Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch the moment chaos erupts in Hong Kong's parliament Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has been forced to suspend her annual address after being heckled in parliament. Opposition lawmakers disrupted the Legislative Council session by shouting and projecting slogans behind her.After a first interruption, the session resumed…
Busted — Man allegedly tried to extort payments up to $300 with bogus takedown threats. Timothy B. Lee - Oct 15, 2019 10:15 pm UTC A Nebraska man has agreed to pay $25,000 for abusing YouTube's takedown system under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, YouTube said in an emailed statement Tuesday. The man, Christopher Brady,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that it was unable to share documents with the House of Representative committee pursuing an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, citing “legal and practical concerns.” In a letter seen by Reuters, the Pentagon said the House of Representatives did not have a resolution authorizing an impeachment…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMore than seven million people were urged to leave their homes The Japanese prime minister has said typhoon shelters "should be open to everyone" - after two homeless people were turned away during the country's worst storm in decades.Typhoon Hagibis brought heavy rain and winds of 225km/h…
Show me the money — To settle cases, billionaire family say they won't hide OxyContin profits. Beth Mole - Oct 14, 2019 10:06 pm UTC Enlarge / PURDUE PHARMA, STAMFORD, Conn. - 2019/09/12: Members of P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) and Truth Pharm staged a protest on September 12, 2019, outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in…
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey on Monday and demanded the NATO ally stop a military incursion in northeast Syria that is rapidly reshaping the battlefield of the world’s deadliest ongoing war. Trump, who gave what critics say was a de facto green light for Turkey’s assault by ordering U.S. forces…
Image copyright AAP Image caption David Eastman was acquitted of murder last year, after a retrial A man who was wrongfully jailed for 19 years over the murder of a senior Australian policeman has received A$7m (£3.7m; $4.8m) in compensation.David Eastman received a life term in 1995 for the killing six years earlier of Colin…
Nobel or not? — We're contemplating the attention we give to science's biggest prizes. John Timmer - Oct 13, 2019 1:30 pm UTC Enlarge / The tail side of the Jean Dausset's Nobel Medal. Dausset received the prize in 1980.One thing we do regularly at Ars is try out new types of content. We can…
PARIS (Reuters) - France will take measures in coming hours to ensure the safety of its military and civilian personnel in northeastern Syria, the French president’s office said in a statement on Monday after an urgent defense cabinet meeting. France, which is part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in the region, has special…
Rugby World Cup Pool A: Japan v ScotlandVenue: International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Date: Sunday, 13 October Kick-off: 11:45 BSTCoverage: Live on BBC Radio Scotland, Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and app.Scotland's World Cup game with Japan will go ahead on Sunday, World Rugby has confirmed.Gregor Townsend's men would have…
