The climate crisis means “we’re going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France’s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told the summer congress of his France Insoumise party last weekend. The term “climate change”, said Mélenchon – the most likely rival to Marine Le…
Tim Curry, 79, Makes Rare Outing at ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ 50th Anniversary Celebration Stars are remembering the actor who taught them not to dream it, but to be it. After Tim Curry, an English star known for his iconic roles as Frank-N-Furter in 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Pennywise in the…
BOLOGNA, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Ciro Immobile of Bologna FC during the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Juventus FC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images) Giovanni Malago has reportedly approached Ciro Immobile about a role within the Italian football federation, just…
The US dollar has resumed its decline following a corrective recovery, as the support behind the currency proved insufficient to sustain the rebound. Selling pressure increased as long-term US Treasury yields fell amid reports that the US Treasury was prepared to expand its bond-buyback operations. Larger buybacks support the government bond market and can contribute…
BankChain Alliance plans to build a bank-owned blockchain network in 2027 with over 3,000 institutions and over $21.8 trillion in assets. The network would be compatible with other blockchain networks while supporting tokenized deposits, stablecoins, automated settlement, and other digital banking services. The consortium has been discussing the launch of a stablecoin backed by the…
The problem with the AI restructuring is the AI wasn’t good enough. Meta / YouTube Sometimes, AI-driven restructuring goes about as well as an AI-assisted legal brief. Reuters reports that Meta spent much of this year testing a plan in which AI would take over many of the workforce’s daily tasks. Dubbed Project…
Prime Video has released the official trailer for its upcoming romantic comedy film, The Love Hypothesis. Starring Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman, the new footage teases a fake-relationship premise reminiscent of Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock’s 2009 romantic comedy The Proposal. The upcoming rom-com adapts Ali Hazelwood’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same…
1 Noah Atubolu has extended his contract with Freiburg, according to Sky Germany. This decision is expected to open the door for a loan move away from the club, with Eintracht Frankfurt said to be interested in the goalkeeper. The contract extension runs until 2027 and is intended to keep the player from leaving the…
As anti-AI sentiment continues to spread, one tech industry leader is now floating an idea for how to deal with it. In a 6,000-word essay posted on his Gates Notes website, billionaire and former Microsoft head Bill Gates explains his fears about artificial intelligence and offers a few proposals for addressing them. Gates also discussed…
As the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region formulates its first five-year plan and aligns its development with the national 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), the Northern Metropolis stands as the city’s premier growth engine. Positioned to expand urban development capacity and catalyze an innovation and technology (I&T) ecosystem, the project is essential to the SAR’s long-term…