24 April 2023 – Page 7

24Apr

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Technology

Biden points menace of third veto as Congress strikes to crack down on China with photo voltaic tariffs

President Biden warned Congress Monday that he's ready to problem his third veto, this time in opposition to laws to reimpose tariffs in opposition to Chinese photo voltaic panels suspended by the administration. A bipartisan invoice to reinstate tariffs in opposition to photo voltaic imports from Southeas...

Controversial TV host Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News

24Apr

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Entertainment

Controversial TV host Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News

Fox News Media and controversial host Tucker Carlson have "agreed to part ways", the media firm has mentioned.The announcement comes lower than per week after mum or dad firm Fox Corp agreed to pay $787.5m (£632m) to Dominion Voting Systems to avert a defamation trial. The trial would have put one of many world's high media firms within the crosshairs over its protection of false vote-rigging claims within the 2020 US election.Carlson had been anticipated to testify within the Dominion trial.The voting techniques firm had alleged that statements made on Carlson's present after the 2020 election have been defamatory. The Denver-based firm added that messages between Carlson and his crew have been proof that they knew the falsehood of claims that their ballot-counting machines ...

24Apr

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Health

Comedian Richard Lewis reveals he has Parkinson’s illness

NEW YORK — Comedian Richard Lewis is retiring from stand-up following 4 surgical procedures and a analysis of Parkinson’s illness. The 75-year-old “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star, who is understood for sporting all-black and exploring his neuroses onstage, posted a video Monday to Twitter explaining his varied...

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Baseball

Manfred: ‘Sorry’ for Oakland followers; A’s can compete in Vegas

NEW YORK — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he feels “sorry for the fans in Oakland” in regards to the Athletics’ plans to relocate to Las Vegas however denies claims by Oakland’s mayor that the franchise used negotiations with the town as leverage. Manfred mentioned the plans Monday throughout a gat...

24Apr

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US

Don Lemon components methods with CNN

DEVELOPING: In a day stuffed with media bulletins, CNN anchor Don Lemon launched a press release on Twitter that Monday was his final day on the community: ...

UK troops fly to Sudan as authorities works on evacuation plan for Britons

24Apr

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World

UK troops fly to Sudan as authorities works on evacuation plan for Britons

A group of British troops has flown to a port in japanese Sudan on a reconnaissance mission because the UK works out choices to assist evacuate British nationals stranded within the crisis-hit nation, Sky News understands.The troopers landed at Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, on Monday. Flight monitoring web sites confirmed a C-17 transport plane heading within the path of Sudan.It doesn't imply any rescue is imminent, nonetheless, as the federal government is figuring out what are the perfect choices to current to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to assist hundreds of British nationals beneath hearth within the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant ...

Trainline rival Seatfrog books £6m increase for subsequent leg of journey

24Apr

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Business

Trainline rival Seatfrog books £6m increase for subsequent leg of journey

A rail ticketing app arrange by a pair of entrepreneurs pissed off by the dearth of legroom in standard-class carriages will this announce a multimillion pound fundraising backed by a syndicate of blue-chip buyers.Sky News understands that Seatfrog, a privately owned rival to the London-listed firm Trainline, has secured £6m in new backing from shareholders together with Pembroke, a enterprise capital agency which has backed profitable UK corporations together with the style model Me + Em and Five Guys, the burger chain. Octopus Ventures and Praetura are additionally taking part within the funding spherical, which is anticipated to be introduced publicly on Tuesday.It was unclear at what valuation the brand new capital had been raised.Seatfrog, which says it achieved income d...

Equalities watchdog ‘severely involved’ Illegal Migration Bill will put UK in breach of human rights duties

24Apr

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Politics

Equalities watchdog ‘severely involved’ Illegal Migration Bill will put UK in breach of human rights duties

The equalities watchdog is "seriously concerned" that the federal government's Illegal Migration Bill might put the UK in breach of worldwide legislation and expose individuals to "serious harm".The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) stated provisions within the invoice that enable the detention of youngsters and pregnant girls, and take away protections for trafficking and trendy slavery victims, had been "particularly worrying". Among the watchdog's key considerations are that the invoice "undermines the core principle of the universality of human rights", dangers "restricting the right to asylum and penalising refugees" and "insufficiently considers" the influence on susceptible individuals and people with protected traits.The Illegal Migration Bill is at the mome...

24Apr

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Entertainment

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, community confirms

DEVELOPING: NEW YORK — Fox News says it has agreed to half methods with Tucker Carlson, its standard and controversial primetime host, lower than per week after settling a lawsuit over the community’s 2020 election reporting. ...

Mets early to rise to event, grind by highway slate

24Apr

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Baseball

Mets early to rise to event, grind by highway slate

The Mets play a house recreation towards the Nationals on Tuesday evening, their first recreation at Citi Field since they beat the Padres there on April 12. It goes to really feel like their dwelling opener yet again, simply with out all of the pageantry. The Mets have now performed extra highway video games than any staff in baseball -- 17 out of 23 -- they usually simply completed a West Coast swing that noticed them have an opportunity to go 8-2 once they had been tied late with the Giants on Sunday evening earlier than shedding, 5-4, and getting on their red-eye flight again to New York, lastly touchdown at six within the morning. “When does an off-day not feel like an off-day?” supervisor Buck Showalter stated when he lastly acquired dwelling. But he comes dwelling with a 14-9 staff ...