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US actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday. Spacey was also charged with one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, the CPS said. The charges relate to two alleged incidents in London in 2005, another two in 2008, and a further incident in Gloucestershire, western England, in 2013. The alleged victim of the 2005 incidents is now in his 40s, while the two men allegedly involved in the 2008 and 2013 incidents are now in their 30s, London's Metropolitan Police said. The decision to charge Spacey "follows a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police Service in its investigation," the force said. While the charges were authorized on Thursday, Spacey is not currently in England or Wales and the charges cannot formally be applied until he enters one of those countries, a CPS spokesperson told CNN. The agency...

 Rajeev Jhawar, and Indian Industrialist and son of Brij Kishore Jhawar is the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited. He is an aluminous of Ranchi University and London Business School. He started his journey as the vice president (commercial) and became the Managing Director of the company in 1998. In the three decades that he has been at the helm of the group, he has accelerated growth, built a meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value. His leadership qualities, sharp business acumen, in depth understanding of business administration and strategic decision making has taken the group do an altogether higher growth trajectory. UML’s wire rope business manufactures wire, strands, LRPC and wire ropes, which cater to various industries, including steel, infrastructure, construction and auto. Rajeev Jhawar Usha Martin expects that the domestic market will see a spurt in demand once the contagion is contained and business returns to normalcy, as overall economic activity in India is...

 Emir asks government to stay on in a caretaker capacity A Kuwaiti Emiri decree accepted the resignation of the government on Tuesday, more than a month after it was submitted, state news agency Kuna reported. The decree asked the government to stay on in a caretaker capacity, the report said.

  Social media posts suggest that some drivers are refusing to work, demanding better wages Restaurants in the UAE are facing difficulties finding riders from the country's most popular delivery services Zomato and Talabat. Owned by Germany-based Delivery Heroes, the two services jointly account for the lion's share of delivery services in the UAE. Social media posts suggest that some riders are refusing to work, demanding better wages. In a statement, Talabat told Khaleej Times that it is "committed to ensuring riders can continue to rely on our platform to provide for their families, having decent stable gross monthly earnings of around Dh3,500 on average". "Until last week, rider pay satisfaction was well above 70 per cent, and we haven't updated our payment model recently. We understand economic and political realities are constantly changing, and we will always continue to listen to what riders have to say," the statement added. The delivery service...

  Elon Musk  said on Tuesday that Twitter could start charging a “slight cost” for government and commercial users in comments that come just over a week since he reached a deal to buy the social media platform. “Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing,” Musk  tweeted  initially. “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users,” he added a few hours later. It is not exactly clear what Musk means by “casual users” or how Twitter would characterize that usage.  Last year, a subscription service called  Twitter Blue was rolled out by the social media platform  that gives subscribers access to special features, such as an “undo feature” that allows people to change or “undo” a tweet with the use of a customizable timer. Another feature accessible to Twitter Blue subscribers is the option to read tweets through a “reader mod...

 A host of special guests and football personalities will be present at all the public events — meaning extra excitement for the many fans who are sure to turn out. Fans will also be treated to a host of activities and have the chance to win tickets to the opening match of the tournament between Qatar and Ecuador. Doha: With only six months to go until the first FIFA World Cup™ in the Middle East and Arab world, excitement for the tournament is reaching fever-pitch levels in Qatar and throughout the region. During the Eid holiday, fans in Qatar will be able to catch a glimpse of the famous FIFA World Cup ™ Original Trophy from 5–10 May as it visits tourist hotspots including Aspire Park, Lusail Marina, Souq Waqif and Msheireb Downtown Doha. These events in Qatar will count as the send-off for the Original Trophy before it embarks on the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola — which will return to Doha for the opening match of the tournament at Al Bayt Stadium on 21 November...

  MUMBAI  : The 125-year-old Godrej group has entered into the lending business launching its unit Godrej Capital Limited, which will be a subsidiary of Godrej Industries Limited.   Godrej Capital will be the holding entity for Godrej Housing Finance and Godrej Finance Limited, its non-banking financial company (NBFC), Godrej group said in a statement.  Godrej Finance held a NBFC licence since 1998, when it was known as Ensemble Holdings and Finance; however, it has never been active in the lending space.  Godrej Industries has now committed to invest Rs 1,500 crore in capital in Godrej Capital. With its retail financial services business, the $4.1 billion conglomerate group has a near-term aim to build Rs 30,000 crore balance sheet by 2026, the statement further said.  Godrej Capital currently has its footprint across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Ahmedabad, and Pune and will soon be operational in six new cities, i.e., Jaipur, Chandigarh...

 The newly raised funds will be used for building a team which will help the 2018-founded company expand into newer geographies and categories, its co-founder and chief executive Arpi Mehta Shah said. Dental technology startup Toothsi on Monday said that it has raised $40 million (over Rs 305 crore) in a round of funding from a clutch of investors, including veteran banker Aditya Puri, Eight Roads Ventures, Paramark and IIFL. The newly raised funds will be used for building a team which will help the 2018-founded company expand into newer geographies and categories, its co-founder and chief executive Arpi Mehta Shah said. The company claims to have designed 'smile makeovers' for 1.4 lakh customers in the country since its inception. Shah said the company intends to be the one-stop shop for doctor-directed solutions for cosmetic dentistry and dermatology. It also has a sister brand called 'Skinnsi' which provides at-home laser assisted cosmetology se...

  One of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, announced President Ivan Duque. “I want to reveal that Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias ‘Otoniel’ has been extradited,”  Duque  said on Twitter, calling him “the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world.” Usuga, 50, was the most wanted person in Colombia until he was  arrested last October  in the northwest of the country after a massive military operation. Duque described Usuga as a “murderer of social leaders and police, an abuser of boys, girls and teenagers.” “Today legality, the rule of law, the security forces and justice triumphed,” he added. On Wednesday afternoon, a convoy of five bulletproof police vehicles transported Usuga from a prison in the capital Bogota to a military airport, where he was handed over to US Drug Enforcement Administration officials. Images shared by local media showed a handcuffed Usuga s...

  Following Russia’s invasion of Urkaine and a crackdown on the media, independent outlet DOXA – like others – had to reinvent itself. More than 100 people gathered outside of the Dorogomilovsky district court in Moscow on the foggy morning of April 12. Inside the court, four DOXA magazine journalists were about to hear their sentence in a year-long criminal case. They were accused of encouraging minors to protest in a YouTube video they published in the midst of pro-Navalny rallies in January 2021. As hours passed, the crowd and the police presence grew. A woman with balloons in Ukrainian flag colours and six more people were arrested by the police. Tension rose. Finally, at 5:00pm the judge announced the sentence – two years of “correctional labour”. In different circumstances and in a different country, such an outcome might have depressed the defendants. But the journalists were relieved. The measure obligates the four – Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramyan, Natalia Tyshkevic...