NY Times World
Three people were killed and seven wounded after two ninth graders opened fire on Monday morning in Tacloban City, the police said.
Variety
Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra and Chinese auteur Bi Gan had only just met for the first time last month in Paris, but at the Shanghai International Film & TV Market the two directors sat down together as if they’d been arguing about literature for years. The panel, “Stories Travel Further: Literature & Cinema in Spain-China […]
Bloomberg Markets
A peer-beating technology stock fund is taking profits on some hot US trades and adding exposure in China, seeing opportunities in the Asian nation’s internet giants and hardware makers.
Science Daily
Two dangerous viruses are back in the spotlight, reminding health officials how quickly infectious diseases can become serious threats. Hantavirus, often linked to rodents, can cause severe heart and lung complications and has no specific treatment or vaccine, while certain strains can even spread between people. Ebola remains one of the world's most feared diseases, with some outbreaks killing up to half of those infected, although vaccines and antivirals have improved outcomes for some strains
Bloomberg Markets
Sellers of Iranian crude to China have slashed prices after the Islamic Republic started shipping out millions of barrels following the interim peace deal that with the US.
Bloomberg Markets
“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and Avril Hong give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Guardian
It’s still unclear whether there will be a leadership contest or an uncontested handover of powerStarmer expected to announce exit plan to clear way for Burnham to become PM‘A shift has taken place’: Starmer faces the music after weekend of reflectionHere are some pictures from Downing Street this morning.Good morning. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the referendum to leave the EU, which means that Wednesday is the 10th anniversary of the day David Cameron announced he was resigning as PM. A
Variety
“Ballerina” (‘Leap!), the animated feature global smash hit, is set to return with a “Ballerina” sequel and an animated TV series simultaneously in development. Paris-based Good Hero, also behind “Fireheart” and the upcoming “Wings of Freedom”), will produce the movie sequel “Ballerina 2,” with what it describes as an ambitious expansion of the “Ballerina” universe […]
The Guardian Science
When numbers and sounds are not what they seemToday’s puzzles – and prize draw! – are about different types of deception.1. Super syllabus Continue reading...
Bloomberg Markets
EasyJet Plc has rejected three separate offers from Castlelake LP, with the investment firm saying it made the most recent proposal over the weekend as a deadline draws to a close to commit or walk away.
Bloomberg Markets
Iran has ramped up the amount of crude oil it openly sends through the Strait of Hormuz to the highest since the war started, as shipping activity in the region picks up while Tehran and Washington work toward a lasting peace deal.
BBC Sport
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The Guardian
Ten years on, leaving the EU has made life more difficult and costly – here are some of the ways we’ve lost outIt is 10 years since voters in the UK chose to leave the EU, and our wallets have been feeling the effects ever since.From paying more to take the dog on holidays in France – and making calls while you are there – to higher grocery bills and the headache of filling in customs forms for parcels, Brexit has made many simple tasks more complicated and expensive. Continue reading...
The Guardian Culture
Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza’s absorbing documentary about an ageing Chilean gold panner is meticulously detailed and doubles as its own act of visual prospectingOut on the remote archipelago of Tierra del Fuego in Chile, Toto Gesell holds on to a profession that hails from bygone times: gold prospecting. Every day, come rain or shine, he puts on his rubber boots and heads to a local creek, where he searches for specks of gold the old-fashioned way: with a pan, a shovel and a homemade sluice. H
The Guardian Culture
The 44th president’s latest podcast is a slick, excellently researched look at the post-slavery period in the US. Plus, a troubling foray into the world of swingingWho would have thought, back in 2008, that Barack Obama (pictured above) would become one of podcasting’s biggest movers and shakers? The former president is front and centre of this series on the post-slavery period in the US, a collaboration with Malcolm Gladwell for Audible and the History Channel. It’s slick and excellently resear
BBC Sport
The Prem Rugby play-offs are set to move from home advantage to a neutral venue from the 2029-2030 season.
The Guardian Culture
A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ireAs former Google CEO Eric Schmidt could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days. Last month, he tried talking up the AI revolution during a commencement address at the University of Arizona and was loudly booed by students about to enter an AI-ravaged job market. His discombobulation was telling.Schmidt is not the only AI booster to crash out with students recently as the popular backlash
The Guardian Culture
In the second of our five museum quizzes, curators at Norwich castle set 10 fiendish questions to test your knowledge of their collections. So what do they have the biggest collection in the world of? Continue reading...
Bloomberg Markets
South Korean authorities are weighing measures to curb risks from leveraged single-stock exchange-traded funds tracking Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., reflecting concern over an asset class whose popularity has surged with the AI boom.