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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will discuss a landmark economic and defence accord with German leaders on Wednesday, hoping to use a visit to pursue a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to reset relations with the rest of Europe. At the beginning of a two-day visit to Germany and France, Starmer said he wants Britain to move beyond the previous…

Donald Trump suggested in Virginia that his debate with Kamala Harris may not go ahead, while the vice president has not been interviewed since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 election. Donald Trump has confirmed he will debate Kamala Harris on 10 September, while the vice president has agreed to her first joint interview since Joe…

Jake Sullivan has been welcomed to China on his first visit as US national security adviser. He will hold talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the two countries try to stabilise relations. Mr Sullivan and Mr Wang have met four times over 16 months in Vienna, Malta, Washington and Bangkok. Their last meeting in January was…

A 3,500-year-old jar has been accidentally smashed into pieces by a four-year-old boy during a trip to a museum in Israel. The Hecht Museum in Haifa told the BBC the crockery dated back to the Bronze Age between 2200 and 1500BC – and was a rare artefact because it was so intact. It had been on display…

Stunning new video shows what a proposed glitzy $12 billion casino complex in Hudson Yards will look like while walking the High Line. The animated rendering of the ambitious Manhattan project by Related Companies and Wynn Resorts is partly aimed at countering opposition from advocates of the High Line park and other critics who claim the plan…

Donald Trump faced a revised federal indictment on Tuesday accusing him of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, with prosecutors narrowing their approach after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained the superseding indictment in the Washington case, though it was…

THE ultra-rich are building apocalypse-proof bunkers with White House-style medical suites, go-kart tracks and mammoth movie theatres. Al Corbi, the founder of US-based firm SAFE, has been designing and building “unmatched protection” for 50 years. Mr Corbi told The Sun the mega-wealthy have been installing nuclear bunkers for decades – ever since the Cold War days. But…

China spent about $15 billion, or 7% of its defence budget, on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, according to a previously unpublished Taiwanese estimate, showing Beijing’s investment in military activity around Taiwan and its neighbours. The internal research by Taiwan’s armed forces, reviewed by Reuters, offers a rare look into a slice of China’s defence…

Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 200 missiles and drones on Monday, killing seven people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighbouring NATO member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace. Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials said the attack – 2-1/2…

Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war. Torrential rains caused floods that overwhelmed the Arbaat Dam on Sunday just 40 km…

When asked the secret to his longevity, John Tinniswood – who has lived through both world wars – put it all down to “just luck”. The world’s oldest living man has turned 112 – and revealed the British classic he eats every Friday. John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912, the year the Titanic…

Three people were killed and eight more were injured when a suspected Islamic extremist went on a stabbing rampage at a festival in the western city of Solingen on Friday night. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to step up deportations of rejected asylum seekers after it emerged the suspect in Friday’s knife attack was a Syrian…

Page Three, reality TV, kids’ books, pop and perfume – you name it, Katie Price has done it. At the height of her fame in the 2000s, even Kim Kardashian revealed herself to be a fan of the star formerly known as Jordan. “Instantly watchable,” “smart,” “underestimated” – all words used to describe the living brand that…

New Zealander James Cutfield, the captain of the British-flagged superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily last Monday, spoke to magistrates for more than two hours. The captain of the superyacht that sank off the coast of Italy has been questioned by prosecutors investigating the deaths of seven passengers. The British-flagged superyacht sank in the early…

At least 50 people have been killed in the attacks and retaliatory operations by security forces. At least 51 people – including 12 attackers – have been killed in southwest Pakistan after separatist militants targeted police stations, railway lines and motorways. Vehicles, including buses and delivery trucks, were targeted on a major road in Musakhail, a district…

The 39-year-old singer said she has received “abhorrent messages” since she revealed she had returned the dog after “many months and much deliberation” because her family home wasn’t “the best fit” for the animal. British pop star Lily Allen says she has received death threats after revealing she returned an adopted puppy because it ate her family’s…

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly feeling “relieved” after filing for divorce from Ben Affleck, despite not wanting to pull the plug on their two-year marriage. “It’s been incredibly difficult for her that Ben chose to pull away from their marriage and move on with his life, leaving her behind,” a source told People Monday. “She didn’t want a…

