The director of the Louvre has warned the French government about leaks, overcrowding and sub-standard catering in a leaked memo that has raised alarm about the state of the world’s most-visited museum. Laurence des Cars, the first woman to head the gallery, wrote a confidential note about her concerns to the culture minister, Rachida Dati,…
An American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Tokyo on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images American Airlines reported a jump in fourth-quarter profits with results coming in ahead of analysts’ expectations, though its first-quarter outlook fell short of estimates. The carrier…
Meta, the company which owns social media networks Facebook and Instagram, has denied forcing users to follow official accounts belonging to senior figures in the new Trump administration. Some users of the platforms had complained following Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday that they had “automatically” been made to follow the new president, as well as…
A board game based on the mafia wars that raged in Sicily in the 1980s has caused controversy in Italy, with the sister of the murdered anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone describing it as an offence to all those who had fought to free Italy of organised crime. La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War, produced by…
Majid Jahangir BBC Hindi Reporting fromBadhal, Jammu ANI Initial investigation suggests that contaminated food and water may have caused the deaths Officials are investigating the “mysterious deaths” of over a dozen people – most of them children – in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. At least 17 people, including 12 children, have died in Badhal village…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s huge mobile ecosystems to determine whether the tech titans are in breach of the U.K.’s strict new digital competition rules. The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said it was opening dual probes into both U.S. tech…
Italian lender UniCredit‘s “very aggressive, very opaque” bid for Commerzbank has been criticized by Germany’s Finance Minister Jörg Kukies, who stressed that hostile takeovers don’t usually work. “In the government, we need to protect the safety and stability of a systemic banking sector,” Kukies told CNBC Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Hostile takeovers…
Matisyahu on Elon Musk More Awkward Nerd Than Nazi Published January 23, 2025 1:00 AM PST Play video content TMZ.com Matisyahu says Elon Musk most definitely did not make a Nazi salute at Donald Trump‘s inauguration … he says it’s just an example of Elon being a fish out of water. The Jewish singer-songwriter, who…
The EU’s new trade chief has said the bloc could consider including the UK in a pan-European trade agreement, but emphasised that “the ball is in the UK’s court”. While the UK’s Labour government has ruled out returning to the single market and customs union after Brexit, the possibility of joining a continent-wide deal could…
Thurman Thomas I’ll Jump Through Table If Bills Win SB … Jim Kelly Will Too!!! Published January 23, 2025 12:30 AM PST Play video content TMZSports.com If Josh Allen and Co. are able to lock up a Super Bowl win in the next few weeks, Thurman Thomas tells TMZ Sports he’ll jump through some tables…
