Retail sales in Great Britain rose last month due to motorists stocking up on fuel as they watched prices at the pump escalate rapidly because of the Iran war. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that the volume of retail sales rose 0.7% last month, well above analysts’ forecasts of just 0.1%, as the…
24 April 2026 Smokey Robinson’s defamation claim against former employees suing him for sexual assault has been dismissed. Smokey Robinson’s defamation claim has been dismissed The Motown icon and his wife Frances had taken legal action against the plaintiffs and their lawyer for branding him a “serial and sick rapist” at a press conference in…
The putative Fed chair could embrace the Treasury secretary’s geoeconomic agenda
Ukrainian officials say a port-bound foreign merchant ship and residential buildings were hit in recent assault. By Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 A Ukrainian married couple, both aged 75, were killed in a Russian attack on Odesa, Ukrainian officials said. Russia launched a series of drone attacks on…
A remarkably preserved fossil from Argentina is helping scientists sharpen the picture of how snakes evolved. The specimen belongs to Najash rionegrina, an ancient rear-limbed snake that lived nearly 100 million years ago. Its skull shows that these early snakes still had a cheekbone, also called the jugal bone, a feature that has almost completely…
Target has set itself apart from big box retailers like Walmart by having trendy clothes, homegoods branded by reality TV stars and, of course, in-store Starbucks. With malls and traditional department stores in decline, Target has even become the go-to destination for stay-at-home parents who need to get out of the house (and maybe get…
Stocks are climbing back toward record highs, even as the Iran war continues and oil prices stay elevated. So why aren’t markets reacting? (Source: Bloomberg)
French film stalwart Sara May is stepping into the action and genre space with the launch of her new production banner Sonderworld. The company, which has backing from Goodfellas, is currently developing a slate of elevated, globally-minded action and genre features with the goal of building original IP and franchises out of the French and…
As AI floods the internet with clean, correct, and increasingly interchangeable content, we are losing original thinking. Over the past year, a quiet shift has been unfolding across the internet. A growing wave of AI-generated news and content sites has flooded search results. Many of them are technically accurate, cleanly written, and structurally sound, yet…
Reform UK has asked steel bosses to draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent government plans, stoking industry fears over a charm offensive by Nigel Farage’s party as it eyes gains in former Labour heartlands. Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, met a group of bosses shortly before Labour announced new steel tariffs in…
