A new battle for Verzuz is brewing. Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sued Tuesday afternoon for breach of contract, claiming they are owed more than $28 million by would-be rival TikTok. Timbaland and Swizz Beatz launched the series on Instagram in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US in March 2020. It began as a remote competition and, as restrictions were lifted, focused on live events streaming in real time on the social platform as well as Apple Music....

Auf der Kunstausstellung documenta in Kassel soll ein als antisemitisch kritisiertes Foto teilweise abgeklebt worden sein. Sie stammt von der zuletzt in die Kritik geratenen Künstlergruppe Taring Padi. Gegen die Kunstausstellung documenta 15 in Kassel sind erneut Antisemitismus-Vorwürfe erhoben worden. Das Jugendforum der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft (DIG) kritisiert, dass die documenta über Teile eines anderen antisemitischen Projekts gefilmt wurde. Laut Young Forum von DIG ist dies wieder ein Bild des Künstlerkollektivs Taring Padi mit dem Titel „All Mining is Dangerous“....

With less than three weeks to go before the deadline for the September 2 vote, the Opinium survey of 570 Tory MPs puts the foreign secretary on 61% and the former chancellor on 39%. The polls Truss’s lead is, however, narrower than in some other recent polls of the Tory electorate, possibly suggesting that Sunak may have closed the gap in recent days. She has come under increasing pressure over her refusal to support what she describes as “handouts” to help people with their energy bills and has been heavily criticized for a rollback on public sector pay for workers outside London and south-east London....

Comme chaque 15 août, le Shanghai Ranking, qui classe les meilleures universités du monde, a été publié lundi. Un classement prestigieux, attendu mais aussi contesté avec ses critères d’évaluation. Cette année, derrière les écoles les plus prestigieuses du monde, la France tire son épingle du jeu : 28 des 74 universités françaises y sont en effet classées. Le ministre accueille deux écoles à Toulouse Une note saluée par Sylvie Retailleau, ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche....

The German government on Friday issued a statement confirming that the agreement will be signed on August 23 in Stephenville, where a Newfoundland-based company plans to build a zero-emissions plant that will use wind power to produce hydrogen and ammonia for export. Read more: German Chancellor to visit Canada, discuss cooperation opportunities: PMO If approved, the project would be the first of its kind in Canada. Germany is keen to find new sources of energy because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent gas prices soaring....

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have been asked next to nothing about their plans for dealing with the climate emergency in all their debates and efforts so far – and they haven’t made it a top campaign issue themselves. Their main wisdom on the subject of the drought is to alert the water companies that they need to fix the leaks, to avoid the need for households to face a pipe ban....

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said he found it “very strange” that high earners should benefit from the payments, which were announced in May by Rishi Sunak, the then chancellor, as part of a £15bn energy support package . Clarke was speaking in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph in his capacity as a campaigner for the Truss campaign, which last week revised its stance on energy bills and is seeking to quash suggestions that Truss is opposed to targeting those they need more....

How much water should I use? According to the World Health Organization, people should use at least 20 liters of water per day for basic hygiene and 50-100 liters should cover basic needs and prevent health problems from poor hygiene. Average consumption in England and Wales is slightly higher. This averaged around 145 litres, but rose to 153 liters a day during the pandemic as people spent more time at home, according to figures from Water UK....

Gehen Sie sorgsam mit Wasser um „Wien ist besser aufgestellt als wohl jede andere Stadt in Europa, daher müssen wir kein Wasser sparen, aber natürlich ist es immer sinnvoll, sehr sorgsam mit Ressourcen umzugehen“, sagt Astrid Rompolt, Sprecherin von Wiener Wasser. Dies soll auch in Zukunft so bleiben. Denn auch wenn der Wiener Wasserverbrauch pro Kopf in den letzten 40 Jahren von 150 Liter pro Person und Tag auf 130 Liter pro Tag stark gesunken ist, wird der Gesamtwasserverbrauch aufgrund der wachsenden Bevölkerung bis 2050 um rund 15 Prozent steigen....

But what is Samsung FlexCam? Read on to learn everything you need to know about the Flip’s easy-to-use camera feature. What is Samsung FlexCam? The term “FlexCam” refers to the Z Flip 4’s hands-free photo and video capability. This feature takes advantage of Flip’s hinged design, allowing users to prop the camera on different surfaces and take selfies and group photos without asking friends or strangers to take photos for you....

