For a batsman of Steve Smith’s lavish talents, a score of 30 was a modest and inconspicuous debut innings in the County Championship. Neither triumphant nor disastrous, it was not a match-shaping contribution, like that of Sussex’s other superstar, India’s Cheteshwar Pujara, who made his second successive century.But that does not mean Smith’s 79-minute stay...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald's restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found. Agency investigators found the 10-year-olds received little or no pay at a McDonald's in Louisville, the Labor Department said. The franchisee for the Louisville store was among three McDonald's franchisees fined $212,000...
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Attacks Against Mobile Subscribers Nearly Doubling From Q3 to Q4 as Vishing SurgesCAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 9, 2023 / The APWG's new Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that 2022 was another record-shattering year for phishing, with the APWG logging more than 4.7 million phishing sites. Since the beginning of 2019, the number of...
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JOHANNESBURG - Al Jamah-ah party leader, Ganief Hendricks says the City of Johannesburg's new mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda was thoroughly vetted. Gwamanda has been accused of running a fraud scam. The DA has given him 48 hours to address the allegations. READ: New Joburg mayor accused of running fraud scam It is alleged he used his iThemba Lama...
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Key PointsChina is increasingly barring people from leaving the country.A new report cites the cases of Australian journalists Bill Birtles and Michael Smith who were hit with exit bans.Attention on the exit bans comes as China-US tensions have risen over trade and security disputes.China is increasingly barring people from leaving the country, including Australian journalists...
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| Updated: Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 12:49 [IST] Scammers are increasingly targeting their potential victims on WhatsApp owing to its immense popularity among Indians. A startup co-founder shared her conversation with one such account, and it received several responses from WhatsApp users with similar experiences.WhatsApp users in India have been increasingly...
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The National Assembly this week agreed to investigate the Central Procurement Board of Namibia's tender-awarding processes, including the legal framework. Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) lawmaker Nico Smit tabled a motion in parliament last month calling for an investigation into the procurement process. The aim of the investigation is to uncover any areas that require improvement...
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The prominent feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon in 2020 published a law review article making an argument that has become depressingly common—that the First Amendment has been transformed over the last century from “a shield of the powerless to a sword of the powerful,” including “authoritarians, racists and misogynists, Nazis and Klansmen.” MacKinnon is by...
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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has publicized that the celebratory banknote of Rs75 is now available for the community at its offices. It will be accessible from all commercial bank branches, giving people the authority to use it as a legal tender for settling payments nationwide. The green-coloured banknote was brought in order to...
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Members of an all-female tactical combat unit in Afghanistan, who were evacuated during the United States withdrawal, are asking Congress to grant them permanent legal status.Mahnaz Akbari and other members of the Female Tactical Platoon are working to persuade Congress that their service in Afghanistan has earned them the right to stay in America permanently.Credit...
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