Apple to bring social media platform Parler back to App Store
Reuters | Apr 19, 2021 10:33 PM EDT
Silhouette of a mobile user seen next to a screen projection of the Apple logo in this picture illustration taken (Photo : REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
Apple Inc will bring social media app Parler, favored by U.S conservatives, back to its App Store after the iPhone maker pulled it following the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, according to a letter sent to two Republican lawmakers.
The letter, obtained by Reuters, said that after substantial conversations with Parler, the app had proposed updates to its app and content moderation policy that would lead to it being reinstated.
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Sarah Geronimo-Guidicelli (Contributed photo) April 20, 2021 TALA: The Film Concert, the Philippines top-selling digital concert of all time, is back for a global repeat! This will give Popsters in the Philippines and all over the world a chance to see this one-of-a-kind concert again.
Last March 27, Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo’s performed her first-ever digital film concert making Tala, the biggest selling concert of the year. Tickets were sold out early and Viva Entertainment had to release additional VVIP tickets due to the large demand.
The film concert trended worldwide and became a hot topic on social media during its worldwide premiere on ktx.ph, iWantTFC, and SKY Pay-Per-View. Many of the fans were awestruck to see an edgier Sarah G in her world-class performances, including past hits plus surprise songs by BTS, Dua Lipa and The Weeknd.
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal book review Ian Thomson
When is a life worth telling? Edmund de Waal’s haunting account of a Parisian collector and the fate of his Jewish family during the German occupation of France combines ghastly drama with domestic detail, in a jewel-like amalgam of history and personal reflection that absorbs from start to finish.
Ten years on from
The Hare with Amber Eyes, de Waal turns his careful, exacting gaze on the life and times of the Count de Camondo, a scion of a Constantinople banking family known as the “Rothschilds of the East”. Having left Constantinople as a child, in 1910 Moïse de Camondo designed for himself and began to fill an exquisite townhouse in Paris with the 18th century decorative art he so loved: Buffon Sèvres dinner tureens, Louis XVI chaises, ormolu clocks, gauzy Aubusson tapestries, diamond-patterned marquetry
White House Denies Border Crisis After Joe Biden Calls It a Crisis
White House press secretary Jen Psaki argued the crisis on the Southern border was not a crisis even after President Joe Biden described it as such.
There is no change in position, Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing Monday. The president does not feel that children coming to our border seeking refuge from violence, economic hardships, and other dire circumstances is not a crisis.
On Sunday, Biden spoke to reporters about the crisis on the border, saying it was part of his consideration on the issue of refugee caps.
Oaktree Investments proposes to buy back James Packer s stake in Crown Resorts
19 Apr, 2021 12:43 AM
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James Packer. Photo / Getty Images
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By: Gerard Cockburn
An investment firm has pledged to fund a buyout of James Packer s stake in Crown Resorts, potentially paving a way for the casino giant to obtain its Sydney gaming licence.
Crown acknowledged that it had received a non-binding and indicative proposal from Oaktree Investments to fund a buy back of shares owned by the billionaire s private company Consolidated Press Holdings (CPH).
Oaktree s proposal details an investment funding of nearly A$3 billion ($3.2b) to Crown in order to buy back some or all of the shares held by CPH.