Thabane will remain in custody until June 16, after her bail was revoked on charges that due process was not followed during her first court appearance in February when she was charged with murder, the police commissioner told CNN. Holomo Molibeli. Molibeli said the former first lady is back behind bars on a technicality because the prosecution was not allowed …
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Zoominfo Aims to Price IPO Above Target on Largest Tech List 2020
Zoominfo Technologies seeks to price its initial public offering on Wednesday above its revised upward target range on what will be the largest technology list in the United States so far this year, people familiar with the matter said. A B2B data vendor, Zoominfo – not to be confused with Zoom Video Communications, the company that offers video conferencing – …
Read More »Migrants pull the chain to jump off the Shramik train in Assam to avoid quarantine
A passenger was arrested at the Hojai market after he disappeared from the train (File) Guwahati 61 people have been arrested and two separate cases filed by the Railway and Assam Police after migrant workers, returning aboard a special Shramik train from Mumbai, pulled the emergency chain to jump off the train to avoid the quarantine period. The train was …
Read More »Ben and Jerry’s statement about white supremacy is so extraordinary. This is why
In a forceful statement posted on the company’s website on Tuesday night, Ben & Jerry’s describes the George Floyd’s death, an unarmed black man, at the hands of a white police officer as a result of “inhuman police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy.” “What happened to George Floyd was not the result of a bad …
Read More »LVMH wants to renegotiate the $ 16.2 billion Tiffany deal
LVMH Chief Executive Bernard Arnault is exploring ways to reopen negotiations over the $ 16.2 billion acquisition of jewelry chain Tiffany & Co by French luxury goods giant, as social unrest in USA USA And the coronavirus pandemic weighs heavily on the retail sector, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. LVMH agreed to acquire Tiffany in November, but the …
Read More »Washington Post: Trump tried to register to vote in Florida last year using the White House speech
Trump has demonized voting by mail as fraught with fraud and an attempt to sway elections toward Democrats, claims that are not based on fact, as governors seek to expand remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump himself voted by mail in the Florida presidential primary contest earlier this year, even though he avoided several opportunities to vote in person. …
Read More »Madeleine McCann’s investigation leads UK police to new suspect
McCann went missing while sleeping in his family’s holiday apartment on May 3, 2007, in a case that has since attracted media attention in the UK. She has never been found, and no one ever been accused for his disappearance. The new suspect is a German man currently imprisoned in Germany on an unrelated matter, the UK metropolitan police force …
Read More »Kim Kardashian is in talks with Coty about a new line of cosmetics.
Coty cannot have enough of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. The New York cosmetics giant is in talks with Kim Kardashian West to collaborate on “certain beauty products,” the company revealed in a stock presentation Tuesday. Coty already has a 51 percent stake in Kardashian’s younger sister, Kylie Jenner’s beauty company Kylie Cosmetics, for which she disbursed $ 600 million last year. …
Read More »Rod Rosenstein’s Evidence: Former MP AG Recognizes Problems With Russia’s FBI Investigation
Rosenstein testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the first hearing of Senate Republicans pointing to the origins of the FBI investigation in Russia. Senate Judiciary President Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and close ally of Trump, lobbied Rosenstein to determine whether Mueller should have been named, given that no conspiracy was finally found between the Trump team …
Read More »Why would Joe Biden surely choose a black woman as vice president?
Consider where we are as a country right now. * Floyd’s death has sparked (mostly) peaceful protests across the country, not only about police brutality but also about the deep and permanent racial inequalities present in American society. (See these six charts that show the reality of inequality hard.) * Biden owes his status as presumptive presidential candidate almost entirely …
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