The breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria has cut heating and hot water supplies to households after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There is no heating or hot water,” an employee of local energy company Tirasteploenergo said by phone from Tiraspol, Moldova’s main city. She said she did not know how long the situation would…
Diplo was trippin’ — literally — during a CNN interview to ring in 2025 — and his back and forth with hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper was one for the history books. Diplo trips on LSD while appearing on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special. pic.twitter.com/V9iauqF86B — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 1, 2025 @PopCrave The…
Joe Manganiello‘s birthday cakes tasted awfully familiar this year … his girlfriend, Caitlin O’Connor, bought his sweet treats from a bakery often frequented by his ex-wife, Sofía Vergara. Bakery sources tell TMZ … Caitlin ordered 2 birthday cakes for Joe’s birthday from Cake and Art bakery in West Hollywood, Calif. ahead of his 48th name…
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has spent New Year’s Eve with US president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Morrison posted a photo on X featuring himself and his wife, Jenny, alongside Trump and his wife, Melania, at the Palm Beach, Florida club. “[Happy New Year] 2025 from Mar-a-Lago,” the post said. The annual…
Experts have predicted a “buyer’s market” for house hunters in the year ahead, giving them greater negotiating power as the mood of the housing market shifts to “cautious optimism”. However, even the more hopeful expectations for 2025 were met with caution, as an important stamp duty relief for first-time buyers was scheduled to end in…
Investigators have finished extracting data from one of the black boxes from the fated Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, South Korea’s transport ministry has said. The data from the cockpit voice recorder will now be converted into an audio file, though authorities said it would take more time to access the data in…
Kenny Dillingham was rewarded on the eve of Arizona State’s biggest game in recent memory. The Arizona State head coach has agreed to a five-year extension to remain in Tempe ahead of its matchup with Texas in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, ESPN reported Tuesday. While the exact value of the contract wasn’t…
Masses of glittering algae have returned to Tasmania’s coastline in a spectacular bloom of bioluminescence that experts say is the largest seen in years. The phenomenon, known as “sea sparkles” or “red tide”, was caused by masses of noctiluca scintillans, a pink-coloured algae that experts say was beautiful to look at, but considered bad news…
Drew Allar threw three touchdown passes and Penn State bottled up Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty for a 31-14 win over Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night, earning a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Nittany Lions (13-2, CFP No. 6 seed) opened their first CFP berth with a blowout…
A woman has died in a New Year’s Day scuba diving accident at a popular Gold Coast swimming spot. Meanwhile, another woman was found dead on Wednesday after an extensive search following a water tubing accident north-west of Brisbane on New Year’s Eve. Emergency services were called to Wave Break Island, in Biggera Waters, at…
