7 d. ago UK and US sanction Southeast Asian scam networks exploiting trafficked workers

Britain and the United States on Tuesday sanctioned a Southeast Asia-based multinational network accused of operating large-scale online “scam centres” that used trafficked workers to defraud victims around the world. The British government said the centres, located in Cambodia, Myanmar and across the region, used fake job adverts to lure workers who were then forced to commit online fraud under threat of torture. This included luring victims into fake romantic relationships before persuading...

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3 w. ago The Jimmy Kimmel affair showed how media giants can gerrymander the airwaves

The Jimmy Kimmel affair showed how media giants can gerrymander the airwaves  NBC News

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3 w. ago ‘You have to feel sorry’ for Trump: Jimmy Kimmel returns to record ratings

Millions of people tuned in to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, watching the host’s return to late-night television after nearly a week off the air due to a suspension over remarks that drew fire from US President Donald Trump and officials in his administration. ABC said 6.26 million viewers watched Kimmel as he mixed humour with humility to address remarks he made on September 15 about the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. It was Kimmel’s highest-rated regularly...

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4 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel’s show is returning, but 2 US broadcast giants refuse to air it

Two major US broadcast owners said they will not resume airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday on their ABC affiliates and will instead run other programming, after ABC parent Walt Disney announced on Monday that it would resume broadcasting the late-night talk show. Nexstar Media and Sinclair Broadcasting said they will not resume airing the show on their 70 owned and partner ABC stations, which is more than 25 per cent of the roughly 250 ABC affiliates nationwide. It is unclear how long the...

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4 w. ago Kimmel says he wasn’t trying to joke about Kirk’s death as Trump blasts host

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday after a nearly week-long suspension and nearly broke down in tears, saying he was not trying to joke about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as US President Donald Trump slammed the host. “I have no illusions about changing anyone’s mind, but I do want to make something clear, because it’s important to me as a human and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,”...

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4 w. ago Secret Service foils New York telecoms threat ahead of UN assembly

The US Secret Service on Tuesday said it had dismantled a network of more than 100,000 SIM cards that could have crashed New York’s telecommunications network ahead of the UN General Assembly, linking the threat to “nation-state” actors. “In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a wide range of telecommunications attacks,” the agency said in a statement. “This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and...

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4 w. ago China Set for $1.2T Trade Surplus Despite US Tariffs, Jimmy Kimmel to Return | The Pulse 9/23/2025

China Set for $1.2T Trade Surplus Despite US Tariffs, Jimmy Kimmel to Return | The Pulse 9/23/2025  Bloomberg

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4 w. ago Hundreds of stars sign letter defending free speech after Kimmel’s suspension

Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars – including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep – are urging Americans to “fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights” in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. More than 430 film, television and stage stars as well as comedians, directors and writers added their names to an open letter on Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union that argues it is “a dark...

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4 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel will return to the network on Tuesday, Disney says

Disney said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC network line-up on Tuesday, six days after it suspended the talk-show host following threats by the Federal Communications Commission chairman over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In announcing the decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, ABC’s parent company said it had suspended production of the show “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country”. The Disney...

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4 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel will return to the ABC network on Tuesday, Disney says

Disney said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC network line-up on Tuesday, six days after it suspended the talk-show host following threats by the Federal Communications Commission chairman over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In announcing the decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, ABC’s parent company said it had suspended production of the show “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country”. The Disney...

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4 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel will return to ABC network on Tuesday, Disney says

Disney said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC network line-up on Tuesday, six days after it suspended the talk-show host following threats by the Federal Communications Commission chairman over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In announcing the decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, ABC’s parent company said it had suspended production of the show “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country”. The Disney...

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