Reels are short video clips that Instagram introduced on its platform last year. The company has been working towards its monetization. Last month, the Facebook-owned company had announced that it will be placing ads in the Reels section. Now, the company is planning to establish the other side of the bargain. Instagram might soon start […]
Day: May 26, 2021
Villarreal outlast Man United in epic penalty shootout to win the Europa League: How social media reacted
After 120 minutes failed to separate Manchester United and Villarreal, the two clubs went to a penalty shootout to decide the Europa League final. What happened next was simply incredible, as both sides made their first 10 penalties before Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli beat David De Gea and then saved his counterpart’s subsequent spot kick […]
Blinken Meets Leaders of Egypt and Jordan on Rebuilding Gaza
AMMAN, Jordan — A fragile cease-fire remains intact, but the work to rebuild after the short but deadly war between Israel and Hamas has just begun, the top American diplomat said Wednesday at the close of a Middle East trip intended to keep simmering tensions from erupting anew. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said […]
Johnson & Johnson Jab Limited In Belgium To Over-41s After Post-Vaccine Death
Johnson & Johnson’s jab accounts for just over 10% of doses of all four vaccines in use in Europe (FILE) Brussels: Johnson & Johnson’s single-jab vaccine against COVID-19 will be limited in Belgium to people aged 41 and over, authorities said on Wednesday following the death of a woman who received the jab. The country’s […]
Adam Vinatieri was one of the last players standing from the ’90s
5:05 PM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate Adam Vinatieri, perhaps the most clutch player in NFL history and the league’s all-time leading scorer, announced his retirement on Wednesday after 24 seasons. We could go on and on about Vinatieri’s best moments in the league, like […]
Jeff Bezos’ final shareholder meeting as Amazon CEO: highlights
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019, in Washington. Paul Morigi | Getty Images | Amazon Jeff Bezos on Wednesday stewarded his last shareholder meeting as CEO of Amazon, highlighting the company’s successes in the previous year, while acknowledging it has many […]
Manitoba is now the worst hot spot in North America, with its hospitals overwhelmed.
The coronavirus is now spreading faster in Manitoba than in any other province or state in Canada, the United States or Mexico, with Indigenous people and people of color hit disproportionately hard. Figures released on Wednesday show that over the last two weeks, the prairie province in the middle of Canada reported an average of […]
EU Seeks Huge Fine in AstraZeneca Court Case
Representation pic The European Union accused the drugmaker of acting in bad faith to provide shots to other nations PTI Last Updated:May 26, 2021, 20:49 IST FOLLOW US ON: The European Union took on vaccine producer AstraZeneca in a Brussels court on Wednesday and accused the drugmaker of acting in bad faith to provide shots […]
Judge Clears Purdue Pharma’s Restructuring Plan for Vote by Thousands of Claimants
“It’s not unprecedented, but it’s highly controversial” for a bankrupt company’s owners to be released from future litigation as part of a settlement, said Adam J. Levitin, a law professor specializing in bankruptcy at Georgetown University Law Center. “It’s not even clear that the bankruptcy court has the jurisdiction to do this,” as the Sacklers […]
Pending sale of Minnesota Timberwolves has no limitations to moving franchise to a new city
Meyer Orbach, the second-largest shareholder in the Minnesota Timberwolves, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Wednesday alleging that owner Glen Taylor’s pending sale of the franchise to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez is in violation of the franchise’s partnership agreement, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by ESPN. The […]