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Shannen Doherty awarded $6.3m in lawsuit over fire-damaged home

Credit:Sky News   Shannen Doherty, pictured in 2019, has not been able to live in her house since the fire Shannen Doherty has been awarded $6.3m (£4.6m) in a lawsuit over her fire-damaged house. The 50-year-old’s home in Malibu, California, was ruined by the Woolsey Fire in 2018 and she accused her insurer State Farm of failing …

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UK eases travel rules but upsets nations not on list

LONDON: Simplified international travel rules took effect Monday in the UK, easing quarantine and testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from more than 50 countries, and the Conservative government vowed it will seek to regularly expand the rules to more nations. Still, the rules have sparked anger from many nations in the developing world, particularly …

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California oil spill is ‘environmental catastrophe’, Huntington Beach mayor says, as emergency clean-up under way

Featured Photo: Pic: AP Clean-up contractors are trying to contain the damage from an oil spill. Pic: APThe spill, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline, covers about 13 square miles and was reported on Saturday. An emergency clean-up effort is under way in Huntington Beach, California, after a massive oil spill described by …

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Get back to work! Boris Johnson to use Tory conference speech to urge Britons to return to office

Amid growing confidence that Covid will not spark further lockdowns, the Prime Minister will use his Tory conference speech tomorrow to encourage a return to the workplace. ‘He believes very strongly in the value of face-to-face working,’ a senior source said. ‘It is critical for the training and development of young people. How can you …

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Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram back after outage

Featured Photo:Getty Images The company says the cause was a faulty configuration change. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or on smartphone apps. Downdetector, which tracks outages, said it was the largest failure it had ever seen, with 10.6 million problem reports around the world. The …

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Death toll rises to 50 in gunmen attacks in northwestern Nigeria

LAGOS — The death toll from gunmen attacks in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state has risen to 50 following the recovery of more corpses from last week’s killings, a local official said. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs in Kaduna, said in a statement sent to Xinhua on Monday death toll from …

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UNCTAD15 can help jump-start world economy, President Kenyatta says

NAIROBI, 5th October 2021, (PSCU)—President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the ongoing United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15) can help jump-start the struggling world economy from the ravages of Covid-19. He urged countries to utilise the conference to agree on trade and development interventions that support diversification, improved financing and revitalization of multilateralism so …

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Rob Kardashian Spotted In Rare Pic OnDinner Date With Sisters Kim, Kourtney &Khloé

Jessica Wang NEWS WRITER Rob Kardashian was all smiles during a dinner date with sisters Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé. The siblings were also joined by Kourtney’s boyfriend Travis Barker.   Kim Kardashian stepped out for dinner with her “fave couples,” including brother Rob. The SKIMS founder, 40, shared photos from a recent dinner date with sisters Kourtney and Khloé, who …

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Mark Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion in Hours as Facebook Plunges

Mark Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion in Hours as Facebook Plunges Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has …

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Los Angeles Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike wins 2021 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award

NEW YORK, United States of America, October 4, 2021/ — Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike has been named the recipient of the 2021 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA (www.WNBA.com) announced today. This is the third straight Sportsmanship Award for Ogwumike, making her the only player to win the award in three consecutive years. The …

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