Hong Kong newspaper owner Jimmy Lai, 73, is denied bail over claim he ‘colluded with foreign powers’ as he is frogmarched to court in chains Lai charged with colluding with foreign force and endangering national security He is the most high-profile out of more than two dozen charged under a new law Police said they … Read more
Australian media magnate Hugh Marks has quit as CEO of Channel Nine after his own newspaper revealed his romance with an ex-employee. The businessman told workers he was leaving the company after five years in the top job through an email on Saturday afternoon. It comes after the Sydney Morning Herald published an article claiming … Read more
The world is watching: Newspaper front pages from around the globe reveal fear and excitement on US election day By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com Published: 15:37 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 15:46 GMT, 3 November 2020 The world is watching with baited breath on Tuesday as Americans head to the polls to decide the … Read more
Yesterday, after America’s biggest tech giant bosses were grilled by a US senate committee, a tweet was posted by Iran‘s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In it, he asked: ‘Why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust?’ Under normal circumstances, one of the world’s most powerful leaders directly questioning the very existence … Read more
A Georgia newspaper publisher has revealed how he and his daughter thought they were starring in a new movie about cotillion only to be duped into being part of Borat 2. Will Davis, the publisher of the Monroe County Reporter, said he was contacted in February to be part of a movie scene about a … Read more
Two Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters today pleaded guilty to their part in a demonstration that disrupted the distribution of national newspapers. They were among 51 people charged with obstruction after more than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on September 4. Roads were blocked and XR protesters chained themselves … Read more
Alesha Dixon has praised ITV for standing by Diversity following their Britain’s Got Talent performance, which garnered 24,500 complaints to OfCom. The singer, 41, took to Instagram on Saturday to share a snap of the advert that the channel took out in newspapers and gushed over how ‘proud’ she was with them. In her caption, … Read more
Hertfordshire Police have come under fire for failing to stop the Extinction Rebellion blockade of newspaper printing presses on Friday. The XR action saw protesters targeting Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, blocking the day’s newspapers from leaving the depots. Now, the police response has been condemned with accusations that Hertfordshire … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protesters have been accused of ‘attacking the free press’ after they blocked roads outside national newspaper printing presses in a bid to stop titles reaching shops on Saturday. Dozens of demonstrators chained themselves to gates and each other, and parked vehicles in the road outside Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and blocked … Read more
Iranian newspaper is shut down for reporting ‘true’ death toll from covid is 20 times higher than official count Iran shut down the Jahan-e Sanat publication on Sunday following the interview Mohammadreza Mahboubfar said officials had only reported 5% of the real tolls Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari rejected Mahboubfar’s remarks and said he … Read more