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Oct 27 (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe was dropped by multiple Chinese brands in late October over comments referring to the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, the latest celebrity to face backlash over such missteps. In China, jokes or satire about the country’s founding father remain a social taboo. Global consumer-facing brands doing business in China have also come under scrutiny over the years, from advertisements perceived as insulting Chinese culture to […]

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Four British men went on trial on Tuesday for raping or sexually abusing a woman who had been advertised online, drugged and filmed by her then-husband, with prosecutors warning the jury that they would “see videos of things you cannot then unsee”. Philip Young, 50, earlier this year pleaded guilty to several offences committed over more than a decade against his ex-wife Joanne Young, who […]

By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Home favorite Naomi Osaka held off Italy’s Jasmine Paolini for a 6-3, 7-6 (4) first-round win on Tuesday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The seventh-seeded Osaka, who won the WTA 500 tournament in 2019 and was runner-up in 2016 and 2018, saved seven of nine break points and struck 30 winners. Up next for the four-time Grand […]

Oct 27 (Reuters) – High levels of borrowing to fund AI infrastructure is expanding private credit beyond traditional corporate lending, but a wave of loans coming due in the next few years could leave weaker borrowers struggling to refinance, Moody’s Ratings said on Tuesday. Here are more details: • The ratings agency said AI financing needs now extend beyond data-center construction to land, power, semiconductors, graphics processing units and tensor […]

By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens rookie guard Vega Ioane is nursing an MCL sprain and is expected to be sidelined in the short term, NFL Network reported on Tuesday. Ioane sustained the injury during Baltimore’s 35-13 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. He was replaced by Emery Jones. The 14th overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, Ioane had returned to the […]

(SRN NNEWS)-   )  The Archdiocese of New York has reached an 800 million dollar settlement over sexual abuse allegations.  The money will settle claims from 1,300 people who say they were sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests and lay leaders.  The settlement would allow the plaintiffs to either receive a lump-sum payment of at least 250,000 dollars, or a potentially larger amount after a review of how much abuse […]

(SRN NEWS)- Research published by the Ascent Leader reveals that 10% of Protestants attend what are called multi-site churches and those congregations are growing so fast the demand for leadership is outstripping supply.  There are currently more than 1,800 multi-site congregations occupying over 6,000 sites.  The authors of the report say if you pastor a multi-site, you should be training more leaders NOW. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(SRN NEWS)-Parliament has approved a pair of measures — one of which will allow abortions in the case of unborn babies that suffer from certain disabilities.  The second one would remove penalties for anyone who aids or abets an illegal abortion.  The two pieces of legislation now proceed to the Polish senate where liberals predominate and will likely pass them.  Clergymen and pro-life advocates have been campaigning hard against the bills. […]

JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Israelis surged to the polls at the fastest rate in nearly half ​a century on Tuesday to pass wartime judgment on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what voters described as the most consequential election in the nation’s history. Long lines formed outside polling stations for the first ‌election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, with voters passionately engaged over the trauma of the country’s […]