Alec Baldwin has returned to US sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time since his trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust was dismissed.
Instagram owner Meta says Dame Judi Dench and John Cena will be voice options for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot.Users will also be able to get information from AI versions of Awkwafina,
I am in a high-end coffee shop in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco, staring suspiciously into a cup of expresso. This is no conventional coffee: it is made without using a
An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, published just seven years before his legendary gothic novel Dracula.Brian Cleary stumbled upon the 134-year-old ghostly tale while browsing the
In the year 1939, as German tanks and soldiers invaded Poland, a famous Polish artist and his film-star wife pawned off their jewellery and fled the country.Stefan Norblin and Lena left behind
Government borrowing rose last month, marking the third-highest September since records began in January 1993.Official figures show that borrowing – the difference between spending and tax take – reached £16.6bn, continuing a
Pubs face widespread closures unless the chancellor announces an extension to business rates relief in next week’s Budget, the UK’s biggest pub company has warned.David McDowall, boss of Stonegate Group, whose pubs
Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years.The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union said 64%
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip
Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union said
Zander Mundy was midway through a typical day at his office when he heard the news: tech billionaire Elon Musk was speaking at a nearby school in the town of Folsom, in
A new international airport will soon open in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, allowing larger aircraft to land for the first time – paving the way for direct flights from the US and Europe.It’s
TikTok owner, ByteDance, says it has sacked an intern for “maliciously interfering” with the training of one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models.But the firm rejected claims about the extent of the
India’s top vaccine maker has bought a 50% stake in a major Bollywood production company known for making popular films.Adar Poonawalla’s Serene Production will invest 10bn rupees ($119m; £91.3m) in Karan Johar’s
In a surprising turn of events, the Libyan national football team was forced to travel by road from Port Harcourt to Uyo for the first leg of their clash against Nigeria, a
Boohoo is planning a major restructure that could see the break-up of the struggling online fashion firm whose brands include Debenhams, Karen Millen and PrettyLittleThing.The company said it was reviewing options after
Three of the world’s biggest cigarette companies are nearing a deal that would end a decades-long fight in Canada to hold the firms to account for hiding the health risks of tobacco.Philip
Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout after its main energy plant failed, officials said.Its power grid collapsed at around 11:00 (15:00 GMT), the energy ministry wrote on X. Grid officials said they did
Angelina Jolie walked the red carpet in London on Friday as her film about opera singer Maria Callas received its UK premiere.Maria is the third in a trilogy of films about high-profile,
The US agency in charge of regulating road safety revealed Friday that they are probing Tesla’s self-driving software systems.The evaluation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) covers 2.4 million Tesla
“I didn’t have a plan B” A man who lost everything and had to declare bankruptcy after bragging about living the high life has spoken about his experiences. Russell Treasure, 61, was
The jewellery advent calendar is worth four times the price you pay As the festive seasons quickly approaches, many will be thinking ahead and picking up their Christmas countdowns now. If you
Former One Direction star Liam Payne tragically lost his life at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, where he was on holiday with his girlfriend,