Mariah Carey revealed mom Patricia and sister Alison both tragically died over the weekend. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend,” Mariah, 55, said in a statement shared with People Monday. “Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.” Although the Grammy winner did…

Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance about his fate. The headline in a Russian newspaper summed up the story: “The arrest (or detention) of ‘Russia’s Zuckerberg’, Pavel Durov, is one of the most important, but…

Russia battered much of Ukraine on Monday, firing scores of missiles and drones that killed four people, injured more than a dozen and damaged energy facilities in attacks that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as “vile.” The barrage of over 100 missiles and a similar number of drones began around midnight and continued through daybreak in what appeared…

The Kolkata Police has issued an advisory for August 27 in the wake of a massive protest call against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old PG trainee doctor in the city’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. The ‘Paschimbanga Chhatro Samaj’ has called for a major protest march on Tuesday – ‘Nabanno Abhiyaan…

More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA TODAY. The letter from alums of the three Republican presidential nominees prior to former President Donald…

A British safety adviser working with a team of Reuters journalists was killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency confirmed. Ryan Evans, 38, was staying at the Hotel Sapphire with colleagues in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region when it was hit by a Russian missile Saturday night. Two…

Is your boss texting you on the weekend? Work email pinging long after you’ve left for home? Australian employees can now ignore those and other intrusions into home life thanks to a new “right to disconnect” law designed to curb the creep of work emails and calls into personal lives. The new rule, which came into force…

Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern and southern Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 37, Ukrainian military and local authorities said on Sunday. Overnight attacks targeted Ukraine’s frontline regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, Ukraine’s air force said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia has been pummelling Ukrainian border regions with strikes, and Kyiv…

“When you are half-naked or even sometimes completely naked, it allows for deeper discussion,” said Mikko Hautala, the ambassador of Finland to the United States. “You talk in a way that doesn’t happen when you are sitting around a table with a tie on or at some formal thing.” Diplomacy takes shape in different ways: formal meetings…

San Francisco’s long relationship with X is nearly over — and city officials are far from heartbroken. Elon Musk is shuttering his social media company’s headquarters in a gritty downtown neighborhood in the coming weeks and will move its last employees based there south to offices in Palo Alto and San Jose. New headquarters will be set…

OVER 100 people have been rescued by helicopter after they got trapped by flash floods near the Grand Canyon – but one hiker remains missing. Searchers have been unable to find Chenoa Nickerson, 33, who is believed to have been swept away during monsoons in Havasuapi Indian Reservation in Arizona. Nickerson was hiking about a half-mile from…

He is one of the world’s richest people, often dubbed the “Russian Mark Zuckerberg” – following his arrest in France, here is everything you need to know about Telegram founder Pavel Durov. Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested after arriving in France on his private jet at the weekend. He was reportedly the subject of a…

Bus accidents are common in Pakistan and these latest two come just days after another 28 Pakistani pilgrims died in neighbouring Iran after their bus overturned and caught fire. At least 35 people have died, and dozens more injured, after two separate bus crashes took place just hours apart in Pakistan. The first happened when a bus…

“Short and Sweet” might be Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth album, but even she says it feels more like her second. After the creative breakthrough of 2022’s “Emails I Can’t Send” — which we’ll call her “Disney-mancipation” after nearly a decade as a child star — “S n’ S” is the powerful next step in her evolution as an…

Romanian authorities towed away a fleet of luxury vehicles Saturday from the home of the divisive social media personality Andrew Tate, days after he was placed under house arrest following new human trafficking allegations. Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, both former kickboxers and dual British-U.S. citizens with millions of followers on social media and…

A rare but deadly disease spread by mosquitoes has one town in Massachusetts closing its parks and fields each evening. Four other towns are urging people to avoid going outdoors at night. They’re concerned about eastern equine encephalitis. State health officials announced last week a man in his 80s had caught the disease, the first human case…

Until midnight last Sunday, Matteo Cannia was sitting out on a bench overlooking the sea in Porticello. It was too hot to sleep. The 78-year-old, a fisherman since the age of 10, saw the first flashes of lightning. “I heard the thunder and the wind and decided to go home,” he told me. “As the storm grew,…

