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Images are for illustrative purposes only. Photo: File Published date: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 5:17 pm Last updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 8:44 PM Heavy rain and hail fell in parts of the country on Wednesday, August 28, as the UAE weather transitioned from mid-summer to summer. Heavy rain accompanied by hail fell in Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, while moderate to light rain fell in Ras Al Khaimah, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). The UAE Meteorological Department had earlier issued orange and yellow alerts, predicting rain in some areas. Stay updated with the latest…

Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Wednesday won a lawsuit against The New York Times over a defamatory editorial she claimed the paper published. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Palin can try again to prove that The New York Times should be held liable for a 2017 editorial, “America’s Deadly Politics,” that falsely linked her to the 2011 mass shooting that left six people dead and severely injured Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Media commentators and Palin herself see the lawsuit as a potential step to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan,…

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Former Alaska governor and Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday secured the right to a retrial in her high-profile libel lawsuit against The New York Times. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled to allow a second hearing in a case over a 2017 editorial that falsely linked Palin to a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that left six people dead and severely injured Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The appeals court found that District Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over the initial trial in February 2022, made several significant errors that jeopardized the trial’s progress.…

The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) conducted its first manned vehicle test outside the UAE, with Japanese driver Noda Juju at the wheel in Italy. The 18-year-old will be putting the Super Formula SF23 car through its paces at Imola, allowing engineers to collect data on vehicle dynamics, GPS trajectory and human driver behaviour that will form the basis of all future autonomous races. The first round of the A2RL took place at Yas Marina Circuit earlier this year, with teams competing for a multi-million dollar prize after extensive testing and development with the help of former F1 driver…

Fantasy football draft season is now in full swing, and to help you prepare for the most important part of fantasy season, we’re gathering all of our best analysis and advice here in one place to help you build a winning team at the end of the day.The 2024 Yahoo Fantasy Football Draft Kit is updated daily and will continue to add new content until the season begins. Whether you’re new to fantasy football or a seasoned pro looking to add another title to your trophy case, our Draft Kit has all the rankings, sleepers, fades, position previews and other…

The Iranian government is coordinating with ransomware groups in attacks against organizations in the United States, Israel, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates, according to an advisory released Wednesday by a U.S. federal agency. The FBI, Department of Defense, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said as of August that Iranian threat actors continued to target government organizations, as well as the education, financial, healthcare, and defense sectors. “The FBI assesses that a significant percentage of these threat actor activity against U.S. organizations is aimed at gaining and developing network access and then coordinating with ransomware-related actors to deploy…

Curator: Aakash BiswasLast updated: August 28, 2024 21:27 ISTShikhar Dhawan (Photo: Sportzpics from IPL)ILT20 CEO David Whyte said he is interested in featuring former India opener Shikhar Dhawan for the third season of ILT20, which begins on January 11, 2025.ILT20 CEO David White wants the third tournament to be bigger and better than the last. In addition to bringing more people to the venues and providing a better experience for those watching on screen, White is also determined to recruit top athletes to the team to make ILT20 Season 3 a huge success.Speaking to The Times of India, White said…

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday won a lawsuit against The New York Times over a case she claimed was defamatory. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said Palin can again prove that The New York Times is liable for a 2017 editorial that falsely linked her to a mass shooting six years ago that left six people dead and severely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona). Palin’s lawyers argued that U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over the February 2022 trial, wrongly excluded evidence of actual malice by The New York Times and wrongly instructed…

CNN — The day after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, CNN reported that Beyoncé had agreed to let the vice president use “Freedom” as his official campaign song, so it was a seemingly antagonistic choice when the Republican candidate’s campaign used the same Beyoncé song as the background for a recent social media video showcasing former President Donald Trump. Many artists, from Celine Dion and Foo Fighters to Bruce Springsteen and the Prince Foundation, have objected to the Trump campaign’s use of their songs over the years,…

Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over an editorial linking her to the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords was resumed on Wednesday.Several “significant issues” in Palin’s unsuccessful 2022 federal trial in Manhattan “call into question the credibility of the ruling,” the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said. While the jury was deliberating, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff dismissed the case, finding the news organizations not liable “as a matter of law.” The ruling “unfairly usurped the jury’s authority to make a credibility determination,” Judge John M. Walker Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd…