What you need to know Microsoft’s Frank X. Shaw has claimed that Sony recently lied to European Union (EU) regulators about its in-progress acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Specifically, Shaw says that Sony told the EU Microsoft wasn’t willing to offer the PlayStation maker parity with Call of Duty, despite Microsoft previously proposing a 10-year deal. […]
Two more teenagers, who each face a second-degree murder charge in connection with what police have called a “swarming” attack on Ken Lee in Toronto, were granted bail Friday. Lee, a 59-year-old Toronto man, was pronounced dead in hospital after he was allegedly beaten and stabbed by a group of girls not far from a downtown shelter in […]
Comment on this story Comment KFAR TIBNIT, Lebanon — On the outskirts of this southern Lebanese village, workers in a pickup truck parked at a nature reserve named after a fallen fighter of the militant Hezbollah group. They took two large eucalyptus tree seedlings out of the truck and planted them. The men are from […]
A man accused of pushing an 89-year-old woman to the ground who then died in downtown Toronto is now facing an upgraded charge of manslaughter, police said Tuesday. The incident happened last Friday at 11:39 a.m., police say, in the area of Yonge Street and King Street East. According to a news release, the victim was walking on […]
Scobie was the co-author of the book ‘Finding Freedom’ about Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s experiences within the Royal Family which culminated in Megxit. It was claimed in the book: “Meghan took part in a staged kidnapping, where she was bundled into the back of a car by a ‘terrorist’, taken to a different location […]
Many Russian men fleeing conscription have left for neighbouring country Kazakhstan – a close ally. But the Central Asian state is set to tighten its visa rules in a bid to make it more difficult for Russian refugees. From January 26, visitors belonging to the Eurasian Economic Union, including Russia, will only be allowed to […]
Special report IBM, along with 13 of its current and former executives, has been sued by investors who claim the IT giant used mainframe sales to fraudulently prop up newer, more trendy parts of its business. In effect, IBM deceived the market about its progress in developing Watson, cloud technologies, and other new sources of […]
A lawyer for one of the two people charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala says it’s “too early” to make the decision over whether they should be granted bail. The accused — Randall McKenzie, 25, and Brandi Stewart-Speary, 30 — made an online appearance Tuesday afternoon before Ontario Court […]
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has accused Iran of a “cowardly act” after the Islamic republic executed an Iranian-British national convicted of espionage. Iranian state media said the Islamic regime had hanged Alireza Akbari, who had held various senior positions in Iran’s security and military institutions, after he was accused of spying for Britain’s MI6 […]