Brisbane, Australia Kirra Pendergast speaks to thousands of teenagers annually in her capacity as a cyber safety educator. She knows what they do on it – texting, bullying, sextortion, threats – but nothing could have prepared her for the aggression she received this month from a group of 12 and 13 year olds. She had…
The sheriff’s office says the plane went down on Saturday during a training exercise mission. FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Two people died and one more sustained critical injuries in The Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado on Saturday during a training flight. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Larimer County Emergency Services and other partners…
From a sparkly Ralph Lauren-suit Selena Gomez to a reunion from Now and Then, here are the moments you missed. This year’s Women in Hollywood event was bigger than ever before, thanks in large part to a newly minted partnership with TikTok. Creators including Alix Earle, Dylan Mulvaney, and Tefi Pessoa were on hand to capture the evening’s festivities from…
China’s richest man slammed online shopping platforms, calling them price warring starters that damaged a wide range of companies and industries as the country tries to quell an economic slump. And in remarkably rare comments that have been largely blacked out of state media, Zhong Shanshan, who heads drinks company Nongfu Springs, also targeted the Chinese government, which he said “laid down the ball” and showed “negligence” in failing to stop the cutthroat pricing trend. It’s extremely unusual for Chinese businesspeople to publicly criticize the government, and those who have done so have often suffered accordingly. Speaking on Tuesday…
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his choice for U.S. attorney general following Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal of his nomination. Trump announced late Thursday that he would nominate Bondi to become the nation’s top law-enforcement officer, citing her work as a prosecutor. “Pam was a prosecutor for nearly…
The Chinese government espionage campaign that has infiltrated more than a dozen U.S. telecommunications companies is the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history — by far,” a senior U.S. senator told BBC News in an interview this week. The hackers, who belong to a group called Salt Typhoon, have been able to eavesdrop on…
It’s been four years since Nashville outlier Jelly Roll dropped the soulful country ballad “Save Me,” and in that time the revival of his genre has kept pace with his rise to pop superstardom. For three months, 2024 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year nominee Jelly Roll has played to sold-out houses in…
Donald Trump has tapped investor Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, to head the US commerce department. In his announcement, Trump said Lutnick, the chief executive of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, would lead the administration’s “tariff and trade agenda”. Lutnick was also considered for treasury secretary, a more prominent position. Mr. Trump has yet to decide on that closely watched post, which carries sweeping authority over areas such as the economy and tax policy. The battle for who to choose spilled into…
An attack using a car that led to the death of 35 people in China has raised concerns about a series of violent incidents in public space as the government restricts information sharing on the event. In social networks people are actively debating the social practice of ‘’revenge of the society’’, when people take the…
Many airlines have had to cancel flights to and from Bali because of the dangerous ash clouds which have been emanating from a volcano near the Indonesian island. Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia informed their passengers on Wednesday that it was impossible to fly because of the ash from Mount Lewotobi Laki-lak. The volcano ejected…
