Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has launched a meme-coin in a bid to raise the profile of the country, which is one of the world’s poorest. Meme-coins are used to build popularity for a viral internet trend or movement and fans are inspired to collect and give them value, but they are extremely volatile…
Lucy Williamson Middle East correspondent BBC Imad Abdallah sits with other day labourers in a square in central Amman hoping to pick up temporary work Donald Trump is expected to face fierce resistance from Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House today, in their first meeting since the US president proposed moving Gaza’s population to…
Ex-MTV Host Matt Pinfield He Doesn’t Seem Incompetent To Us … GF, Brother Push Back Published February 11, 2025 1:00 AM PST Matt Pinfield‘s girlfriend and brother say the former MTV host is more communicative than his daughter is letting on … because he was singing along to music during a recent hospital visit. Matt’s…
Patti Smith is to perform her classic album Horses in full on a tour to mark the album’s 50th anniversary. Playing gigs across the US, UK and Europe, Smith’s band will feature guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, each of whom played on the original recording. The tour includes two UK dates, at…
The BP logo is displayed outside a petrol station near Warminster in Wiltshire, England, on Aug. 15, 2022. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil major BP on Tuesday posted a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profit on weaker refining margins, announcing a $1.75 billion share buyback and a pledge to “fundamentally”…
Aaron Rodgers Ex-Teammate Says … QB’s Not Cooked!!! Published February 11, 2025 12:15 AM PST Play video content TMZSports.com The New York Jets are reportedly done with Aaron Rodgers, but Aaron Jones — one of the quarterback’s ex-teammates — tells TMZ Sports he’s pretty sure that doesn’t mean the NFL has seen the last of…
The chief executive of BP has defended its tumbling profits as the board braces for a campaign by an activist investor to overhaul the troubled oil company. Murray Auchincloss reported a sharp slump in BP’s annual profits to $8.9bn (£7.9bn) last year from almost $14bn in 2023, just days after it emerged that the activist…
A Gucci store, operated by Kering SA, in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, China, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images French luxury goods firm Kering on Tuesday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales that were nevertheless down year-on-year amid lagging demand for its main Gucci label. The high-end fashion group, whose brands…
The Commerzbank AG headquarters, in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Emanuele Cremaschi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Italy’s second-largest lender UniCredit on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter profit beat, raising shareholder returns amid market focus on the bank’s M&A overtures. Net profit attributable to the group came in…
A family who arrived at their rented holiday house to find bloodstained furniture and a room full of sex toys were told the problem was “minor” by the booking platform Vrbo. Paul Norris [not his real name] and his wife had booked the five-bedroom, £300-a-night house in Northern Ireland for a week’s holiday for their…
