With her breakthrough role in Cameron Croweβs βAlmost Famous,β Kate Hudson received her first Oscar nomination at age 21. This season, she reaches another high note β and makes the case for a second nomination β with her performance as Claire Sardina, one half of a Neil Diamond tribute band, in the romantic drama βSong…
Downing Street is courting business leaders to accompany Sir Keir Starmer on his first bilateral visit to Beijing even as a decision looms on whether to approve China’s controversial new embassy in London. Sky News understands that officials have begun contacting corporate executives to gauge their appetite to join the prime minister on a trip…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ A highly confidential CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned President Trump of a wider conflict in Venezuela if he were to support the countryβs democratic opposition once its president, NicolΓ‘s Maduro, was deposed, a person familiar with the matter told The Times. The assessment was a tightly held CIA product…
NEW ORLEANSΒ βΒ LeBron James and Luka Doncic left the fans inside the Smoothie King Center in awe at their performances on Monday night. James had a near triple-double of 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Doncic had 30 points and 10 assists, the two of them leading the Lakers to a 111-103 win over…
Donald Trump has announced Venezuela’s interim government will be “turning over” between 30 and 50 million barrels of “high quality” oil to the US. The oil – worth upwards of $2bn (Β£1.48bn) – will be taken by storage ships and brought directly to US unloading docks, the president said on Truth Social. It will be…
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday released a report after its own investigation into FireAid, the charity founded by Clippers executives that raised $100 million for wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles last January. The investigation β led by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) under committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) β began in August when Kiley…
Bereaved families and the AA say the government’s long-awaited strategy to cut roads deaths does not go far enough, with “missed opportunities” to save young drivers. The Road Safety Strategy published today includes plans for mandatory eye-tests for the over 70s, lowering the drink-drive limit in England and Wales, and to consult on a minimum…
Ousted Venezuelan leader NicolΓ‘s Maduro stood in a Manhattan courthouse Monday a captive criminal defendant: surrounded by heavy security, deprived of his power as a head of state and facing drug, weapon and conspiracy charges likely to keep him behind bars for years. βI was captured,β he said in Spanish, before pleading not guilty during…
In a warm-up for his role in the upcoming Winter Olympics, Snoop Dogg was given a microphone during the second half of the NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Clippers on Monday night at the Intuit Dome. Canβt wait for those Olympics! Snoop hilariously sizzled when Warriors coach Steve Kerr stormed the…
The private equity firm Advent International is spearheading a multibillion-euro takeover bid for InPost, the owner of British parcel delivery firm Yodel. Sky News has learnt that Advent, which is a minority investor in InPost after taking it public in Amsterdam in 2021, is part of a consortium looking to acquire the company. Banking sources…