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Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, succeeding his late father, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, as the spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims worldwide.

The TV presenter, 57 underwent life-saving surgery in November 2024 after a rare colloid cyst was discovered in her brain, and though benign, it carried the risk of sudden death.

A wealthy businessman who was ordered to bulldoze his five-bedroomed mansion has struck a deal to save the condemned building.

The graffiti from the anonymous artist was only sprayed onto the south west London property in August and has become a beloved part of the tight-knit community.

Pregnant Poppy Delevingne concealed her baby bump in a stylish silver dress as she attended an intimate dinner hosted by Ella Richards at Sessions Arts Club on Wednesday night.

What would I think as a Christian if someone burnt a copy of the Bible outside Westminster Abbey? I would be horrified and sad. But I wouldn't want the offender to be arrested.

Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, had headed out with eldest daughter Jessica, 11, to walk the family dog when tragedy struck as she fell onto giant boulders at the base of the sea wall in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Vice President JD Vance's little-known half brother Cory Bowman, 36, announced on Tuesday he is making his own foray into politics.

Don't laugh: The $4.5m fine proposed for carrier Telnyx shows how the Trump administration will run its comms regulator

In its first enforcement action of the Trump presidency, the FCC has voted to propose fining Telnyx $4,492,500 – after scammers pretending to be the watchdog's staff started calling actual FCC staffers via the VoIP telco.…

The singer fell to his death from a third floor balcony following a drink and drug binge while staying at the upscale CasaSur hotel in Palermo on October 16.

His spiritual safari led to his baptism in the Thames last year, leaving him feeling 'incredibly blessed' as well as the beneficiary of a hug from the very embodiment of muscular Christianity, Bear Grylls.

The life of the Aga Khan was a paradox: he was both a serial philanderer and a generous philanthropist, a pleasure-seeking jet-setter and a leader of a mystical Islamic sect.

Zonfrillo's body was found at Zagame's House in inner-city Carlton about 2am on May 1, 2023 after his wife Lauren called police to conduct a welfare check on her husband.

The Register's Thomas Claburn reports: Oracle this week asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to partially dismiss a challenge to its JavaScript trademark. The move has been criticized as an attempt to either stall or water down legal action against the database goliath over the programming language's name. Deno Land, the outfit behind the Deno JavaScript runtime, filed a petition with the USPTO back in November in an effort to make the trademarked term available to the JavaScript community. This legal effort is led by Node.js creator and Deno Land CEO Ryan Dahl, summarized on the JavaScript.tm website, and supported by more than 16,000 members of the JavaScript community. It aims to remove the fear of an Oracle lawsuit for using the term "JavaScript" in a conference title or business venture. "Programmers working with JavaScript have formed innumerable community organizations," the website explains. "These organizations, like the standards bodies, have been forced to painstakingly avoid naming the programming language they are built around -- for example, JSConf. Sadly, without risking a legal trademark challenge against Oracle, there can be no 'JavaScript Conference' nor a 'JavaScript Specification.' The world's most popular programming language cannot even have a conference in its name." [...] In the initial trademark complaint, Deno Land makes three arguments to invalidate Oracle's ownership of "JavaScript." The biz claims that JavaScript has become a generic term; that Oracle committed fraud in 2019 when it applied to renew its trademark; and that Oracle has abandoned its trademark because it does not offer JavaScript products or services. Oracle's motion on Monday focuses on the dismissal of the fraud claim, while arguing that it expects to prevail on the other two claims, citing corporate use of the trademarked term "in connection with a variety of offerings, including its JavaScript Extension Toolkit as well as developer's guides and educational resources, and also that relevant consumers do not perceive JavaScript as a generic term." The fraud claim follows from Deno Land's assertion that the material Oracle submitted in support of its trademark renewal application has nothing to do with any Oracle product. "Oracle, through its attorney, submitted specimens showing screen captures of the Node.js website, a project created by Ryan Dahl, Petitioner's Chief Executive Officer," the trademark cancellation petition says. "Node.js is not affiliated with Oracle, and the use of screen captures of the 'nodejs.org' website as a specimen did not show any use of the mark by Oracle or on behalf of Oracle." Oracle contends that in fact it submitted two specimens to the USPTO -- a screenshot from the Node.js website and another from its own Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit. And this, among other reasons, invalidates the fraud claim, Big Red's attorneys contend. "Where, as here, Registrant 'provided the USPTO with [two specimens]' at least one of which shows use of the mark in commerce, Petitioner cannot plausibly allege that the inclusion of a second, purportedly defective specimen, was material," Oracle's motion argues, adding that no evidence of fraudulent intent has been presented. Beyond asking the court to toss the fraud claim, Oracle has requested an additional thirty days to respond to the other two claims.

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The BBC presenter opted to join Hinge - but got more than he bargained for after setting up his profile.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: From the moment she appears in Amandaland, Dame Joanna gathers up the laughs and sweeps them into her handbag like an aristocratic shoplifter.

Before radar, nations relied on sound to detect incoming aircraft. Devices such as acoustic horns were developed during the First World War to amplify and locate the noise of aeroplane engines.

Furious Los Angeles residents who survived last month's deadly wildfires were caught on camera chasing down and apprehending alleged arsonist Alejandro Martinez, 41.

In the past month alone, the 32-year-old globetrotter has enjoyed adventures in Jamaica, Canada, South Africa, and Aspen

The villa erupted into chaos on Tuesday after Luca chose Samie to kiss in a game of truth or dare - despite his partner Grace specifically asking him not to.