Jul.24 -- Verizon Communications Inc. has enrolled its Covid-affected customers in extended payment plans after the pledge to keep them connected expired at the end of June. Verizon says hundreds of thousands of customers could be impacted. AT&T is also helping customers stay connected. Verizon topped profit and sales estimates in the second quarter. Hans Vestberg, Verizon chairman and chief executive officer, speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the other officials had survived. This is what we know so far. The helicopter was carrying Iranian President Raisi, the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other
By rights, this should be the moment that the humanitarian case against Israel’s campaign in Gaza goes into terminal collapse. From now on, there can be no equivocation. Those who persist in opposing the war based on the number of civilian casualties are either ignorant or arguing in bad faith. Or both.
Dogs With Guns A Chinese military contractor recently showed off a number of robot dogs that were carrying machine guns on their backs during the biggest-ever Chinese drill alongside Cambodian troops, as Agence France-Presse reports. The terrifying gun-toting drones were part of a massive, 15-day military exercise called "Golden Dragon" in a remote training center […]
The Under Armour meltdown continues.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's war machine looks different today than it did at the start of the conflict.
XThe Biden campaign gleefully turned one of Donald Trump’s favorite digs against him on Saturday, branding the 78-year-old candidate as woefully geriatric in response to his embarrassing stumble at a Minnesota rally on Friday.Video from the event shared by Biden-Harris HQ on X showed Trump grabbing the lectern during his remarks on stage, after nearly toppling the podium over.A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage after he leans on his podium too hard and then goes on an angry rant calling hi
The way I went to the gym and noticed this theory is 100% accurate.
"I honestly didn’t believe it,” Stephen Bredfeldt said of learning the news from his wife that she could give him her kidney
The series is dedicated to inspirational men and women in Singapore leading healthy and active lifestyles. This week: couple Mika Kise and Elise Teo.
Cannes 2024: Despite having the entire cast on hand, most questions during the presser were directed at the Oscar winner about sex in the film The post Emma Stone Bombarded With Sex Scenes Questions in Uneasy ‘Kinds of Kindness’ Press Conference appeared first on TheWrap.
For a few glorious moments, at around 4.45pm on Sunday afternoon, the dream was alive in north London. Or, to be more accurate, the supporters and players of Arsenal believed the dream was alive. At the speed of sound, the most thrilling of rumours had spread: 2-2 at City.
"I'm a mirrorball," as Taylor Swift would say.
Education secretary Gillian Keegan, Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron oppose move, while university leaders warn of economic and cultural impact
The Brighton fans at the final whistle were to the point.
Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi is to leave the club after their final game of the season against Manchester United on Sunday. "We have agreed to end my time at Brighton so that the club and I can continue to work in the way that suits each of us best, following our own ideas and visions, as well as our work and human values." The Italian joined Brighton in September 2022 after Graham Potter left for Chelsea and enjoyed immediate success, taking the club to their highest-ever top-flight finish of sixth.
Police officers in serious condition but should pull through
Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people that are dead already wouldn’t jump up and argue with you.”
This afternoon at Anfield, things are going to get emotional. The entire event will centre around one thing: saying goodbye to a great. After the final whistle sounds on his last game in charge of Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp will be serenaded to the skies. There will be guards of honour, fist pumps, ecstatic conducting of the Kop choir. It will be a stage managed farewell of magnificent scale, full of showbiz razzmatazz. Possibly things will conclude by naming a stand after him. Whatever happens, of
Didi Global Inc's co-founder Jean Liu has stepped down from her roles as president and board director of China's biggest ride-hailing firm to take on a new role, according to an internal company memo. Didi, which is seen as China's answer to Uber but has faced prolonged regulatory scrutiny, will no longer have a position of president, it said in the memo seen by Reuters. Liu, a former Goldman Sachs banker who has been at the helm of Didi for a decade, will take on a new role as "permanent partner" and will maintain her current duties including serving as chief people officer, Liu and CEO Will Cheng said in the internal letter sent to employees on Sunday.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk launched Sunday his Starlink service on Indonesia's resort island of Bali as the country aims to extend internet to its remote areas.Musk and the officials also attended a presentation by staff members from Indonesia's community clinics in Bali and Maluku provinces on the acceleration of internet speeds after using Starlink.
