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Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBrazil’s supreme court on Friday ordered a nationwide suspension of Elon Musk’s social network X after the company vowed to defy earlier court orders concerning content moderation and the appointment of a legal representative in the country.Alexandre de Moraes, the court’s top judge, has also ordered daily fines for people or businesses in Brazil that use virtual private networks (VPNs) or other methods to access X while the site is banned in the country, G1 Globo reported.The court issued a statement via its government website in Brazil on Friday, saying that…

President Zelenskyy dismisses Mykola Oleshchuk, says country needs to ‘protect personnel’.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss Mykola Oleshchuk was published on the presidential website on Friday. “We need to protect people. Protect personnel. Take care of all our soldiers,” Zelenskyy said in an address minutes after the order was published. He said Ukraine needs to strengthen its army on the command level. Anatolii Kryvonozhko was appointed acting…

Scary scene at the Fatman Scoop concert … after he passed out onstage and got CPR according to eyewitnesses … and TMZ has it all on video. The legendary hip hop hype man was performing Friday at Town Center Park in Hamden, CT when he appeared to suffer a medical emergency. Play video content TMZ.com Folks who were there say Fatman Scoop collapsed and passed out … with people rushing over to administer CPR. Authorities tell us they were dispatched for a medical emergency at 8:33 PM. Video shows medical personnel performing chest compressions on someone behind the DJ booth…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated last week that a cut in the federal funds rate at the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is on the table, which would have the effect of driving mortgage rates lower. Most observers and professionals agree that a rate cut would provide immediate benefits to the reverse mortgage industry, particularly for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs). But the business is also headed into the potential for lower rates coming off of a major refinance boom from the pandemic-era low-rate environment, where HECM-to-HECM refinances exploded, reaching nearly half of industry volume…

Last year’s job cuts weren’t the end of layoffs. Further reductions continue in 2024.Companies like Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Google, Microsoft, Nike, and Dell have announced plans for cuts.See the list of companies reducing their worker numbers in 2024. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email. After a brutal year of layoffs in 2023, companies…

AFPElsa Majimbo became widely known during the covid pandemic for her social media videos”Sending money back home or to your extended family is such a common African practice that I absolutely hate,” said Kenyan influencer Elsa Majimbo earlier this month in a now-deleted TikTok rant that sparked a furious debate on social media.The 23-year-old, who shot to fame during the covid pandemic with her comedic videos, touched a nerve when it came to discussing with her 1.8 million followers what is known as “black tax”.This is when black Africans who achieve a modicum of success, whether at home or abroad,…

Spooky season lovers step right up because we’ve found exactly what you need to countdown the days to the ultimate event: Halloween advent calendars.Why should Christmas advents have all the fun? If you know someone who goes all out for Halloween, top brands like Funko, Pottery Barn Kids, Disney and more have released their Halloween advent calendars for 2024. Opening up the little boxes each day to uncover terrific (and terrifying) trinkets, toys, stickers and collectibles will get you in the Halloween spirit all October long.Kids and adults alike can get excited for the highly anticipated All Hallow’s Eve with figurines, storybooks and…

A worker prepares packages at an Amazon same-day delivery fulfillment center on Prime Day in the Bronx borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sales rose about 13% in the first six hours of the event compared with the same period last year, according to Momentum Commerce, which manages 50 brands in a variety of product categories. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon’s checkout function encountered technical issues on Friday, keeping customers from completing purchases. The e-commerce site displayed error messages with photos of dogs during the outage…

The judge has ordered the full and immediate suspension of X in the country until all related court orders on X are complied with.A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the “immediate suspension” of social media platform X in the country after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil. The move is the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Elon Musk, which also included the freezing of the satellite internet provider Starlink’s financial accounts in Brazil. In the decision, de Moraes ordered the full and…

Shania Twain is sporting a brand new face! But is it all that new, or is it just an optical illusion? Even though Shania Twain has said some baffling, terrible things over the years, she remains a fixture in the music world and has many fans. Those fans are currently feeling divided over her newly unveiled look. Some say that Shania looks better — and younger — than ever. Others say that she looks positively unrecognizable. Shania Twain attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jon Platt at The Beverly Hilton on February…