Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Drake, pictured holding two Billboard music awards, is the most-successful rapper of his generation Drake has been given the green light to access sensitive record company documents in his ongoing defamation case over Kendrick Lamar’s song Not Like Us. The star had asked for copies of Kendrick Lamar’s recording…
BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 24: Robert Habeck, chancellor candidate of the German Greens Party, speaks to the media the day after German parliamentary elections on February 24, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. The Greens came in fourth place with 11.6% of the vote, down 2.9% from the previous election. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Sean Gallup…
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will travel to Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins. The earthquake in central Myanmar last Friday killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, the junta has said. Hundreds more are missing and the toll is expected…
Keir Starmer has told heads of business in Downing Street that “clearly there will be an economic impact” from US tariffs but that ministers would respond with “cool and calm heads”. The prime minister gathered senior business figures in No 10 after Donald Trump announced he would introduce 10% blanket tariffs on imports from the…
US President Donald Trump inspects a Guard of Honour at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019 in London, England. Toby Melville | Getty Images U.K. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the country faces a “threat” to its open economy from any global fallout from Trump’s new tariffs regime, which included a baseline 10% “reciprocal” tariff…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Markets have turned their sights on how U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration arrived at the figures behind the sweeping tariffs on…
The Australian Electoral Commission has cleared host Abbie Chatfield of any wrongdoing after she interviewed Anthony Albanese on her podcast, finding her content “does not require an authorisation statement”. Liberal senators questioned whether some of Chatfield’s social media content should have been classed as electoral material – which would require an official authorisation statement. Anthony…
The AppLovin logo arranged on a laptop in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images AppLovin is one of the companies in negotiations to potentially acquire TikTok, sources familiar with the situation told CNBC’s David Faber on Wednesday. The Trump administration, which has been trying to shepherd a deal…
Nathan Ordaz scored in the 57th minute, and Los Angeles FC kept Lionel Messi off the scoresheet Wednesday night in a 1-0 victory over Inter Miami in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal matchup. Messi had produced a goal (5) or an assist (2) in each of his first six Champions Cup…
Charts that show the “reciprocal tariffs” the U.S. is charging other countries are on display at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday laid out the “reciprocal tariff” rates that more than 180 countries and territories…
