Birthday gift: Film actor Kevin Spacey sheds tears as London jury quashes sexual assault charges
Three men accused the Oscar winner of aggressively grabbing their crotches, describing him as “vile” and a “slippery, snaky” predator. A fourth, an aspiring actor, said he awoke to the actor performing oral sex on him after going to Spacey’s London apartment for a career advice and a beer and either falling asleep or passing out.
Authors and publishers move to court seeking reversal of a ban imposed on ‘sexually explicit’ by Texas
The new lawsuit, filed in Austin federal court on Tuesday, asserts that the legislation “compels plaintiffs to express the government’s views, even if they do not agree,” in violation of the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
ECOWAS official says West Africa recorded 1,800 terrorist attacks between January and June that resulted in 4,600 deaths
Touray, who is president of the ECOWAS Commission, singled out the following drivers of insecurity in the region: terrorism, armed rebellion, organised crime, unconstitutional changes of government, illegal maritime activities, environmental crises and fake news.
NBA legend LeBron James’ son Bronny in stable condition after cardiac arrest at USC practice
Bronny James announced in May that he would play college basketball for the Trojans, whose campus is less than two miles from the downtown arena of his father’s Los Angeles Lakers. USC’s basketball team is holding offseason practices in preparation for a two-week European tour next month.
Ace Jaylen Brown, Celtics strike 5-year supermax deal worth $304 million – biggest ever in history
Brown’s new contract likely will lead to some financial manoeuvring down the road with the league’s new collective bargaining agreement bringing more limitations on how teams construct their rosters and additional luxury tax penalties.
Lawmakers in US introduce Free Speech Protection Act to curb government censorship
The proposed legislation comes on the heels of the contentious US House of Representatives hearing of the Subcommittee on the Weaponisation of the Federal Government, which was organised to “examine the federal government’s role in censoring Americans,” “Big Tech’s collusion with government agencies to silence speech” and the ongoing Missouri v. Biden lawsuit alleging government censorship.
How ‘business confidentiality’ in Uganda provides avenues for ravenous ruling elite to unleash terror on environment
Towards the beginning of the 1980s the University of Nairobi, Kenya, was the only University in the whole world that was training student in the Biology of Conservation at masters level. I was one of the first three Ugandans to benefit from the programme, but the last of them. The...
