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J.K Rowling has seemingly doubled down on her controversial remarks about transgender individuals in a brand new podcast interview. The perfect-selling Harry Potter writer, 57, has been labelled a transphobe and trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) by activists for her divisive views on gender and has candidly addressed the backlash. Talking …

If the event of blockchain know-how was a monetary revolution, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are the counter-revolution. Their growth has intensified in 2023 throughout the globe, and it’s now extra necessary than ever for the world to know what might lay behind the acronym. Whereas there are some who …

Jon and Kate Gosselin’s twins are all grown up – and considered one of them is setting her boundaries with the general public. The Gosselin household first appeared on the TLC actuality present “Jon & Kate Plus 8” in 2007. Jon and Kate divorced in 2009 and the present was …

Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Financial institution –  Yusra Abu Eid stands to lose not simply her home, however your complete village of Khan al-Ahmar that she has, for years, referred to as dwelling. The Palestinian village on the jap outskirts of Jerusalem faces a possible imminent demolition by Israeli authorities …

Plans for a $65 million improve of the York Park stadium in Launceston have been unveiled — however the second and third phases of the challenge stay unfunded. Key factors: The brand new stand is claimed to present an additional 1,000 seats and can function improved services for gamers and coaches …

Listen to this story: Tbilisi, Georgia – Sitting in the corner of a Ukrainian-run café in downtown Tbilisi, Alla Timoshenko deftly runs a threaded needle through a bird-shaped piece of felt. For Ukrainians, the nightingale that she is embroidering to turn into a brooch is a symbol of hope, spring …

Elon Musk took the witness stand Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. The tweet resulted in a US$40 million ($57.4m) settlement with securities regulators. It also led to a class-action …

In Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, violence against women is not uncommon. “As a leader, I have experienced many things,” says Lutana Ribeiro, a member of the Kokama ethnic group, and the only female chief in Parque das Tribos, which is …

CNN  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stand in a California court room Friday to testify in the lawsuit over his controversial “funding secured” tweet in 2018. Tesla (TSLA), Musk and company directors are facing a shareholder lawsuit over his infamous 2018 tweet, which said that he was thinking …

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday declared that porn performer Ron Jeremy is mentally incompetent to stand trial on dozens of rape and sexual assault counts. Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Harris said in a hearing that after reviewing reports from both prosecutors and Jeremy’s defence that he is in …

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested for protesting the expansion of a coal mine which was caught on video and sent social media into a frenzy.  Thunberg was one of many protesters carried away by police while protesting the demolition of an abandoned village for the expansion of a coal …

With investor confidence seemingly at an all-time low thanks to the recent slew of insolvencies, a new saga seems to be now unfolding in real time. This one involves crypto exchange Gemini’s Winklevoss twins and Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG) — the parent firm behind crypto market …