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Sports Minister Rita Saffioti suspects an ex-bikie turned professional boxer won’t be allowed to fight at the proposed event at RAC Arena. 

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced on Monday that it is recognizing June as “Title IX Month.”The announcement came in honor of the 53rd anniversary of Title IX of the Educational Amendments (1972) being signed into law. The official date is June 23.”June will now be dedicated to commemorating women and celebrating their struggle for, and achievement of, equal educational opportunity,” the DOE said in a release. “Throughout the month, the Department will highlight actions taken to reverse the Biden Administration’s legacy of undermining Title IX and announce additional actions to…

Did you know that women already control a third of the world’s private wealth— and that number is expected to soar past 50% in the next 5 years? But how can you be part of that growth? Now You Know speaks with Cristina Jaeger, the founder of HerFinancialFreedom. Cristina’s mission is to close the gender gap in wealth and investing and help women gain financial independence. She shares tips on how women can meet their financial goals.

A judge in California on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants in the Los Angeles area, ruling that the government hasn’t promised adequate due process.The ruling by U.S. District Judge John Holcomb — who was nominated by President Trump in 2019 — is the latest to limit the administration’s controversial practice of rapidly deporting people accused of being members of the gang Tren de Aragua under the 1798 law, which allows removals during an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” of the United States. Courts in three other states have also blocked…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than 200 people who took California’s bar exam in February will have their scores changed from “fail” to “pass” after a California Bar committee approved new scoring adjustments.The grading change affected 230 test takers in the State Bar of California’s latest attempt to mitigate the fallout of its disastrous February test, which was plagued with technical and logistical problems. That exam prompted several lawsuits, including at least two filed by test takers and one filed by the state bar against the company that administered the exam.With the changes approved on Friday,…

Walt Disney Co. is laying off hundreds of employees as part of a cost-cutting measure, CBS News has confirmed. “As our industry transforms at a rapid pace, we continue to evaluate ways to efficiently manage our businesses while fueling the state-of-the-art creativity and innovation that consumers value and expect from Disney,” a spokesperson said in an email to CBS News on Monday. “As part of this ongoing work, we have identified opportunities to operate more efficiently and are eliminating a limited number of positions today.”Disney did not confirm the exact number of employees being dismissed, but indicated the cuts will be across several of…

Uber said Monday that Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, one of the company’s longest-tenured top executives and the head of is delivery business is leaving after almost 13 years.Gore-Coty joined Uber as a general manager in France in 2012, and worked his way up to become vice president of mobility for the Europe and Middle East region four years later, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was named senior vice president of delivery in 2021.”It’s hard to imagine Uber without Pierre, because there hasn’t been much Uber without Pierre,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement that was part of a regulatory filing.…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailRajeev Menon, APEC President of Marriott International, says India is a cornerstone of the company’s global strategy. They plan to double their presence in the country by next year, expanding into 90 cities. The company sees strong potential in India’s rising middle class, secondary and tertiary cities, and growing religious and business travel. It is also leveraging AI to boost operational efficiency and expects robust demand heading into the summer travel season.

A former NRL hopeful allegedly accepted an apology from a man, only to fatally punch him moments later during a heated early morning altercation on the Gold Coast.Oshae Jackson Tuiasau, 29, has pleaded not guilty to unlawfully striking 39-year-old Toro George, claiming he acted in self-defence during an escalating street argument.The court was told the confrontation unfolded just before 4am on December 19, 2021, on View Ave in Surfers Paradise.CCTV footage played to the jury showed a group of five men and one woman walking together when Mr George leaned toward Mr Tuiasau, who then struck him once in the…

But Julian Dierkes, a Mongolia expert at Germany’s University of Mannheim, said he “(didn’t) expect any successor to adopt substantially different policies” from Oyun-Erdene, including on corruption. His ouster “may mean the resurgence of factional politics in his party” after years of comparative stability at the top of Mongolian politics, Dierkes told AFP. SECRET BALLOT Oyun-Erdene has denied the corruption allegations, and in an address to parliament before the vote, blamed “major, visible and hidden interests” for waging an “organised campaign” to bring down the government. He had also warned of political instability and economic chaos if forced out of…