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Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow
Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney for breach of contract for streaming her film Black Widow at the same time as its cinema release. The superhero film set a box office record for the Covid-19 pandemic when it came out this month, gro...
Man on scooter steals millions from upmarket Paris jeweller
Police in Paris are searching for a man who stole more than €2m (£1.7m; $2.36m) worth of jewellery and precious stones from an upmarket jeweller. The man, thought to be in his 50s or 60s, arrived at and left the Chaumet boutique on a stand-up scoote...
Britney Spears officially requests new conservator to replace her father
Britney Spears has officially asked for her father to be replaced as her conservator, 13 years after he assumed control of her life and finances. The star’s new lawyer petitioned the court on Monday, a month after Spears broke her public silence on ...
Arrests at anti-lockdown protests
Demonstrations have taken place in Australian cities against tight restrictions imposed to tackle a rise in Covid cases. Thousands gathered in Sydney, with smaller protests held in Melbourne and Brisbane. People chanted “freedom” as they marched th...
Firm fined £2.6m for claiming clothes prevent Covid
An Australian activewear firm has been fined £2.6m (5m Australian dollars) for claiming its clothing “eliminated” and stopped the spread of Covid. Lorna Jane had advertised that its clothing used “a groundbreaking technology” called LJ Shield to pre...
China: Taobao, Weibo fined for illegal child content
China’s internet watchdog has ordered some of the country’s biggest online platforms to remove inappropriate child-related content. Kuaishou, Tencent’s messaging tool QQ, Alibaba’s Taobao and Weibo have been summoned by the Cyberspace Administration...
Gender reveal party couple face jail over deadly California wildfire
A US couple whose gender reveal party last year was blamed for starting a deadly California wildfire face up to 20 years in prison, officials say. Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr and Angela Renee Jimenez have been charged with several offences, including ...
Shootings in Washington spotlight growing problem
Families supporting the local team. A woman waiting for her ride. A six-year-old girl playing outside. In one weekend, a series of shootings affected all of these Washington DC residents – and shocked a city all too familiar with the plague of gun vi...
‘Hollywood Ripper’ Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders
A convicted murderer nicknamed the “Hollywood Ripper” has been sentenced to death for the killings of two women in the 2000s. Relatives of his victims wept as a judge gave Michael Gargiulo the sentence in Los Angeles on Friday. In 2019 Gargiulo, 45, ...
FBI failed to investigate USA Gymnastics abuser, watchdog finds
The FBI disregarded allegations about a prolific USA Gymnastics child abuser and later made serious errors in the investigation, a watchdog has found. The long-awaited report gave a scathing assessment of the FBI’s investigation into former team doc...
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