While it’s her first time skydiving, Manette Baillie is no stranger to pushing herself to her limits – she celebrated her 100th birthday behind the wheel of a Ferrari racing car at Silverstone. A woman from Suffolk plans to mark her 102nd birthday on Sunday with a record-breaking skydive. Manette Baillie will become the oldest person in…

The US presidential candidate is believed to have links to a town in County Antrim but whereas transatlantic ties are normally a cause for celebration, in the town of Ballymoney there is a strange unwillingness to embrace its most famous daughter. In the heart of Ballymoney, a small town in Northern Ireland’s County Antrim, bike leather-clad tourists…

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed three people at a festival marking the city of Solingen’s 650th anniversary. Police have arrested the person suspected of carrying out a knife attack that left three people dead at a festival in Germany, an official has said. The 26-year-old man handed himself in…

An Austrian chef who suffered a serious injury that left him disabled has made a remarkable comeback in the kitchen with the aid of device that allows him to “float” around his workplace. Peter Lammer thought his career was over when he remained unable to stand despite several surgeries and six years of physiotherapy to recover from…

The first 10,000 mpox vaccines are finally due to arrive next week in Africa, where a dangerous new strain of the virus – which has afflicted people there for decades – has caused global alarm. The slow arrival of the shots – which have already been made available in more than 70 countries outside Africa – showed…

Boeing is also struggling with quality issues on production of commercial planes, its most important products. Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA said on Saturday, deeming issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too…

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): Social media users and freelancers have been facing difficulties in Pakistan due to disruption in Internet services, Pakistan-based ARY News reported. The Internet disruption has caused mental stress for many, especially youth who depend on the Internet for their livelihood, A significant number of Pakistani youth have been impacted by the slow…

An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank in stormy weather off Sicily this week. The head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said that while the yacht had been hit by…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian “drone missile” on Saturday that he said would take the war back to Russia and scornfully derided Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “sick old man from Red Square”. As Ukraine marked 33 years of post-Soviet independence, Zelenskiy said the new weapon, Palianytsia, was faster and more powerful than the…

In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die. “I really wanted to take control over how I left this…

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination to lead the ticket. The closing of the Democratic National Convention drew a big audience Thursday — topping both the final night of the party’s gathering four years ago and that of the Republican convention in July. Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party’s nomination to top the Democratic…

Three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen, police said. They said that at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) a single, unidentified man attacked multiple people and that the perpetrator was still at large. “It tears my heart apart…

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday and announced a new military aid package ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day on Saturday, their offices said. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who also spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov on Friday, said on social media the package was worth $125 million. In the…

When a shell exploded near Oleksandr Budko, the 26-year-old found himself buried alive and in “terrible pain” from injuries that would lead to the amputation of both his legs. The Ukrainian soldier was helping to defend the north-eastern Kharkiv region from invading Russian forces in August 2022, when his unit was attacked. Two years on, he’s the…

Having a pet crocodile in the backyard sounds like a far-fetched Australian fable – like riding kangaroos to school or the existence of drop bears. But in the Northern Territory (NT), it’s a reality. And Trevor Sullivan has 11 of the reptiles sharing his tropical home in Batchelor, about an hour south of Darwin. Among them is…

Elon Musk sent an email to X staff overnight about their much-anticipated stock grants — but there’s a catch. In an email to staff viewed by The Verge, the company is planning to award stock options based on the anticipated impact of employees. That means staff have to submit a one-page summary telling leadership their contributions to…

It will be a long time before we get answers as to exactly how the UK-flagged Bayesian yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. The luxury superyacht was carrying 22 people when a heavy storm that created waterspouts struck early on Monday 19 August. Seven bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the boat. As Italian…

The attack, which has also left seven police officers injured, was one of the deadliest on police in recent years. At least 11 police officers have been killed during an ambush by armed attackers in eastern Pakistan, according to local officials. The attackers were armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), police said, and seven other officers…

Tate and his brother Tristan are facing new allegations after Romania’s organised crime agency DIICOT said it was searching four properties in the counties of Bucharest and Ilfov. The brothers have previously denied all the claims against them. Andrew Tate has been placed under house arrest in Romania. Prosecutors in Romania have requested Tate be detained for…

