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Sources say board members are considering a mandatory leave of absence CEO Travis Kalanick of Uber, the popular ride-sharing company that has transformed the transportation industry but has also found itself embroiled in controversy. Uber’s nine-member board will debate whether Mr Kalanick should be forced to take time off, or even be demoted to another role, sources tell Reuters. The company is also facing hundreds of complaints about its workplace culture.

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The Uber executive team’s long slow meltdown began, by accident, on November 14, 2014, when someone forgot to tell me that a fancy Manhattan gastropub dinner was off the record.

The occasion was a salon for influencers, an attempt to shape perceptions among tony journalists and other New York figures who might not write about Uber, but whose views could filter ineffably through the ecosystem. Arianna Huffington was there, as was the actor Ed Norton. Читать дальше...

Gianni Infantino says he expects the diplomatic situation to revert back to normal by the time the tournament is played.

For the second time in this qualifying campaign, a fine Aleksandar Mitrovic goal for Serbia prevented Wales from securing a vital win.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler was among the boxing luminaries who showed up in Canastota to welcome the Class of 2017 into the Hall.

ATHENS, Greece — Panathinaikos won at rival Olympiakos 66-51 on Sunday to clinch its 35th Greek title in the deciding match of the best-of-five playoffs. The two teams had split the previous four games, each winning at home. The game almost didn’t finish. With 1:56 left, and Panathinaikos ahead 66-49, a flare hit Panathinaikos’ bench.

De Brit Kris Meeke (Citroën C3) zal in de Rally van Polen (29 juni-2 juli) vervangen worden door de Noor Andreas Mikkelsen. Dat kondigde het

De Brit Kris Meeke (Citroën C3) zal in de Rally van Polen (29 juni-2 juli) vervangen worden door de Noor Andreas Mikkelsen. Dat kondigde het

1. Nadal Continues To Make History

Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix for the sixth time, going wire-to-wire for his third victory in a row.

Mechanical failure sent Earnhardt to the garage after just 59 laps at Pocono.

LOS ANGELES — Gwyneth Paltrow’s inaugural health-and-wellness summit on Saturday kicked off just as you’d expect: well-groomed women wearing yoga pants and expensive handbags hooking themselves up to IVs and oxygen tubes in a parking lot, experiences otherwise associated with the glamour of getting triaged at a disaster site. This is Paltrow’s peculiar gift —...

Panathinaikos won at rival Olympiakos 66-51 on Sunday to clinch its 35th Greek title in the deciding match of the best-of-five playoffs

Partial results and polling projections show Emmanuel Macron's new centrist party is dominating politics in France.

ATLANTA — Seth Lugo senses that the New York Mets shouldn’t be written off just yet. “I think taking three out of four on the road is huge,” he said. “It’ll give us some momentum going home playing a couple of good teams.” Lugo became the latest member of the Mets to make a successful

A New Jersey couple have welcomed a surprise guest at their wedding reception: President Donald Trump. The Republican president made a brief appearance Saturday at the reception, which was held … Click to Continue »

Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome to stay, while boasting of "business as usual" for vital gas exports. Iran also announced it had sent tonnes of vegetables to Qatar, which has seen food imports threatened after its neighbours cut air, sea and land links with the country. Nearly a week after Saudi Arabia and several of its allies severed ties with Qatar in an unprecedented Gulf diplomatic crisis, there were no signs of the bitter dispute being resolved. Читать дальше...

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You didn't think Miley Cyrus would let Pride month go by without offering something special, did you? On Friday (June 9), one of the queer community's most ardent pop advocates gifted "Inspired," the second taste of her still-untitled sixth album, due later this year.

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If the Michael Bay-Mark Wahlberg vehicle 'The Last Knight' is to make it to the magic $1 billion mark it will need China to take it there.

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s party was on course Sunday to win a crushing parliamentary majority that will clear a path for his promised program of far-reaching reforms, according to projections from the first round of legislative elections marked by widespread voter apathy and another black eye for traditional parties that monopolized power for decades. Pollsters’ projected that as many as one-third of votes went to Macron’s camp in the first stage of the two-part election — putting... Читать дальше...