Dominion Voting Systems, the company responsible for the machines used in the US 2020 presidential election, has sued former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation after he pushed the "Big Lie" about election fraud on his podcast and TV appearances.
Former Real Madrid B and Levante striker, David Barral has become the first-ever player to be purchased using cryptocurrency. The 37-year-old Spaniard officially signed for Spanish third division team DUX Internacional de Madrid on Tuesday, January 19, in a deal funded entirely through the use of bitcoin.
Phil Neville has left his role as England women's football team manager with immediate effect.
The English Football Association (FA) confirmed his departure on Monday, January 18.
“His decision to leave now means the FA will shortly confirm the name of an interim head coach to lead the Lionesses in February with Sarina Wiegman assuming the full-time role following the Olympic Games in August,” read a statement on Monday.
"Last week we announced an indefinite suspension of President Trump's Snapchat (SNAP) account, and have been assessing what long term action is in the best interest of our Snapchat community," a Snapchat spokesperson said.
"In the interest of public safety, and based on his attempts to spread misinformation, hate speech, and incite violence, which are clear violations of our guidelines, we have made the decision to permanently terminate his account."
News of Snapchat’s ban of Trump comes after he became the first American president in history to be impeached twice, over his involvement in inciting a mob of rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
The superstar singer who expressed his love for his mother in the letter captioned the photo he shared "Look what I found, Sweet mother."
Weighing 254 pounds, the 48-year-old rapper says he initially gained weight following the death of two important men in his life, his father and his friend and longtime manager, Chris Lighty.
The model, who welcomed a daughter with the former One Direction singer months ago, shared a photo of them together and wrote: "Team No Sleep! Happiest birthday to our Zaddy baba. So special. Love you a long time, thank you for making me a mamma to the best girl ever. Wish you the best every single day."
YouTube announced on Tuesday it is suspending President Trump’s channel for at least a week.
The video-sharing platform confirmed in a statement that a video uploaded to President Trump’s channel violated the site’s policy against inciting violence and as a result, the platform suspended his ability to share content on YouTube for at least seven days.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Tuesday that is calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove and replace President Donald Trump after he was accused of inciting a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol last week.
The Tesla billionaire is now the second-richest person in the world. Shares of his electric-vehicle maker, Tesla, fell by nearly 8% on Monday, Jan 11. This pushed Musk's fortune down to US$176.2 billion.
After briefly overtaking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person last Friday, Jan 8, Musk has again fallen to the second spot, according to Forbes' estimates.
He is now about $6 billion behind Bezos, who has a net worth of $182.1 billion.
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, reportedly lost a total of $900 million within 24 hours on Friday, January 8, after his company Dangote Industries Limited emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Adewale Adeleke, the older brother of singer Davido, and his wife, Kani, have welcomed a baby girl.cThe couple got married in February 2020. Adewale announced the arrival of their bundle of joy on his Instastories. Congrats to them!
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney, Sidney Powell have been banned on Twitter as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has reacted to the insurrection at the US capitol which occurred while lawmakers in the North American country were certifying results from the 2020 presidential election.
Facebook has announced it has blocked President Trump on its platforms, including Instagram, indefinitely or at best until the end of his term in two weeks' time following the violent protests by his supporters at Capitol Hill on Wednesday, January 6.
Manchester United has finalized the signing of Amad Diallo from Atalanta for a fee that could rise to £37 million ($50m) with add-ons. The deal was agreed back in October on the final day of the summer transfer window but remained on hold as the club had to secure a work permit and agree to personal terms with the winger.
The British actress, who gave birth to her son Tenn in October, posted an image on Instagram on Tuesday of her son in a hospital room, alongside a laptop playing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech announcing a new lockdown in England last night.
