Al Bayt Stadium will host the opening match on November 21. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP via Getty Images World Cup fans will be able to watch four unprecedented matches per day, spread over 11 hours, on television during the group stage of the Qatar 2022 tournament after the schedule was …
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ViacomCBS sacks MTV presenter Nick Cannon for ‘hate speech’ and ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theories’
Nick Cannon has been fired by ViacomCBS after the host “promoted hate speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories,” according to the media giant. “ViacomCBS condemns intolerance of any kind and we strongly denounce all forms of anti-Semitism,” ViacomCBS said in a statement. “While we support education and ongoing dialogue in …
Read More »Virtual dating is booming, but those who say it’s not enough
Why did you press that button? is back for a special episode about virtual dating in 2020. The pandemic has forced many people to stay home, which means dating has had to move online. For this episode, Kaitlyn Tiffany and I talked to online users and Bumble’s vice president of …
Read More »Nasdaq ‘Fear Gauge’ Shows Warning Signs About Tech Rally
(Bloomberg) – There are more signs of potential trouble for high-flying tech stocks, this time around indicators of expected volatility. One alert comes from the widest spread since 2004 between the Cboe NDX volatility index, a measure of the implied capital swings for the Nasdaq-100, and the counterparty called the …
Read More »Stabbings in Norway: woman killed and two others injured in Sarpsborg
Image copyright Bekka / Reuters Screenshot Police closed the city of Sarpsborg after the attacks. One woman died and two others were injured after a series of nightly stabbings in Norway. The first reports of the attacks came just before midnight in the city of Sarpsborg, south of the capital, …
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