Nazi swastikas have been scrawled across a Sydney synagogue in another episode of antisemitism, horrifying the Jewish community. The attack on the Southern Sydney Synagogue, in Allawah in NSW premier Chris Minns’ electorate of Kogarah, was committed by “bastards … with hate in their hearts” determined to divide the community, the premier said. “It’s a…
Steve Kerr’s 90-year-old mother is among thousands who have lost their homes as fierce wildfires rage in the Los Angeles area. “My mom is in good hands, but her house is gone,” Golden State’s coach said Thursday night before the Warriors played the Detroit Pistons. “I’ve been on the phone with my siblings quite a…
US aviation giant Boeing has told BBC News it is donating $1m (£812,600) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. Google has also confirmed that it has made a similar donation as the two firms join a growing list of major American companies contributing to the fund. The list also includes oil producer Chevron…
Firefighters work as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California on Jan. 7, 2025. David Swanson | AFP | Getty Images Massive wildfires are devastating the Los Angeles area of Southern California. As of Thursday morning, at least five people were killed, more than 100,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate, and nearly 2,000…
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Southern California has been devastated by wildfires and there are no signs that the inferno will be contained anytime soon. Thousands of homes have been destroyed, at least five people have been killed, and many of America’s most famous neighborhoods will never look the same. Countless celebrities have…
The price at which tickets for live events can be resold is to be capped under “gamechanging” proposals put forward by the government to crack down on touting in the sector. In a move hailed by music industry figures, the culture minister, Lisa Nandy, has launched a consultation that she said would end the “misery”…
A screen displays the Kospi index and the exchange rate between the South Korean won and US dollar inside a trading room at Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily…
Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain will miss the rest of the season following left knee surgery last month on a torn meniscus. The 20-year-old McCain spent one season at Duke before the Sixers made him their 2024 first-round draft pick. McCain was off to a fantastic start and had averaged 15.3 points in 23 games….
Brooke Shields has opened up about something very personal, very surprising and very unfortunate. In new new memoir — Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, which goes on sale on January 14) — the actress/model delves into an unexpected trauma that came at the hands of medical…
Spencer Pratt‘s digging through what’s left of his and Heidi Montag‘s home … searching through the ruins for anything that may have survived the devastating fire. The reality television star returned to Pacific Palisades Thursday … just days after his home burned in the Pacific Palisades Fire — looking high and low around the property…
