Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing to examine claims of voter irregularities in the 2020 election, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo | Reuters A week ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive…
Alfie Tobutt BBC World Service Getty Images The sandstorm blanketed parts of southern Iraq in an orange haze More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna province reported to the AFP news…
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Shutterstock for Big Brother Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has left Celebrity Big Brother after “further use of inappropriate language” and “instances of unacceptable behaviour”, ITV has said. On Saturday, Rourke, 72, used behaviour and language considered to be threatening and aggressive towards fellow housemate Chris Hughes, the BBC understands. No physical…
A Cornell University graduate student who had his US visa revoked due to protest activities against Israel has chosen to leave the US rather than be deported. Momodou Taal, who is a joint citizen of the UK and The Gambia, had his student visa revoked due to his on-campus protest activities last year as the…
The will of legendary actor Gene Hackman has been released, but uncertainty lingers over his $80m (£62m) fortune. The two-time Academy Award winner left his entire estate to his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The couple was found dead in their New Mexico home in February. Although Hackman’s three children were not named in his will, they…
Getty Images The fire is thought to have started in the hotel’s restaurant area A fire at a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu has left 10 people dead and 32 others injured, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. At least two of the victims died after jumping from the hotel’s windows, Turkish…
“Since taking over the menu, there are certain products I knew I wanted to use,” says Bradyn Kawack, now the executive chef of Chicago’s Atelier. After the restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star in 2023, Kawack was promoted to executive chef, overseeing the restaurant’s $170 tasting menu. For Kawack, creativity involves “finding the product first,”…
While Nvidia’s spectacular surge remains the biggest story in the technology industry, the AI chipmaker’s performance on the market has been dwarfed this year by a digital advertising company with a specialty in gaming. AppLovin has soared 310% in 2024, beating every U.S. tech company with a market cap of at least $5 billion, according…
Melania Trump is making moves just in time for the U.S. elections! On Friday, she was spotted packing up an impressive collection of Louis Vuitton luggage outside Trump Tower in NYC. With her son Barron by her side, who is a freshman at NYU, the duo was reportedly leaving for a trip to South Florida….
Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny fumed over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist speech delivered at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden over the weekend. Netizens lauded Bad Bunny for a beautiful tribute to Puerto Ricans, with one saying, “I love this human being Boricua!!!!!”(Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) In his address, Hinchcliffe compared Puerto Rico…
