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Police say Brand faces one count of rape, one of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two of sexual assault. British comedian Russell Brand has been charged with several counts of sexual assault in the United Kingdom. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile entertainers and broadcasters, faces one count of rape, one of…
Odds-on favourite Jonbon won the Melling Chase on day two of the Grand National meeting at Aintree. The nine-year-old, who was 4-6 favourite, was part of a front three initially before jockey Nico de Boinville settled him in behind. He took over on the second circuit and went clear before being pushed out by De…
Eric Osiakwan and Yaw Owusu Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), better known as Ecobank is a multinational African enterprise in the banking sector started in Lome, Togo with current operations in 36 African countries and representative offices in London, Paris, Beijing and Dubai. Shares of the pan-African banking conglomerate are traded on the Ghana Stock Exchange…
Stocks in the U.S. opened sharply lower on Friday, extending a slide from the previous trading session triggered by President Trump’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs on U.S. imports earlier this week. The S&P 500 fell 144 points, or 2.5%, to 5,252 as of 9:34 a.m. EST. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1,006 points,…
What’s next for the US and global economy after Trump’s new tariffs? Redi Tlhabi talks with economist Ha-Joon Chang. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump unveiled his new global tariff plan, imposing a 10% tariff on all imports, and targeting dozens more countries with additional tariffs on what he called his “Day of Liberation”. So,…
Liverpool Daily Post/PA A funeral for the unidentified newborn was arranged after a collection by a local Asda supermarket “When I heard about it and I saw her name, I thought ‘that’s not that woman – that’s not the same woman that we’ve lived by all these years’.” That was how a resident of a…
Several Jewish community leaders have expressed concern about a decision to ban the Greens candidate for Macnamara from attending a community forum next week, as two established Jewish groups campaign for Labor to preference the minor party last. The preference request was under consideration, with two Labor sources telling Guardian Australia the party was likely…
London — London’s Metropolitan Police have charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with one count of rape, oral rape and indecent assault and two other counts of sexual assault, the police force said Friday. British detectives have said they started investigating the TV star in September 2023 after “receiving a number of allegations, which followed…
China has announced a slew of countermeasures against tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump, including additional tariffs of 34 percent on all goods and curbs on the export of some rare earths, deepening an escalating trade war. Trump on Wednesday announced that China would be hit with a 34-percent tariff, on top of…
Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands Residents queue to unload rubbish during bin strike Mobile bin collection points in Birmingham have seen mile-long queues as residents try to get rid of their uncollected rubbish. There were traffic delays around Woodgate Valley Park on Friday after Birmingham City Council opened a mobile site at 07:45 BST….