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The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has postponed the hearing of insolvency pleas against budget carrier SpiceJet, granting the airline 10 days to file a rejoinder. The pleas were filed by aircraft lessors Aircastle of Ireland and Wilmington Trust. The court is scheduled to hear the Aircastle case on 8 August, and Wilmington Trust’s plea on 17 August.

Hollywood is on strike. For the first time in more than six decades, both writers and actors have walked off the job. They are protesting, principally, the disruption to residual payments in the age of streaming.

The assistant coach of Sam Kerr’s Women’s Super League team Chelsea says the star striker has developed an unexpected capacity to lead young players that will likely benefit the Matildas.

Deutsche Bank has promoted its chief operating officer in the UK and Ireland to interim chief executive for the countries following Tiina Lee's exit to Citigroup.

Meta Platforms will be fined one million crowns ($100,000) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway's data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications. Regulator Datatilsynet said it would charge the fine every day from August 4 until November 3 unless Meta takes action. It said Meta cannot harvest user data in Norway, such as users' physical locations, and use it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, a business model common to Big Tech.

For Danielle Funston, a partner at Maddocks law firm, watching Sam Kerr and the Matildas at this month’s World Cup does not just offer her a fun way to spend time with her two daughters.

KL Rahul remained out of the squad for most of the time. Also, the accident of Risabh Pant created a void in the wicketkeeping side, but what most hurt was the injury of ace bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah last appeared for the Indian side in a T20I series against Australia in September 2022.

Mary Fowler has scored the winning goal to deliver the Matildas a 1-0 victory over France in an ideal final tune-up for their Women’s World Cup tilt.

By Dawn Chmielewski

OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot. The agency sent OpenAI a 20-page letter requesting detailed information on its AI technology, products, customers, privacy safeguards and data security arrangements.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has crept into another arm of Hollywood, sending the industry into an ongoing debate over its usage as Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios.

Investment Week's Editor James Baxter-Derrington collects his trophy from Alan Oliver, Director of Communications at AXA UK & Ireland and awards host Ayesha Hazarika MBE

Glennon and Leather will work alongside Heather Fleming, managing director of Gresham House’s institutional business.

U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, a major change that will broaden access for women and teenagers

Google says it’s rolling out its AI-powered chatbot Bard across Europe and in Brazil, expanding its availability to hundreds of millions more users

(Reuters) -Domino’s Pizza Group (LON:DOM) said on Thursday Andrew Rennie, who has served as the Europe chief for a major franchise operator of the pizza chain, will join the UK firm in August as its chief executive.

The launches are expected to boost HSBC AM’s fixed income ETF AUM by about $6bn, the firm said.

Go First's resolution professional (RP) challenging an earlier order that allowed lessors to inspect the airline's aircraft and their parts at regular intervals.  Lessors can now carry out inspections regularly. Additionally, the bench comprising chief justice Satish Chandra Sharma and justice Sajeev Narula has given the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) 15 days to grant approvals to the airline for resuming operations. On 5 July, a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court permitted the lessors of the airline to inspect and carry out maintenance work of Go First's 30 aircraft within the next three days.

Battle of Boyne continues to shape the cultural and political landscape of Northern Ireland. It is notably one of the most significant events in the history of Ireland. Across the river Boyne, near the town of Drogheda in Ireland, Catholic King James II and Protestant King William III fought a war which is now remembered as «Battle of Boyne». Even though this battle was fought on July 1, it is commemorated on July12 – the day when the army of Catholic King James II was destroyed. After the Battle of Boyne, King James II became the last Catholic king of England. King James II, who was also the father-in-law of King William III fled to France post defeat. Victory of King William III during Battle of Boyne ensured Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. Annual commemorations of the Battle of Boyne by the Orange order has often sparked controversies. The Orange order is an International Protestant fraternal Order. These controversies have mainly hit in Northern Ireland and some parts of Scotland. The members of the Orange Order remember this battle through parades in the city. They dress in Orange, carry placards and banner during the parades. Pipes and drums are also played during annual commemoration parades by the Orange Order members. Irish nationalists and British Unionists have reportedly been involved in confrontations during several occasions of Battle of Boyne commemoration parades. As the date of commemoration is noted in calenders today, many users have been wondering and are puzzled. Northern Irish people get an extra bank holiday for this day.

Around 600 marching bands and thousands are taking part in the commemorating event of the 333rd anniversary of the Battle of Boyne. An estimated half of a million people are expected to participate in the Twelfth of July parade. This year (2023) marks the 333rd anniversary of the Battle of Boyne. Edward Stevenson, Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland said-“I know that a lot of work is being done by the host districts to prepare for the big day and I trust everyone will have a great time no matter which of our 19 demonstrations they attend".

US Federal Reserve was nearing the end of its interest rate hiking cycle. The pan-European STOXX 600 ended 0.7% higher. Irish stocks jumped 2.1%, boosted by gains in Kingspan which climbed 15.7% after forecasting record profit for the first half of the year.