A wealthy parent arrested as part of Operation Varsity Blues was convicted of bribing US schools with $1.2 million The head of a private equity firm in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison for his involvement in a US college admissions scandal that also saw high-profile Hollywood celebrities including Lori […]
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University to pay $243mn to victims of alleged sex abuse by gynecologist
Hundreds of US women accuse a former doctor of groping them during checkups The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has agreed to pay $243.6 million to 203 women who alleged that the university’s former gynecologist-oncologist, Dr. James Heaps, sexually abused them during vaginal and breast exams. The settlement was announced on Tuesday. Heaps, who […]
Apple lansează funcţia Tap to Pay, care va permite plata prin atingerea telefoanelor între ele
Apple va lansa funcția „Tap to Pay” pentru iPhone, care le va permite utilizatorilor să cumpere bunuri prin atingerea telefoanelor. Serviciul va folosi cipul NFC al iPhone-ului şi va accepta şi Apple Pay, precum şi Visa, American Express, Mastercard şi Discover. Multinaționala a declarat că funcţia „Tap to Pay” va fi accesată prin intermediul aplicaţiilor […]
US military ordered to pay $230 million to mass shooting victims
Judge accused the US government of trying to eschew responsibility for a mass shooting in a church perpetrated by an ex-airman A judge has ordered the US military to hand over more than $230 million to survivors and family members of those killed in a 2017 mass shooting in Texas, in which a former Air […]
Covid unjabbed should pay for treatment – hospitals chief
Fierce debate has been triggered in France after a healthcare boss suggested the unvaccinated could be charged for their treatment Speaking live on French television on Wednesday, Paris AP-HP hospitals system chief Martin Hirsch questioned whether people who have refused the Covid-19 vaccine should be given free treatment. “When free and efficient drugs are available, […]
‘Pharma Bro’ CEO ordered to pay $64 million, barred from industry
The company was accused of driving up the price of a lifesaving drug used by pregnant women and cancer patients Martin Shkreli, dubbed the “Pharma Bro” by the media, has been ordered to pay $64.6 million in profits he and his company made off of the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim. He is also barred from the […]
Afghanistan’s envoy to China steps down after months without pay
The ambassador was sent by the now-collapsed US-backed Afghan government before the Taliban takeover The envoy of the now-defunct US-backed Afghan government to China has announced his resignation, signaling the impending takeover of the mission by a Taliban official. The resignation was announced by the now former envoy in a brief Twitter statement on Monday. […]
Revolut Junior a devenit disponibil și cu Google Pay pentru adolescenții români
Plățile contactless sunt acum posibile pentru adolescenții români, care nu vor mai avea nevoie de cardul fizic pentru a efectua plăți, ci se vor putea folosi de propriul smartphone. Introducerea Google Pay este răspunsul Revolut la cererile transmis de clienți, în ultimele luni. Google Pay este o modalitate sigură de a efectua plăți, fără a […]
Japan agrees to pay more for hosting US troops
Tokyo will pay 211 billion yen ($1.86 billion) per fiscal year to host more than 50,000 US troops in Japan starting next April, an increase of about 10 billion yen a year from the previously negotiated arrangement with Washington. The deal would see Japan pay 1.05 trillion yen (around $9.3 billion) to the US over […]
Pay your debt, Iran tells Britain
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has called on London to repay its debt to Iran, noting that the UK can no longer present false pretenses for delaying the payment which relates to the purchase of British tanks in the 1970s. In a press briefing on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters that Tehran had […]
First Bank le oferă clienților săi posibilitatea folosirii funcției Apple Pay
Achitarea cumpărăturilor se poate face comod doar plasând iPhone-ul sau Apple Watch-ul în apropierea terminalului de plată. Orice plată efectuată cu Apple Pay este sigură deoarece este asigurată cu Face ID, Touch ID, cu un PIN sau cu un Cod Dinamic Unic. Plata cu Apple Pay se poate realiza oriunde. De la supermarket-uri, magazine și […]
Majority of Swiss refuse to pay more for fuel & heating to meet climate change goals – survey
The majority of Swiss are reluctant to fund climate change goals from their own pocket, a new survey has shown. Younger people, and those living in rural areas, are especially unwilling to pay more for gas, heating and air travel. The 2050 carbon neutrality goals, outlined by the Switzerland authorities, are out of step with […]
Poland won’t ‘succumb to lawlessness’, justice minister declares, refusing to ‘pay any zloty’ to EU over fine for judicial reforms
Poland’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro has declared that the country won’t accept “unlawful penalties” over changes to its judicial system, rejecting a punishment handed down by the EU’s top court. The comments were made at a press conference on Thursday, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) earlier ruled that Poland must pay €1 million […]
Where it hurts: Poland must pay 1 million euro PER DAY in rule-of-law row with EU, top European court rules
The European Court of Justice has said on Wednesday that it ordered Poland to pay a million euro (around $1.2 million) every day until it brings its judicial system in line with European Union standards. The harsh penalty was “necessary in order to avoid serious and irreparable harm to the legal order of the European […]
Facebook signs copyright agreement with French media after prolonged talks, paving way for tech giant to pay for news content
Tech giant Facebook has reached an agreement with parts of the French press concerning the copyrights of articles and stories shared on its platform. The firm also announced the launch of Facebook News in France, due in 2022. In a joint statement on Thursday, Facebook and l’Alliance de la presse d’information générale (APIG), a lobby […]