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San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is famous for his quirky sense of using Twitter, has once again made the headlines for refusing to credit a web artist’s work he shared, which has outraged Twitterati. The multi-billionaire, who has recently changed his name to Daddy DotCom on Twitter, posted an artwork of a female protagonist of a role-playing video game without mentioning any credits or acknowledgement of its creator. When some of his 27 million followers called out to Musk to credit the artist, the billionaire responded with tweets saying “no” and “it’s top secret”. IANS
Glenda Jackson to return to TV after 25 years
London: Veteran actor Glenda Jackson is set to return to television after a gap of 25 years with BBC One’s “Elizabeth is Missing”. The show is adapted from Emma Healey’s bestselling novel of the same name, reported BBC. The one-off featuring length episode will see Jackson star as Maud, an elderly woman suffering from dementia who is trying to find her best friend Elizabeth. Healey also expressed her excitement over Jackson’s casting in the project. “Absolutely thrilled. Amazing actress, amazing script, can’t wait to see the adaptation,” she posted on Twitter. PTI
Wife of ex-Nissan boss Ghosn seeks Trump help
London: The wife of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on Monday reached out to US President Donald Trump, asking him to press Japan at upcoming talks about “fair trial conditions”. Carlos Ghosn is awaiting trial in Japan over charges of under-reporting his salary for years while at Nissan and using company funds for personal expenses. The 65-year-old denies the accusations. “World leaders are going to be meeting at the G20 at the end of the month,” Carole Ghosn said. Carlos, who is a French citizen, was freed in Japan on $4.5 million bail in April after being detained on fresh charges but is living under strict conditions including restrictions on seeing his wife. AFP
Former First Lady Torres takes lead in Guatemala vote
Guatemala City: Former first lady Sandra Torres was in the lead after partial results from Guatemala’s presidential election, following a tumultuous campaign that saw two leading candidates barred and the top electoral crimes prosecutor flee the corruption-weary country. With 28 per cent of votes counted after Sunday’s polls, Torres was on 24 per cent while her closest rival Alejandro Giammattei was on 15 percent, the Electoral Supreme Court (TSE) said. With a crowded field of 19 candidates, counting has been slow and no one is expected to poll more than the 50 per cent required to avoid a runoff on August 11. AFP
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