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McDonald’s faces class action over ‘pervasive sexual harassment’

The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Chicago, says the company fostered a climate of “severe or pervasive sexual harassment and a hostile work environment, including groping, physical assaults, and sexually-charged verbal comments.”
Updated on Apr 14, 2020 03:06 pm IST

Copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The Testaments, released early by mistake

Retailers were instructed to keep The Testaments strictly under wraps until its official release on September 10, but several online customers have already received the much-anticipated novel.
Updated on Sept 06, 2019 11:41 am IST

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to announce withdrawal of controversial extradition bill

Demonstrators gather during a strike rally at Tamar Park in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she never asked China for permission to resign over the historic unrest rocking the city, while acknowledging that she discussed her struggles in a closed-door meeting. Photographer: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg
Updated on Sept 04, 2019 12:52 pm IST

Warren Buffett’s $4.5mn charity lunch postponed after cryptocurrency promoter falls ill

Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 01:05 am IST

‘Do you believe in UFOs?’: China hints at test of new missile

On Sunday, footage circulated on China’s Weibo microblogging service of an object travelling up into the sky, leaving a white trail behind it, over the Bohai Sea, partly closed at the time for military drills.
Published on Jun 04, 2019 03:19 pm IST