New films from Wes Anderson and Ken Loach will be among those battling it out at the Cannes Film Festival when it kicks off next month, with a record number of female directors making the shortlist. They are among the 19 films that will be aiming for the Palme d’Or, the event’s top prize, in
Protesters have stormed the headquarters of luxury fashion label Louis Vuitton on the eve of an expected ruling on controversial pension reforms in France. Striking railway workers invaded the Paris headquarters of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) – which also represents brands including Christian Dior, Fendi and Givenchy – on Thursday. They joined demonstrators
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G-7 nations have so far decided not to revise their cap on Russian oil. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images The Group of Seven advanced economies is not expected to update its price cap on Russian oil in the coming weeks amid contrasting views on whether the policy is truly denting the Kremlin’s revenues.
11:59 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN TORONTO – As Fred VanVleet stepped up to the free throw line with 52 seconds remaining in the third quarter of Wednesday’s play-in game between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors, the home crowd went silent as the Raptors guard took a few hard dribbles and spun the ball in
Jeremy Hunt struck an upbeat tone following the publication of the latest economic growth data for February. “The economic outlook is looking brighter than expected – GDP grew in the three months to February and we are set to avoid recession,” he said. In some respects he’s right. Even though the country was deep into
New York has appointed a ‘rat czar’ to lead the city’s unending fight against its perennial scourge: the millions of common brown rats that have been the bane of every recent administration. Mayor Eric Adams advertised in December 2022 for a “somewhat bloodthirsty” individual who possessed a “killer instinct” and was not opposed to “wholesale
US police have released images from the investigation into the fatal on set shooting involving star Alec Baldwin. The cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed last October, after Alec Baldwin was handed a gun with live ammunition during filming. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on
Sheikh Walid Mehsas was leading a prayer in Algeria when a surprise guest appeared, according to Reuters. #CNN #News #shorts
Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx is recovering after experiencing a “medical complication”, his family has said. Foxx, known for films including Django Unchained, Collateral, and Ray, was treated with “great care” following the unspecified incident on Tuesday. His daughter Corinne Foxx wrote on Instagram that the family is grateful for the support of fans and asked
Jon Rahm arrived at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Tuesday with a second major championship victory and a new green jacket. The new Masters champion admits it’s going to be difficult to refocus after a marathon week at Augusta National Golf Club. That’s life in the new era of designated events on the PGA
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jason Decrow Alejandro Lopez-Lira, a finance professor at the University of Florida, says that large language models may be useful when forecasting stock prices. He used ChatGPT to parse news headlines for whether they’re good or bad for a stock, and found that
A Chevy dealership in Florida has launched an onsite rooftop solar array that that will generate more than 1 GWh of electricity per year – here’s why that’s smarter than ever now. Chevy dealership’s new rooftop solar array Dimmitt Chevrolet in Clearwater, Florida, tapped into federal tax incentives to install a 730 kW onsite rooftop
South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Inflation continued to retreat in March as energy prices pulled back from a year ago, when they began to spike due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But swings in gasoline and other energy mask price pressures that, while easing, remain under the surface, economists said. “It’s improving and the economy
6:43 AM ET IT WAS 11 A.M. on a Tuesday, less than 24 hours after tight end Darren Waller and his wife, WNBA star Kelsey Plum, had returned to Las Vegas from their honeymoon in Turks and Caicos. Waller, who missed most of last season because of a left hamstring injury, had just wrapped a
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon warehouse Getty Images Amazon warehouses are a more dangerous place to work than comparable facilities, new federal injury data shows. In 2022, there were 6.6 serious injuries for every 100 Amazon workers, according to a report released Wednesday from the union coalition Strategic
A street drug which rots the skin of those who use it has been designated an “emerging threat to the nation” by the White House. The unprecedented announcement, by the Biden administration’s Office for National Drug Control Policy, reflects the alarming speed at which ‘Tranq’ is spreading across America. Last month, Sky News revealed the
About 20 military ships – half from China and half from Taiwan – are involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line, according to Reuters. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/china-and-taiwan-ships-stand-off-near-sensitive-buffer-zone-12853403 #taiwanstrait #china #taiwan SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by former President Trump, issued a ruling that could restrict the usage of the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone. Washington Post reporter Caroline Kitchener discusses her reporting on Kacsmaryk and why he’s so passionate about the issue of abortion. #CNN #News #shorts
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been questioned twice under police caution over five alleged sex offences. The alleged offences go back 40 years, between 1982 and 2016, according to the Met Police. Scotland Yard said detectives interviewed a 65-year-old man under caution on 15 March and 4 April. No arrests have been