Doctor Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s Europe director, has urged EU countries to remember the lessons of COVID-19 and share mpox jabs with Africa as a means of protecting people globally. Surveillance and the sharing of mpox vaccines with Africa will be integral to preventing a global outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization’s Europe…

We’ve all heard the warnings about superbugs, but a new study suggests we may be overlooking their most likely source: our dinner plates. Scientists are raising the alarm about antimicrobial resistance in food animals, warning that our current practices could be setting the stage for a global health catastrophe. A recent review published in the International Journal…

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences…

The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht that sank this week off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, a senior Italian official said. Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still unaccounted for, interior ministry official Massimo Mariani told Reuters after being briefed by the…

A transgender woman from Australia has won a discrimination case against a women-only social media app, after she was denied access on the basis of being male. The Federal Court found that although Roxanne Tickle had not been directly discriminated against, she was a victim of indirect discrimination – which refers to when a decision disadvantages a…

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The laws were issued Wednesday after they were approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, a government spokesman said. The Taliban had set up a ministry for…

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday. The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the biggest diamond found since 1905.…

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman, became the world’s oldest living person at age 116, following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas, according to the Guinness World Records. Her age and birthdate — May 23, 1908 — were confirmed by the Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, and put her…

Ben Herskowitz stood on a hill overlooking the ancient archaeological landscape of Bamiyan, nestled among the high mountains of the Hindu Kush. In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley. It was “one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to in my life,” Herskowitz said. “So…

Thailand on Thursday confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the kingdom from Africa. The patient landed in Bangkok on August 14 and was sent to hospital with mpox symptoms. The Department of Disease Control said laboratory tests on the 66-year-old European confirmed he was…

VIEWERS of the Democratic National Convention were left disappointed on the final night after Beyoncé didn’t show up ahead of Kamala Harris’ headlining speech. The Grammy award-winning singer was rumored to be in Chicago and gearing up for a surprise performance before Vice President Harris was set to officially accept the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. TMZ reported…

A Hollister, California, family is urging parents to be cautious after their 2-year-old daughter was mistakenly served alcohol at a Salinas restaurant, resulting in a trip to the emergency room. According to KSBW 8, the family was at a large family dinner at a local Salinas restaurant, Fujiyama Japanese Restaurant, when their 2-year-old daughter was mistakenly served…

Elon Musk’s own AI system Grok has created videos of him committing armed robbery and it is surprisingly realistic. Not long after the X/Twitter CEO Musk participated in a glitch-ridden talk with controversial former president Donald Trump, people have used his own AI tech to create a video of both of them committing crimes. Musk alleges to…

Ben Affleck appeared stressed as he was seen puffing on a cigarette one day after his estranged wife, Jennifer Lopez, filed for divorce on their second wedding anniversary. The “Argo” star smoked with his windows down as he drove to his Los Angeles office on Wednesday afternoon. Affleck noticeably ditched his wedding ring as his arm dangled…

US prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Chinese dissident living in the US, accusing him of being an agent of Beijing’s intelligence service. Yuanjun Tang, 67, was arrested on Wednesday in the New York City, the US department of justice (DOJ) said in a statement. He is alleged to have spied on US-based Chinese democracy activists…

How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho. A motorist contacted authorities on July 30 to report…

The mugshot shows the man with the remnants of bandages on the back of his head and dried blood on his scalp. A man bleeding after a hair transplant was arrested when he refused to leave a plane. Eugenio Ernesto Hernandez-Garnier and a female companion were hauled off the aircraft at Miami airport on Tuesday, according to…

Just an hour away from where the Democratic National Convention is being held, it is clear the stakes of November’s election are not yet known. In Woodstock, Illinois, they know all about the cycle of repetition. The small town, around an hour’s drive from Chicago, where this week’s Democratic National Convention is being held, is actually where…

Divers have continued to search for survivors off the coast of Sicily amid hopes some survivors might be trapped in air pockets inside the ship. Five bodies have been found by divers searching the wreck of the superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily. Four bodies have been brought ashore and efforts to recover the fifth…

In 2018, India’s top court legalised gay sex in a landmark ruling – but the country still doesn’t allow transgender people and gay and bisexual men to donate blood. People from the LGBT community say the decades-old ban is “discriminatory” and have gone to court to challenge it. When Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli’s mother was on her deathbed…

