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The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams' coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal. It was the second game of the second set Saturday, in a packed Arthur […]
Getty Images China’s Huawei is the largest corporate sponsor of international trips for Australian politicians. Over the last eight years it paid for 12 international trips, twice as many as the next highest corporate sponsor. The Chinese government also paid for accommodation for seven politicians. Huawei is currently trying to provide equipment for Australia’s 5G […]
World football governing body FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Swiss players Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka, after the pair celebrated their goals in the win against Serbia by making an Albanian eagle salute. Read more The players are both ethnic Albanian and celebrated their strikes in the match against Serbia by making the controversial […]
The Waffle House chain has come under fire after a black couple were arrested for alleged theft and trespassing. The pair had disputed an overcharge on their bill, prompting the restaurant to call the police. The dispute arose when the couple, who had ordered a meal to-go, asked why they had been charged $ 2.50 […]
Enlarge Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev is pulling millions of dollars in funding from a controversial study overseen by the National Institutes of Health that aimed to assess the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption, according to a report by The New York Times. The 10-year, $ 100 million study had faced mounting criticism and was […]
Reuters President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to Germany has caused an international incident after telling Breitbart that he wants to “empower” conservatives in Europe. Germany’s foreign ministry is now demanding Grenell clarify his comments in a meeting set for later this week, and German politicians have accused him of violating diplomatic protocol. In a tweet on Sunday, […]
Enlarge / Orion is a military drone that can fly for five days with 1,000 pounds of payload. Aurora says it can perform surveillance missions 3,000 miles from home base. (credit: Aurora) It looks like the drama surrounding Google’s controversial involvement in Project Maven is coming to an end. Yet another report from Gizmodo on […]
Facebook is abandoning its Trending news feature, which has been dogged by controversy over editorial bias against conservatives and accusations that it promoted “fake news” during the 2016 US presidential election. “We introduced Trending in 2014 as a way to help people discover news topics that were popular across the Facebook community,” Alex Hardiman, Facebook’s […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration moved this week to shut down several clinics offering unapproved stem cell therapies, including one network with three affiliates in Canada.
Apple Apple changed the design of the gun emoji into a squirt gun back in 2016. At the time, it was a controversial choice, but tech companies have since followed suit. The latest companies to redesign their gun emojis are Facebook and Microsoft, which announced the upcoming changes this week. A small decision that Apple […]
