Harvey Weinstein has resigned from The Weinstein Company board of directors, PEOPLE confirms.
Although Weinstein was fired as co-chairman of the powerhouse studio on Oct. 8, he had continued to hold a seat on the board until Tuesday. The disgraced mogul still reportedly owns 22% of the company’s stock.
Earlier this month, the board fired Weinstein citing a violation ofRead more
The number of people killed in Portugal's wildfires since Sunday has risen to 41, with 71 other people injured, authorities said, warning that the toll is likely to increase.
"We've gone from 37 dead to 41," civil protection agency spokeswoman Patricia Gaspar told AFP on Tuesday.
Of the 71 injured, 16 are in serious condition, she added.
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At least 16 people have been killed this week in heavy monsoon rains that have lashed western India, including the desert state of Rajasthan, with more than 24,000 villagers evacuated to higher ground, officials said Tuesday.
Hundreds of rescuers using motor boats saved 789 people, including some pregnant women, from being swept away by the swirling floodwaters in six districtsRead more
A teenaged Yazidi girl has spoken out about how she was captured by Daesh militants and raped every day for six months, before she finally managed to escape.
Speaking to the BBC, Ekhlas explains how she was 14, in 2014 when she was captured and held as a sex slave, with her captors subjecting her to daily abuse.
“Every dayRead more
A new lead and zinc mine in northwestern Cuba is on track to start production in October as part of the Caribbean island’s attempt to breathe fresh life into its mining sector, the joint venture Emincar overseeing the project said this week.
While nickel exports are already one of Communist-run Cuba’s main foreign currency earners, the cash-strapped country has untappedRead more
At least 16 people, including four children, were killed when a 91-metre open garbage dump came crashing down on homes following a fire near Sri Lanka's capital, officials said on Saturday.
Over 100 houses were completely destroyed and over 600 people fled in the aftermath of the fire and the collapse of the dump in Meetotamulla area in Kolonnawa, nearRead more
Egypt has condemned Friday’s attack in Sweden that killed four people and injured 15 when a stolen truck slammed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm.
“Egypt is standing with the Swedish government and people, underscoring it's steadfast stance against all forms of terrorism,” the foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday evening.Read more
A video that seems to show a middle-aged woman with her head stuck between train doors as people walk by without helping her has gone viral.
The video was posted on Instagram by user theshaderoom, and appears to have been taken from another New York City Subway car.
Five people can be seen walking past the women, with no oneRead more
Speaker of the Arab Parliament Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al Salami called on the international community, the United Nations organizations, the relief and humanitarian organizations and all countries of the world to take an urgent action to provide the necessary assistance to the Somali people and to respond to the appeal made by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi to provide urgentRead more
The State of Qatar stressed that Israel is an occupying power that does not believe in two-state solution and considers itself above the law and violates all international resolutions and laws, stressing that continuing the violations and crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people are major obstacle to the peace process in the region.
This came today in theRead more