns Against Russia, Belarus in 2024 Olympics

On Thursday, Ukraine's sports minister and president of the country's National Olympic Committee, Vadim Guttsait, warned that if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows Russia and Belarus to compete in the 2024 Paris games, Ukraine may decide to boycott them

Sports

Day 343: Russian Forces Claim 'Operational Encirclement' of Bakhmut

Day 343: Russian Forces Claim 'Operational Encirclement' of Bakhmut

Pro-Russia officials from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) claimed on Wednesday that their forces have largely encircled the Donetsk city of Bakhmut, which is referred to as Artyomovsk in Russian

Russia

Broad Coalition to Boycott 2024 Olympics if Russian, Belarusian Athletes Compete

Broad Coalition to Boycott 2024 Olympics if Russian, Belarusian Athletes Compete

Poland's sport and tourism minister Kamil Bortniczuk stated on Thursday that a coalition of up to 40 countries — including Britain, Canada, and the US — could potentially boycott the Paris 2024 Olympic Games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete

Ukraine