2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (381+ words) This is the story of a professor of language science who mistook his grandiose dreams for reality. Between an oversized ego and digital stagecraft, this is the tale of an academic hoax that will, for him, be settled in court....

1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (352+ words) The long-running holiday ritual known as the "sunbed wars" has now reached the courts. A German tourist has won compensation after claiming he and his family were unable to use poolside loungers during a holiday in Greece, because other guests…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (336+ words) Owners of some i Phones could receive payouts of up to $95 (87) from Apple after the company agreed on Tuesday to a $250 million (230 million) settlement in a class-action lawsuit over alleged false advertising of its artificial intelligence capabilities. Apple promoted new…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (320+ words) Social media giant Meta has asked a United States judge to throw out a verdict that found the company liable for a woman's depression and addiction, according to court filings and media reports. In March, a jury found that Meta…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (362+ words) Indigenous actress Q'orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's 2005 film The New World, is suing Avatar director James Cameron. In the lawsuit, the German-born actress who is native Peruvian alleges that Cameron "extracted her facial features" and "directed his…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago  (200+ words) A major fire broke out at the Arghavan shopping centre, west of the capital. The blaze swept through the complex sending thick black smoke across the surrounding area. The centre included more than 250 shops and around 50 offices. State television reported…...

22+ hour, 56+ min ago  (198+ words) A fire ripped through a commercial complex near Iran's capital Tehran, killing at least 11 people and leaving dozens more wounded, state media reported on Wednesday. The blaze erupted on Tuesday in Arghavan commercial complex in the city of Andisheh, west…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (23+ words) Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (90+ words) Iran's judiciary announced on Sunday that it had carried out the death execution of Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a man arrested during 2022 protest movement, launched after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in Iran's morality police custody....

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (816+ words) Some 20, 000 people from all over Europe have been gathering since 1 May at Cornusse, near Bourges in the Cher department, for several days of rave partying. The site is a firing range that was used until recently to test the Caesar…...