Austrian farmer handed enormous fine over cow stampede that killed German woman
An Austrian farmer has been handed a huge fine over the case of a cow stampede that killed a German woman in 2014. He was ordered to pay the woman’s husband €490,000 in compensation by a court in Innsbruck last week. The woman, a 45-year-old German tourist, was reportedly hiking with her dog in the […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger meets Austrian chancellor for talks ahead of climate change summit
Hollywood star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was pictured in a friendly exchange with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday after the pair met to discuss the upcoming Austrian World Summit. The summit, a climate change initiative organised by Schwarzenegger, will be attended by a number of high-profile, international guests when it is held […]
Tesla's Elon Musk's tweet gets him in hot water with SEC
Government regulators asked a federal judge on Monday to hold Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk in contempt of court after he allegedly violated a settlement reached last year with an inaccurate tweet. In a federal court filing, the Securities and Exchange Commission pointed to a Feb. 19 post in which the billionaire tech entrepreneur said […]
How does a film win an Oscar?
We all know the Oscars — well, the Academy Awards — but how does it actually work? The ceremony of the world’s leading film organisation, the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences, was first held in 1929. It took another decade for the “Oscar” nickname to appear. Academy members vote for the best […]
