Pizza Express, a
UK-based chain with 470 restaurants, including 150 overseas, reportedly hires
financial advisors ahead of talks with its
creditors. The business is
£1.1 billion in debt and has made a loss for two consecutive years. It employs around 14,000 people.
(BBC News)
In
Lower Manhattan,
New York City, a 24-year-old
homeless man is charged with
murdering four other homeless men and attempting to murder a fifth in random attacks. Authorities identify one of the deceased as an 83-year-old man, but release no further details about the victims.
(The Independent)
Two protestors who were arrested in
Rostov-on-Don in 2017 while holding signs seeking resignations from the
Russian government, and have been in custody since, are sentenced to over six years each in high-security prisons. They were charged with planning violent mass disturbances, and said that they confessed during torture.
(The Times)
The first people are charged with breaking the ban on wearing face masks in
Hong Kong. The
government of Hong Kong says the prohibition of face masks is needed to end months of violent protests.
(The Guardian)
A judge rules against U.S. President
Donald Trump, ordering him to release eight years of state tax returns to New York officials. The defense makes an immediate appeal to the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and is granted a temporary stay "pending expedited review."
(BBC News)
Astronomers announce the discovery of 20 new
moons around Saturn, adding to the 62 previously known. The new moons comprise 17 retrograde moons in the
Norse group and three prograde moons, two of which belong to the
Inuit group.
(Phys.org)
Pizza Express, a
UK-based chain with 470 restaurants, including 150 overseas, reportedly hires
financial advisors ahead of talks with its
creditors. The business is
£1.1 billion in debt and has made a loss for two consecutive years. It employs around 14,000 people.
(BBC News)
In
Lower Manhattan,
New York City, a 24-year-old
homeless man is charged with
murdering four other homeless men and attempting to murder a fifth in random attacks. Authorities identify one of the deceased as an 83-year-old man, but release no further details about the victims.
(The Independent)
Two protestors who were arrested in
Rostov-on-Don in 2017 while holding signs seeking resignations from the
Russian government, and have been in custody since, are sentenced to over six years each in high-security prisons. They were charged with planning violent mass disturbances, and said that they confessed during torture.
(The Times)
The first people are charged with breaking the ban on wearing face masks in
Hong Kong. The
government of Hong Kong says the prohibition of face masks is needed to end months of violent protests.
(The Guardian)
A judge rules against U.S. President
Donald Trump, ordering him to release eight years of state tax returns to New York officials. The defense makes an immediate appeal to the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and is granted a temporary stay "pending expedited review."
(BBC News)
Astronomers announce the discovery of 20 new
moons around Saturn, adding to the 62 previously known. The new moons comprise 17 retrograde moons in the
Norse group and three prograde moons, two of which belong to the
Inuit group.
(Phys.org)