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Yen advances as Ishiba holds on in face of election setback
The yen strengthened versus the US dollar on Monday (Jul 21) after Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would carry on as leader…
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Trump’s Ugly New Attack on Colbert Reveals a Darker Side to Firing
As you’ve heard, CBS has ended The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Troublingly, this comes just after Paramount, which owns CBS, settled…
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Can AI think? Here’s what Greek philosophers might say
In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on whether AI is intelligent: how well it can assess, analyze,…
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Sanseito: How a far-right 'Japanese First' party gained new ground
Shaimaa Khalil Tokyo correspondent For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house. But…
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Why the ‘holidaze’ is actually a good thing
Anyone who claims they haven’t felt the seductive pull of social plans interrupting their focus at work isn’t being completely honest.…
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British and Irish Lions: Owen Farrell to captain against First Nations & Pasifika XV
Jamie George, a titan of the 2017 tour in New Zealand, starts at hooker after he was drafted in from the England camp in Argentina. Blair…
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Zegna to Bring Environmental Conservation Initiative to Aspen
Zegna is transporting a version of its Oasi Zegna nature preserve in Trivero, Italy, to the mountains of Colorado. The Italian luxury…
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Powerful Ecuador drug lord 'Fito' extradited to US
The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug and arms…
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Singapore dollar faces pressure from US tariffs, policy shift
The Singapore dollar is under renewed pressure as US trade challenges are primed to worsen and as speculation of exchange-rate policy…
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How Canada became the centre of a measles outbreak in North America
Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Morgan Birch was puzzled when her four-month-old daughter, Kimie, suddenly fell ill with a fever and rash.…
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Pension Commission to look at why four-in-ten fail to save enough
Lucy Hooker Business reporter People retiring in 2050 will be worse off than pensioners today, the government has warned, unless action is…
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Stevie Wonder: 'I'll keep playing as long as I breathe'
Mark Savage Music Correspondent At the age of 75, Stevie Wonder is still going strong. His latest UK tour, which wrapped up earlier this…
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Feulner remembered as man who built Washington's conservative mind
Edwin J. Feulner Jr., who died Friday at the age of 83, was mourned as a pivotal figure in the rise of the conservative movement, a key…
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Ellen DeGeneres Says She Moved to the U.K. Because of Donald Trump: Life ‘Is Just Better’ Here
Ellen DeGeneres says she decided to make the U.K. her permanent home because of Donald Trump‘s re-election as U.S. President. Making her…
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Protesters gather in Epping as bottles and flares are thrown
Aimee Dexter BBC News, Essex Greg Mckenzie BBC News, Essex Bottles and smoke flares have been thrown towards police vehicles during a…
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British woman dies after rafting incident in French Alps
A British woman has died on a white-water rafting excursion in the French Alps. The woman fell from her raft shortly after noon local time…
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Trump is losing 75% of federal cases challenging his executive actions
President Trump has tamed Congress and largely defanged the federal bureaucracy as he pursues his vigorous second-term agenda, but federal…
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Kevin Feige Explains ‘Blade’ Delays: ‘We Didn’t Want to Simply Put a Leather Outfit’ on Mahershala Ali ‘and Have Him Start Killing Vampires’
Despite numerous false starts, Mahershala Ali’s debut as a vampire slayer in “Blade” is still in the works, Marvel Studios chief Kevin…
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Four remain in hospital after Somerset school coach crash
A police spokesperson said the investigation into the A396 Cutcombe Hill crash was ongoing. Minehead Middle School, which teaches pupils…
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass blames immigration crackdown for decimating car wash industry
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts have sent chills through the community,…
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicts action on trade talks before Aug. 1 tariff deadline
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the Trump administration is sticking with its plan to raise tariffs next month on countries that do…
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How Trump dethroned The Associated Press and slayed America's media giants
On 9/11, the Associated Press had the only reporter with President George W. Bush when he flew to an underground bunker to dole out orders…
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Sarah Michelle Gellar on That Major ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Surprise: ‘It Was So Surreal’
SPOILER ALERT:This story contains major spoilers from “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” now in theaters. Sarah Michelle Gellar never…
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National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard to seek indictments in 2016 election interference case
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday she will turn over evidence to the Department of Justice for criminal referrals…