Irish rapper Liam O’Hanna welcomes ruling in case he says was ‘never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism’. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 11 Mar 202611 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo British prosecutors have lost an appeal seeking…
The embattled Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, announced Thursday night that he will drop his bid for re-election but will serve out the rest of his term in Congress, following a tumultuous set of weeks for the congressman who admitted to having an affair with an aide who later died by suicide. Republican leadership rebuked Gonzales…
Payments firm Stripe is considering an acquisition of PayPal or parts of the digital payments pioneer, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (paywall), citing people familiar with the matter. Stripe, which is privately held and is among the industry’s most valuable companies, has expressed a preliminary interest in a potential acquisition of PayPal or its assets,…
England beat Scotland by five wickets in India to recover position in group at 2026 T20 World Cup. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 14 Feb 202614 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Tom Banton’s unbeaten 63 led England to a five-wicket T20 World Cup victory over Scotland…
Nairobi — Kenya has stepped up diplomatic efforts to secure a full nine-year term for Judge Phoebe Okowa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), after Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi launched her 2027 -2036 candidature during the African Union Executive Council Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a statement, Mudavadi termed the launch…
Dado Ruvic/Reuters Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the US$82.7-billion price in a bid to shut the door on Paramount’s rival efforts to snag the Hollywood giant. The new all-cash bid — at $27.75/share — has unanimous support from the Warner Bros board, according…
Netflix’s advertising business has reached a major turning point, more than doubling its revenue to $1.5 billion between 2024 and 2025. During the company’s most recent earnings call, co-CEO Greg Peters expressed high confidence in this trajectory, projecting that ad revenue will “roughly double again” in 2026 to reach approximately $3 billion. This rapid scaling…
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution’s George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell plans to attend oral arguments on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in a case challenging the…
The high-stakes tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) remains the focal point of Hollywood, as Paramount Skydance continues to challenge Netflix’s massive acquisition proposal. In an effort to mitigate industry-wide anxiety regarding the potential merger, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has begun a charm offensive aimed at reassuring theatre owners and traditionalists about the streaming giant’s…
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink, which has served as a lifeline against state-imposed internet blackouts since its deployment during the war in Ukraine. SpaceX, which owns Starlink, made the satellite service free for Iranians earlier this week, placing Musk’s space company…
