The open letter on Sunday, which warned that loggers and ranchers could introduce to virus to indigenous communities in a development tantamount to “genocide”, was signed by celebrities ranging from U.S. television personality Oprah Winfrey to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen. … [Read more...] about Brazil’s Bolsonaro headlines anti-democratic rally, amid alarm over handling of virus
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Rajapaksa-backed party wins big in Sri Lanka local government polls
Pending complete results, the SLPP was leading comfortably in most councils, except in the Tamil-majority North and East where Mr. Rajapaksa has little support. In the North, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi, at the helm of the Tamil National Alliance, the country’s official Opposition in Parliament, was leading in the most number of wards. … [Read more...] about Rajapaksa-backed party wins big in Sri Lanka local government polls
UAE’s second largest bank faces system outage; customers complain of inaccessible funds for fourth day
Teething IssuesEmirates NBD in its statement did not elaborate on the ‘teething issues’ it faced whilst upgrading its ‘core banking’ system. The lender in January 2019 had signed up Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for its ‘TCS BaNCS for Payments’ to function as its core processing platform. In a statement, TCS said the payment platform would “standardize and streamline payments operations across multiple geographies, including India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UK and their home market, the United Arab Emirates.” The IT Services major said its platform provided “multi-entity, -currency, and -country capabilities covering the complete value chain, including order management and clearing and settlement, whilst adding it also facilitated “direct debit and credit transfers, including domestic and international variations, on a single platform.” It is however unclear if the current system issues have arisen on account of … [Read more...] about UAE’s second largest bank faces system outage; customers complain of inaccessible funds for fourth day
Media fast-track Trump’s slow walk, speculate about health
“The videos again raised questions about the health of Mr. Trump, whose advisers have never fully explained his abrupt visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in November, saying at the time only that it was intended to get a jump on his annual physical.” The White House doctor has since pronounced Trump in good health “but provided little information beyond blood pressure” and his use of hydroxychloroquine. … [Read more...] about Media fast-track Trump’s slow walk, speculate about health
‘You might want to lose some of that weight chunky boy.’ Man, 52, reveals how ‘vile bully’ Ellen DeGeneres used to call him ‘fat’ and ‘stupid’, made fun of his clothes and ‘took pleasure’ in his distress when he was 11 and she was 20
Last month one current and ten former employees of her daytime chat show accused its three executive producers, Ed Glavin (second from right), Mary Connelly (far right) and Andy Lassner (second from left), of 'bullying.' Jonathan Norman (far left), a co-executive producer, is alleged to have 'groomed' a former employee by taking him to concerts and showering him with other gifts and perks before attempting to perform oral sex on him. Kevin Leman (center), the show's head writer and executive producer, is alleged to have solicited oral sex from an employee. Others say they witnessed Leman grope another colleague. Glavin allegedly 'had a reputation for being handsy with women,' according to former employees … [Read more...] about ‘You might want to lose some of that weight chunky boy.’ Man, 52, reveals how ‘vile bully’ Ellen DeGeneres used to call him ‘fat’ and ‘stupid’, made fun of his clothes and ‘took pleasure’ in his distress when he was 11 and she was 20
