Beijing’s authorities have launched an investigation into a 24-hour bar that they believe to be at the centre of a cluster of several hundred Covid-19 cases in China’s capital over the past few days. A joint team from an array… Read More »Beijing investigates 24-hour bar blamed for Covid outbreak
Elon Musk will speak to Twitter employees this week for the first time since launching his $44bn (£36bn) bid in April, a source said on Monday, citing an email from Twitter chief executive, Parag Agrawal, to staff. The meeting is… Read More »Elon Musk to hold first meeting with Twitter staff since $44bn bid
In a historic win in December, baristas in Buffalo voted to make their Starbucks the first of more than 9,000 corporate-operated Starbucks in the US to unionize. Since then, 143 other Starbucks have unionized and workers at 120 other locations… Read More »Why is Starbucks’ union drive speeding ahead while Amazon’s founders?
“It is so important at this point for people to buy only what they need. I am not a supply chain expert but we know that some of the shortages we all experienced early in the pandemic were due to… Read More »Major tampon makers pledge to tackle shortages
Lynette Dawson’s brother-in-law claimed he saw her alive in Sydney after she disappeared in 1982, the New South Wales supreme court has heard. In the murder trial of Chris Dawson on Tuesday, audio recordings were played of an interview Ross… Read More »Court hears claims Lynette Dawson was seen alive in months after her 1982 disappearance
Beloved character actor Philip Baker Hall passed away on Sunday, June 12, at 90. With more than 50 years of acting credits to him name, Phillip was a familiar face to TV and moviegoers, having enjoyed memorable roles in “Seinfeld,”… Read More »Michael McKean, Topher Grace, Richard Marx and more stars react to the death of beloved character actor Philip Baker Hall at 90
Eastern Australia faces another day of electricity shortages requiring regulators to order generators back into the market to avoid power outages and blackouts as a long cold snap rolls on. Each of the five states in the national electricity market… Read More »Power shortage to hit five states on Tuesday as energy market operator scrambles to avoid outages
The plan to send on substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne in the event of a penalty shootout in the Socceroos’ World Cup qualifier against Peru had been on the table for weeks, but remained such a secret that not even captain… Read More »Secret Socceroos goalkeeper switch plan hatched weeks before World Cup playoff
Good morning. One week after Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing in the Amazon, the Brazilian embassy in London told Phillips’ family that two bodies had been found yesterday, and president Jair Bolsonaro said “something wicked” had been done… Read More »Tuesday briefing: Hope all but lost for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
CNN Business — Didi’s regulatory nightmare in China may be nearly over. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported Monday, citing unidentified sources, that Beijing’s cybersecurity review of the ride-hailing giant was about to wrap up. The move… Read More »Didi’s stock jumps 50% on report that China’s probe is ending