Nigerian senator jailed in UK for organ-harvest plot
A senior Nigerian politician and his wife were handed prison sentences Friday for conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as part of an organ-harvesting plot. Ike Ekweremadu,…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai made $226 million in 2022
undar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Google’s parent company Alphabet, made nearly $226 million in 2022, according to a new filing from Alphabet. The majority of the pay came…
Apple is set to open its first retail store in Mumbai
Apple is finally getting ready to open its first physical store in the country as it bets on India as a market and manufacturing base. The company teased the opening…
Starbucks illegally fired US workers over union, as ruled by Judge
Starbucks illegally fired six workers in New York state in a pushback against unions, a US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge has ruled. The judge says the firm committed…
Powerful quake kills thousands in Turkey and Syria
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped…
Meta says it will restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Facebook-parent Meta said on Wednesday that it will restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks, just over two years after suspending him in…
FAA system outage disrupts thousands of flights across U.S.
Thousands of flights across the U.S. were delayed Wednesday after a Federal Aviation Administration pilot alert system failed overnight, prompting a nationwide halt to departures. The FAA lifted the ground…
North Korea fired at least three short-range ballistic missiles
North Korea fired at least three short-range ballistic missiles from a site south of Pyongyang on Saturday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the latest in an unprecedented…
Montana will allow transgender people to change birth record
After months of defiance, Montana’s health department said Monday it will follow a judge’s ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates. The judge…
Patagonia founder just donated the entire company, worth $3 billion, to fight climate change
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, his spouse and two adult children are giving away their ownership in the apparel maker he started some 50 years ago, dedicating all profits from the…