LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trainer Chad Brown got the scary call last fall that Always a Runner had a serious case of pneumonia, something that would keep her from racing as a 2-year-old. “This filly was struggling,” Brown said. “Her career was really up in the air.” After more than a month in a veterinary clinic…
Meryl Streep is weighing in on the state of modern filmmaking, arguing that the dominance of superhero storytelling has led to less nuanced character work across the industry. As Miranda Priestly puts it in the “Devil Wears Prada” sequel, there’s a shortage of “visionaries” in lieu of “vendors.” Speaking in a recent interview on the…
Crude output has risen to highest level since 2013 as demand soars to replace lost barrels from the Gulf
In the French port city of Nantes, once France’s largest departure point for ships that trafficked enslaved Africans across the Atlantic, a new wooden mast rises 18 metres into the sky from the waterside. The Mast of Fraternity and Memory, inaugurated this month, marks a turning point in France’s complicated relationship with the legacy of…
2 May 2026 Academy Awards bosses have announced a string of rule changes amid the rise in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Conan O’Brien hosted the last Oscars The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made some changes for next year to reflect their dedication to “listening to the global filmmaking community”…
“The problem for India goes beyond any one political figure.” Amitav Ghosh tells Mishal Husain that India is struggling to find its role in the world amid continental competition from China, Russia and Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)
PM Keir Starmer says the phrase ‘globalise the Intifada’ should be ‘completely off limits’. Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says some pro-Palestine marches could be banned and people who use the phrase “globalise the Intifada” could be prosecuted. In an interview broadcast by the BBC on Saturday, Starmer…
Cases span more than a dozen states, with people getting sick from a strain of the bacterium that is showing resistance to a number of antibiotics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states. Worse, the outbreak appears to be linked to a strain of the…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Opening summary Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. The German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, said that it was “foreseeable” that the US would withdraw troops from Europe, after the Pentagon announced it would pull…
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) have progressed work on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) annex, a key part of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, and today agreed additional time was needed to finalize the framework for ensuring a better, more equitable, response to future pandemics. Countries today ended the resumed session…
