Even with the pain of Trump tariffs and threats of becoming the 51st state, Canada’s approaching election is moving aside for the Canadiens. Wednesday’s primetime debate between the leaders of the five main political parties in the Great North has changed its start time to avoid clashing with a hockey game that could lurch the…
Share prices of big technology companies declined in Asia on Wednesday, dragging broader markets lower, after Nvidia, the American chip giant, revealed that the U.S. government would restrict sales of some of its chips to China. They are the first major limits that President Trump’s administration has put on semiconductor sales abroad. Nvidia dominates the…
Trump escalated a feud with Harvard After freezing $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard University, President Trump turned up the pressure yesterday and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status. The fight between the Trump administration and the nation’s oldest and most elite university was headed for a showdown that could affect other U.S. institutions. Harvard…
Lorne Michaels is launching a British SNL spinoff next year, and many people think it’s a terrible idea. IDK, it could work? Or it could be awful. [Pajiba]Hailee Steinfeld wore Robert Wun to the Sinners premiere. [RCFA]It’s bizarre to me that outlets are regularly publishing body-language analysis, but it’s even weirder to do it about…
Dongsanhuan Ring Road, CBD, Beijing, China. Xiaoyang Liu/Construction Photography/Avalon | Getty Images China’s economy expanded by a better-than-expected 5.4% in the first quarter, maintaining a strong momentum, even as U.S. tariff threats prompt major investment banks to slash the country’s annual growth outlook. The first-quarter GDP topped Reuters’ poll expectations for a 5.1% growth year…
China has warned its people to think twice before visiting the United States, citing trade tensions. It also told its students to be careful about studying there and accused two American universities of hacking. And it has vowed to cut down on the number of Hollywood films that can be shown in China. The trade…
It is fair to say that we have not seen anything like Colorado superstar Travis Hunter. Sure, there have been players who have played both ways before in football. It was never easy for any one of them and certainly hasn’t been for Hunter. He made it look that way though last season as he…
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As a packed O2 Arena buzzed with excitement, the enormity of the moment at seeing their idols live in the flesh seemed to reach pitch for fans of the Sugababes (made up of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Siobhán Donaghy), who this year celebrate their 25th anniversary! Taking to the stage just a year and…
Tensions between France and Algeria, never far from the surface, flared as the two countries engaged in tit-for-tat expulsions of officials working at each of their embassies and consulates. In response to Algeria’s decision of Monday to expel 12 officials working at the French embassy and consulates, the French presidency announced on Tuesday that it…