Ford Motor (F.N), opens new tab on Wednesday said it was killing a planned three-row electric SUV and pushing back a new electric version of its best-selling pickup, the F-150, the latest delay by the U.S. automaker as it focuses on cutting costs to stimulate demand. Ford, General Motors (GM.N), opens new tab and other carmakers have…

Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern…

Some new Ukrainian soldiers refuse to fire at the enemy. Others, according to commanders and fellow fighters, struggle to assemble weapons or to coordinate basic combat movements. A few have even walked away from their posts, abandoning the battlefield altogether. While Ukraine presses on with its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, its troops are still losing precious…

U.S. President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, stressed the urgent need to conclude a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal and pointed to upcoming Cairo talks as crucial, the White House said. Their call followed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind trip to the Middle East that ended on Tuesday…

Day three of the Democratic National Convention has come to an end, with vice presidential candidate Tim Walz delivering his headline address. We’ve also heard from former house speaker Nancy Pelosi who took aim at Donald Trump. What happened on day three of the Democratic convention? Many of you will just be waking up to read about…

Chris Martin gave a special performance in Vienna after Taylor Swift fans were unable to attend her Austria shows due to a last-minute cancellation. The Coldplay frontman played a cover of “Love Story” for the crowd at Austria’s Ernst Happel Stadium during the band’s Wednesday show — two weeks after the pop star was forced to cancel…

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ election effort has raised around $500 million since she became the Democratic presidential candidate, sources told Reuters, an unprecedented money haul that reflects donor enthusiasm going into the Nov. 5 election. Four sources familiar with the fundraising effort told Reuters that figure had been banked for Harris in the four weeks since…

A U.S. appeals court said Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the lower court judge who…

Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox onboard, the government said on Tuesday, as global public health authorities remain on alert for a new faster-spreading variant of the virus. The quarantined Liberian-flagged ship was sailing from Santos, Brazil – also a major commodities hub – to pick…

Around 25 people were believed to be stuck on the ride, according to reports. Police, fire and ambulance services attended. A number of people were stuck mid-air for hours after an amusement park ride malfunctioned in Skegness. Police attended the incident at Skegness Pleasure Beach after the ride broke down. Fire and ambulance services were also pictured…

The Russian president visited army volunteers in Chechnya and told them Russia will be “invincible” as long as it has men like them. Vladimir Putin has paid his first visit to Chechnya in 13 years to visit military volunteers – who he hailed for making Russia “invincible”. Mr Putin’s visit came against the backdrop of Ukraine’s invasion…

Maria Branyas Morera was listed by the Gerontology Research Group as the oldest known person in the world after the death of French nun Lucile Randon last year. Maria Branyas Morera, an American-born Spaniard believed to be the world’s oldest person at 117, has died, her family said on Tuesday. In a post on Ms Morera’s account…

A search for six people, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter, who have been missing since a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily, continues. Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, Chris Morvillo, and his wife are also missing. The mother of a crew member who survived the sinking of a superyacht off the coast…

When the owner of 7-Eleven announced this week that it had received a buyout offer from a Canadian rival it triggered shockwaves in Japan. A Japanese company of this size has never been bought by a foreign firm. Historically, companies from Japan were more likely to buy overseas businesses. 7-Eleven is the world’s biggest convenience store chain, with 85,000…

Pakistan’s parliament has a problem – and it is nothing to do with the politicians. No, the problem besieging the building – terrifying new starters and turning its offices into overnight “marathon” tracks – is rats. Big ones. The scale of the problem came to light after an official committee asked to see the records of meetings…

If you want the old Sonos app back, it’s not coming. In a Reddit AMA response posted Tuesday, Sonos CEO Spence says that he was hopeful “until very recently” that the company could rerelease the app, confirming a report from The Verge that the company was considering doing so. But after testing that option, rereleasing the old…

Bennifer 2.0 is over. Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on Tuesday after two years of marriage, Page Six can confirm. According to TMZ, who was first to report the news, Lopez filed pro per, meaning by herself and without an attorney. Tuesday also marks the two-year anniversary of the pair’s lavish Georgia wedding ceremony,…