White smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday at 6:07 p.m. local time, signaling the end of the conclave and the election of a new pope to lead the Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is now the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Just a minute later,…
Draymond Green has been known to get under his opponent’s skin from time to time. Throughout Green’s 13-year NBA career, all with the Golden State Warriors, he’s been labeled as an instigator, an agitator, and at times a dirty player. And despite Green’s animated style of play, he’s a winner above all else. Green’s all-round…
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the stay on the release of a film tentatively titled Shaadi Ke Director Karan – Johar (also wanted to change it to Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar), ruling that the movie title infringes on the personality and publicity rights of renowned filmmaker Karan Johar. A division bench…
By Elizabeth Kaske and Matthew McGonegle Despite the high cost of capital and a slew of macroeconomic uncertainties, more than 70% of the most confident global chief executive officers (CEOs) are betting on a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) comeback in 2025. But to escalate value creation and total shareholder return (TSR), businesses may need to…
The first American pope Robert Francis Prevost was yesterday elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first pontiff from the U.S. He took the papal name Leo XIV and greeted a cheering crowd of followers at St. Peter’s Square by saying, “Peace be with you.” Read a transcript of his speech….
A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century is, at last, about to come home. Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in March 1972 as part of the Soviet multimission Venera program. Thanks to a rocket malfunction, however, it never escaped…
Josh Raffaelli, who has deep roots as a Silicon Valley investor and has backed a number of Elon Musk companies, is suing his former employer, the massive trillion-dollar AUM Brookfield Asset Management, reports The New York Times. Much of Raffaelli’s complaint concerns how Brookfield covered pandemic-related real estate losses and alleges the company fired him…
News of the Pittsburgh Steelers trading 24-year-old wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys broke early Wednesday morning, and believe it or not, Pickens himself found out when it became public on social media. “It was like my old draft reaction. I found out when everyone else found out,” Pickens said on a conference…
The Academy of Country Music Awards celebrated its diamond anniversary on Thursday with some of the jewels of country music. Hosted by Reba McEntire at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the milestone anniversary show marked six decades of country while recognizing the past year’s most talented artists in the genre. Ella…
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