Photo: Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome. Police were on patrol nearby when a woman attacked an 89-year-old man in Chinatown on August 13. A 58-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after attacking an 89-year-old man in Vancouver’s Chinatown this weekend. “The 89-year-old victim was walking alone near Main and Keefer streets around 10:45 a.m. yesterday (August 13) when a woman he did not know approached and tackled him to the ground,” police said in a news release....

US Capitol Police said in a brief statement that an unidentified man got out of his vehicle after crashing it around 4 a.m., after which the vehicle “became engulfed in flames.” The man then “fired several shots into the air” and shot himself as officers approached, police said. “They had heard the gunshots and Capitol Police responded. As he got right to the east front of the Capitol property, one of our officers observed him put the gun to his head and shoot himself,” USCP Chief Tom Manger said Sunday....

Warning: The Android 13 update for Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 6a contains a bootloader update that increases the anti-roll back version. After you flash an Android 13 build on these devices, you won’t be able to flash older Android 12 builds. The change is listed on the Android 13 Factory Images page for Pixel phones, but there’s no mention of the anti-roll back feature on older Pixel devices....

Publié à 19h23 Mis à jour à 20h59. Lila Dussault La Presse Après une vie consacrée à la communauté et à la politique, André Lavallée est décédé dimanche matin à l’âge de 70 ans, a annoncé sa femme Chatale Bertrand sur Facebook. On lui doit surtout le premier plan d’urbanisme de la ville de Montréal et la création de BIXI. “C’est avec une grande tristesse que j’annonce le décès de mon bien-aimé André ce matin”, a annoncé Santale Bertrand sur la page Facebook de l’ancien homme politique dimanche soir....

• A lire aussi : Anne Heche est toujours dans le coma quatre jours après son accident de voiture • A lire aussi : L’actrice Anne Heche entre la vie et la mort après un violent accident L’accident a causé “de graves lésions cérébrales”, selon un communiqué jeudi d’un représentant de l’actrice de 53 ans, cité par plusieurs médias. “Cela a longtemps été son choix de faire don de ses organes et elle est maintenue en vie pour voir si certains sont viables”, selon le texte....

Auckland, Neuseeland: Familie kauft Koffer bei einer Auktion – und findet darin Leichen Eine Familie aus Auckland hat bei einer Auktion mehrere Koffer ersteigert. Nach dem Öffnen alarmierten die geschockten Familienmitglieder sofort die Polizei. 1/4 Schock für eine Familie aus Auckland, Neuseeland: Nachdem sie mehrere Koffer versteigert hatte, entdeckten sie darin Leichenteile. Bildschirmfoto Die neuseeländische Mordkommission bearbeitet den Fall. Bildschirmfoto Nach ersten Erkenntnissen der Gerichtsmediziner könnte es sich bei den Körperteilen um die Überreste mehrerer Opfer handeln....

Ils ont fait fureur à l’été 2020 sur les bords de la Méditerranée : les “poissons mordants” font leur grand retour. Cette fois, ces derniers ont été repérés dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Selon nos confrères du Sud-Ouest, à Hendaye (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), au moins une quarantaine de baigneurs affirment avoir été mordus par des poissons le 8 août. “Ces piqûres sont causées par des poissons, c’est sûr, mais lesquels ? On a l’habitude des piqûres de poissons vivants, de méduses, mais c’est la première fois que je vois ce phénomène”, explique le CRS Yann à Sud-Ouest....

ballon d’Or Messi et Neymar pourraient-ils être absents de la liste des 30 ? IL Y A 20 HEURES Benzema sans étude : “L’obsession du Real pour Bape a empêché tout plan B” 19h55 : Cinq nominés pour le Ballon d’Or masculin Trent Alexander-Arnold (Angleter / Liverpool) Vinicius Jr. (Brésil / Real Madrid) Bernardo Silva (Portugal / Manchester City) Luis Diaz (Colombie / Porto puis Liverpool) Robert Lewandowski (Pologne/Bayern Munich Barcelone)...

Goodlett was accused of filing a false affidavit to search Taylor’s home before the police department’s raid and working with other Louisville officers to create a “false cover story in an effort to avoid responsibility for their roles in the preparation of the warrant affidavit that contained false information,” according to court documents released earlier this month. He is scheduled to appear on Aug. 22 for a hearing to discuss the appeal....

Local release of the modified smallpox plunger has been halted until more stock arrives — but that may not be for another month. Only people with existing appointments will still be able to get a dose, local Labor MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said. Brighton only had 69 cases of monkeypox, but this is still more than any area outside London, which has become the epicenter of the outbreak. It comes after a weekend of Pride celebrations from August 5 to 7, which is believed to have attracted 250,000 people....