Disney says there was ‘a relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney’ over free speech.Walt Disney Co sued Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, asking a court to overturn state efforts to control the Walt Disney World theme parks and intensifying a battle between a global entertainment giant and a potential US presidential contender. The lawsuit marks the United States company’s response to escalating efforts by DeSantis and his supporters to exert power over Disney World, which draws millions of visitors every year to its massive amusement parks, the first of which opened in 1971. “The company is…
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Santiago, Chile – It’s white — not yellow — but like gold, lithium has rapidly become one of the most sought-after precious metals on earth. Theoretically you can find it almost anywhere, but in practice lithium is best extracted from salt flats. This explains why lithium fever is spreading throughout what is known as the lithium triangle, the salt flats of Chile and neighbouring Bolivia and Argentina. According to World Economic Forum, they account for around 60 percent of the world’s known lithium reserves. Of the three, Chile is currently the largest producer. Driven by the global green energy transition,…
Last Updated: 26/04/23 4:23pm Luca Brecel handed Ronnie O’Sullivan a shock defeat in their quarter-final at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. O’Sullivan had held off Brecel to go into the concluding session with a 10-6 lead.But that was as good as it got for O’Sullivan. He did not win a frame on Wednesday as Brecel overtook him to win 13-10 and advance to the semi-finals. More to follow…This is a breaking news story that is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh this page for the latest updates.Sky Sports brings you live updates as they…
Santigo Espinal is back in the Toronto Blue Jays lineup after missing the past three games with a wrist injury. Espinal is hitting ninth and playing second base in Wednesday’s series finale against the Chicago White Sox. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Espinal suffered the injury after being hit by a pitch from Gerrit Cole in Saturday’s loss to the New York Yankees. The injury forced Espinal to leave that game with a right wrist contusion but x-rays afterwards revealed he had avoided a more serious injury. Espinal was an all-star last season but has struggled in a…
Three years ago, Aamira Elamin, 40, left Washington, DC, her home for more than 15 years, with all of her belongings to return to Sudan. She came with a renewed sense of hope in the North African country, arriving after the 2019 uprising that toppled President Omar al-Bashir after nearly three decades in power. Elamin, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is a doctor by profession and wanted to give back to her country, where she attended government-funded schooling. But that hope was frayed when a coup in 2021 derailed Sudan’s fragile transition towards democracy, and it…
As a bonfire lit by children finished burning, the winners at the first Indigenous Games of Peruibe received the wooden medals around their necks with little fanfare. The spectators, though, screamed and howled around the village’s arena as defeated competitors applauded between smokes of their pipes. The two-day competition last weekend in southern Sao Paulo state was not exactly the Olympics, but some of the friendly spirit of the past echoed among about 120 athletes of the Guarani, Tupi-Guarani and Fulnió communities – plus 21 of their non-Indigenous friends allowed to compete on Piacaguera Indigenous land. The programme was a…
Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Madrid Open hours before her first-round match due to a right-hand injury.The British No 1 and 2021 US Open champion will drop out of the WTA’s top 100 in the world after the tournament as a result of her withdrawal. Raducanu was due to play Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova in the opening round of her second clay-court tournament as she builds up to the French Open in just over a month, starting on May 28.The 20-year-old suffered a one-sided straight-sets defeat to Jelena Ostapenko in the first round of the Stuttgart Open last week, with…
England defender Lucy Bronze will miss ‘a couple of weeks’ after undergoing knee surgery and has been ruled out of Barcelona’s Champions League semi-final second leg on Thursday.The full-back went down clutching her knee in the 65th minute of Barca’s Champions League meeting with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, receiving medical attention on the pitch. Concerns were heightened when, as she went to walk off, her knee gave way. Barcelona, who won the first leg 1-0, only need to avoid defeat in the Nou Camp to reach the final for a second consecutive year. Image: Bronze went down injured…
The leader of a small Taiwan political party also faces charges of ‘secession’ while a Chinese journalist has been accused of spying.Li Yanhe, a Taiwan publisher who went missing while visiting Shanghai last month, is under investigation for suspected national security crimes, Beijing says. Li, the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, is being investigated “on suspicion of engaging in activities endangering national security”, Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a news conference on Wednesday, promising that his “legitimate rights and interests” would be protected. Gusa has published books on history and politics critical of China’s ruling Communist…
Two-stage Han Kuang drills start next month amid heightened tension across the strait after recent China war games.Taiwan will start its Han Kuang military drills next month with computer simulations as it focuses on combating a blockade of the island and preserving the fighting capabilities of its forces, according to its defence ministry. The annual drills will kick off with five days of tabletop exercises from May 15. Live fire exercises are to take place for five days from July 24. The focus will be on combat forces’ “preservation” and “maritime interception”, the defence ministry said at a press conference,…