Author: News Desk

Sky News says Amber Heard’s loss of earnings could be as high as $50m due to negative statements made by Johnny Depp and his attorney, an industry expert has told her libel trial.

France24 says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.

Euronews says Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I met his son and the country’s current monarch Felipe VI at the end of a controversial return visit.

Aljazeera says the number of executions globally rose 20 percent in 2021, while the number of death sentences handed down increased by 40 percent, Amnesty has said.

TRT World says Gavin Newsom has warned of potential mandatory water restrictions as the most populous US state continues to fight a worsening drought –– now in its third year.

BBC Sport says Emma Raducanu showed fight and spirit to come back from a set down and win her senior debut at the French Open against Czech teenager Linda Noskova.

Mark Zuckerberg named in lawsuit from Cambridge Analytica scandal in a lawsuit filed by Washington Attorney General Karl Racine. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was named personally in a Washington lawsuit Monday alleging he played a direct role in decisions that set the stage for the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The US capital’s attorney general argues that Zuckerberg was closely involved in conceiving the framework that allowed the Britain-based consulting firm to harvest over 70 million US Facebook user’s data. A whistleblower revealed in 2018 that the Cambridge Analytica scandal went on to use that data for political purposes, including trying…

United Arab Emirates Gas cylinder blast in Abu Dhabi kills 2 and injures 120. Abu Dhabi authorities are restricting information about the blast, and have prevented news outlets from reporting blasts and explosions. Especially since the rise of the Houthi drone attacks in the region. A gas cylinder explosion in the capital of the United Arab Emirates killed two people and injured 120 others Monday, police said, hours after authorities downplayed the incident and warned the public not to share images of the aftermath. Gas cylinder blast in Abu Dhabi kills 2 The explosion struck a restaurant just after 1…

Dubai woman and her dog killed as tenant turns on electricity generator releasing the ‘silent killer’ A Dubai woman and her dog killed in a shared villa accommodation after inhalation of carbon monoxide gas. A Dubai Police official said the main tenant of the villa, located in Al Barsha, had switched on an electricity generator after the power was cut due to violating municipality rules covering subletting of the villa to others. The gas suffocated the woman and her dog while another subtenant survived. ‘Silent killer’ in Al Barsha Colonel Maki Salman, director of the Crime Scene Department at Dubai…

Today’s top news headlines Birmingham Children’s Hospital worker held on suspicion of poisoning child Birmingham Children’s Hospital worker was held on suspicion of poisoning a child. The health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life after a child died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Man City should be docked points for the pitch invasion Jubilation for Man City turns into disaster as ‘thugs’ invade the pitch and destroy the Manc City pitch. This behaviour has called for some experts suggesting Man City should be docked points for not policing the game, as Aston Villa’s…