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Booker Prize 2023 judging panel Thursday announced the final list of six novels from 13 longlisted titles – the so-called “Booker dozen" – which were selected from 163 books published between October last year and September this year. All the six shortlisted books "showcase the breadth of what world literature can do", BBC reported Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan, who chairs the judging panel, as saying. London-based Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo’s debut novel ‘Western Lane’ was among the shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize in London.

Hayes was referred to the Court of Appeal in July for his conviction after a “wide-ranging and complex" investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Italy’s competition authority has opened a probe into Ryanair’s market position in the country, further escalating tensions between the Irish budget carrier and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government.

As Citi prepares to restructure the bank along the lineslaid out last week by CEO Jane Fraser (fewer divisions, fewer regional heads, probably alot of cuts in controls and technology), some people inside the bank say they'd like more appreciation. 

New Delhi: In a reply before the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, the Resolution Professional (RP) for grounded airline Go First stated that the airline's aircraft lessors, BOC Aviation (Ireland) Ltd, ACG Aircraft Leasing Ireland, and DAE 13 Ireland Designated Activity Co, should approach the division bench of the court for directives on aircraft maintenance. The RP argued that the single bench should not pass any directives because, according to the "doctrine of merger," the single bench's 5 July order has already merged with the 12 July division bench order of the High Court, which upheld and modified it. Both orders have been upheld by the Supreme Court, and the plea for modification has reached its finality.

By Engen Tham and Selena Li

History in Saint-Etienne as a superb and desperate Fiji beat Australia for the first time in 69 years, keeping their quarter-final hopes alive and putting the Wallabies Rugby World Cup campaign on a knife’s edge – a bonus point win against Wales next Sunday is non-negotiable.

TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($379 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for failing to keep kids' data safe on its platform. The fine, under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), was announced in relation to TikTok's processing of personal data relating to child users of its platform. TikTok was found to have violated eight articles of the GDPR.

SpiceJet on Friday claimed in the bankruptcy court that two insolvency petitions filed against it by two aircraft lessors — Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Ltd and Celestial Aviation Services Ltd — were not maintainable. The low-cost airline informed the National Company Law Tribunal that Wilmington was not the owner of the aircraft leased by it and so it is not an operational creditor to file an insolvency petition. Opposing the Celestial Aviation case, SpiceJet argued that five operational creditors had filed a combined petition, so it was not maintainable. In the Wilmington case, SpiceJet claimed that the owner of the aircraft was BOC Aviation Ltd, which had transferred the ownership to Aircaste (Ireland) Ltd and.

European regulators have slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children's privacy

European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children's privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe's strict data privacy rules. Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are largely in Dublin, said it was fining TikTok 345 million euros and reprimanding the platform for the violations dating to the second half of 2020.

TikTok has been fined €345 million ($370 million) for breaching privacy laws regarding the processing of children's personal data in the European Union, its lead regulator in the bloc said on Friday. The Chinese-owned short-video platform, which has grown rapidly among teenagers around the world in recent years, breached a number of EU privacy laws between July 31, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020, Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said in a statement.

Spicejet, on Thursday, argued that the insolvency petition filed by aircraft lessor Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Limited was not maintainable, questioning the company’s locus standi to file an insolvency petition. In another case listed before the National Company Law Tribunal, Spicejet argued that the insolvency petition filed under Section 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, by Celestial Aviation Services Ltd, wasn’t maintainable either. The low-cost airline informed the National Company Law Tribunal that the owner in Wilmington’s case was not the company that had filed the petition but BOC Aviation Ltd, which had transferred it to Aircaste (Ireland) Ltd and, thus, the petitioner could not be the operational creditor. “He’s not the owner of the aircraft, so in what capacity does he become the operational creditor,” senior counsel representing Spicejet stated. “Trustee is only entrusted with the property and cannot become the owner of the property,” he further said, referring to the invoices, where the account was also in Aircastle (Ireland) Ltd’s, earlier referred to as Klaatu Aircraft Leasing (Ireland) Limited, name.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally made the move to expand his metaverse Horizon Worlds from virtual reality headsets to people's smartphones and computers.

Regional health officials in France say a 32-year-old woman is dead and a dozen people have been hospitalized after an apparent botulism outbreak

botulism outbreak in Bordeaux, France. Besides, it was announced that an Irish rugby fan was among seven patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a hospital. It has raised an impertinent question- what is botulism and how dangerous it is?

LONDON : Russia has stepped up imports of the aluminium feedstock alumina from India in recent months to supply its vast Siberian plants, a move that diversifies the sanctions-hit country's supply, helps reduce dependence on China and cuts costs. After invading Ukraine, the world's second biggest producer of aluminium lost two crucial sources of alumina, used to make aluminium metal, as a refinery in Ukraine suspended production and Australia banned supplies to Russia. While Russia and China are on friendly terms, aluminium production in China is rising, leaving less price flexibility for Russia to buy alumina.

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A Californian lawmaker has introduced a bill to protect actors, artists, and entertainers from artificial intelligence, by mandating employment contracts to include informed consent when it comes to digital replicates.

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notices to Go First’s Resolution Professional (RP) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in response to pleas filed by aircraft lessors regarding inadequate aircraft maintenance. BOC Aviation (Ireland) Ltd, ACG Aircraft Leasing Ireland, and DAE 13 Ireland Designated Activity Co. submitted new applications after discovering their parked aircraft in poor condition during inspections.

The famous stopwatch will still announce the show as “60 Minutes.”