President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he hopes the war in Iran is nearing its end, saying Tehran wants to make a deal, as the conflict continues to loom over the US midterm election campaign. In the same appearance, he dismissed as "laughable" a proposal for…
Tech companies are increasingly launching exclusive clothing lines as a way to build brand loyalty and shape public perception, rather than for profit. Nvidia's merchandise, including a $178 jumper featuring an image of chief executive Jensen Huang, sells out rapidly and is treated by fans almost like sports…
Paramount insiders say the studio is "deadly serious" about quitting California, with a deposit reportedly already placed on moving trucks and an announcement to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and state Attorney General Rob Bonta expected yesterday, though it did not materialise. The threat stems from chief executive…
This article is a nostalgic, first-person list highlighting four songs that defined childhood for many who grew up in the 1970s, spanning artists from The Jackson 5 to ABBA and Elton John. It offers light-hearted commentary rather than hard news, reflecting on why each track has remained memorable…
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium, has responded to a challenge from rapper Macklemore to match a $1 million donation to organisations supporting Palestinians. The exchange follows a heated row after Kraft reportedly pressured Ed Sheeran's tour promoters to drop Macklemore from The…
Chris Brown has publicly hit back at Texas state representative Venton Jones after Jones apologised for granting the singer legislative honours during a Dallas stop of his and Usher's R&B Tour, citing Brown's history of domestic violence. In an Instagram Story posted on Tuesday 15 September, Brown insisted…
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has told the Labour government it could save around £8billion a year by means-testing disability benefits, including cutting payments to middle-class young people with anxiety, ahead of the Timms Review and October's Budget. The proposal would fold Personal Independence Payments (PIP) into the…
A survey of undergraduates has found that two thirds felt their university was not upfront about their course's job prospects, with 34 per cent saying they were never told at all what proportion of graduates in their subject land graduate-level jobs. This matters because it feeds into wider…
A new report from the defence think tank RUSI has warned that more than 500 regional airports, airfields and helipads across Britain are being exploited by criminals to smuggle drugs, cash, weapons and people into the country. Around one in five of these sites accept unscheduled flights from…
Celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss, known for organising weddings for Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, Finneas, Justin Bieber and members of the Kardashian family, has partnered with Ring Pop to launch a wedding-themed collection of the ring-shaped lollipop sweets. Ring Pop has long been associated with playful marriage…
Polygon is running a giveaway tied to the launch of its new weekly YouTube news show, Point It Out, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Matt Patches and Supervising Video Producer Simone de Rochefort. In partnership with furniture brand Secretlab, Polygon is offering three gaming chairs to three winners over three…
The parody film Scary Movie 6 has become the most-watched movie on Paramount+ in the US, riding a surprisingly strong box office run into streaming success. It arrives just as Taylor Sheridan's spy drama Lioness, which has topped Paramount+ viewing for over a month, nears the end of…
Prime Video's "Neagley," a spinoff of the "Reacher" franchise, premiered on 16 September, introducing a fresh ensemble around Maria Sten's Frances Neagley, a Chicago private investigator and former protégé of Jack Reacher. The eight-episode debut season sees Neagley assembling a crew to investigate the death of her friend…
GMO Internet Group has launched what it calls Japan's first "humanoid ambulance" onto the streets of Tokyo, a maintenance van that responds when its humanoid robots break down while on duty. Rather than shipping a malfunctioning robot away for repairs and disrupting its work, the vehicle brings engineers,…
Push Square's editor has previewed Silver Palace, an upcoming free-to-play gacha RPG set in a Victorian-inspired gothic fantasy world, following a hands-on demo at Gamescom and its announcement for PS5 during Sony's Opening Night Live. While praising its striking Reverse 1999-esque art direction and atmospheric open world, the…
Hundreds of volunteers descended on the Suffolk village of Brantham to help search for three-year-old Noah Woods, who went missing from a playground on Tuesday afternoon, only for the effort to end in tragedy when his body was found in a nearby pond. Police confirmed the discovery at…
Sixteen Durham councillors have now quit Reform UK amid its Welsh leader's arrest, while Leicester mother Nusrat Osman remains missing in Malawi and Saudi Arabia says it downed a Houthi drone near Mecca; also: the EPA scraps power-plant pollution limits and Apple's iPhone 18 Pro draws a muted…
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae was hospitalised after being punched through the open window of his car while stopped in traffic in Dublin's south inner city, in what has been described as a "totally unprovoked" attack. The incident, which occurred as he drove home to Kerry from Leinster House,…
Energy Minister Darragh O'Brien has defended his decision to approve a pay package for ESB chief executive Paddy Hayes that could see his salary rise to €480,000 by June 2028, calling him an "exceptional person" who runs an "exceptional organisation". The defence comes after the Irish Daily Mail…
Paramount Skydance has warned California officials it is "deadly serious" about relocating its studio operations out of Hollywood ahead of an October 1 deadline, after the state's attorney general and 11 counterparts filed an anti-trust lawsuit to block Paramount's $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. CEO David…