In brief Crypto.com will co-present UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14, marking America’s 250th birthday. The exchange is creating a $1 million bonus pool in CRO tokens for fighters. Ilia Topuria faces Justin Gaethje in the main event, which coincides with the crypto exchange’s 10th birthday. Crypto.com will co-present a UFC…
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh, Lebanon – a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned. In Lebanon, one in five people have been forced to leave their homes since fighting renewed in March. At one ruined ambulance station, a paramedic shows where a colleague was…
England were “feckless, reckless and legless” on their dismal Ashes tour of Australia, according to the editor of the prestigious Wisden Almanack. Ben Stokes’ side were beaten 4-1 on a trip dogged by poor on-field performances, sloppy preparation and allegations of a drinking culture. Lawrence Booth delivered his damning assessment in the influential editor’s notes…
This past Saturday at the Coachella music festival, Justin Bieber played the first of two headlining sets in a deal reportedly worth $10 million. It was his most significant solo performance in years. But Bieber spent some of his time on stage the way many of us do on Saturday nights: on YouTube. For some…
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Former Chelsea and Arsenal player Jorginho has issued a statement saying pop singer Chappell Roan was not involved in an incident in which a security guard reduced his daughter to tears. The 34-year-old Italy international claimed in a post on Instagram last month that an employee of Roan’s had confronted his wife Catherine Harding and…
Turner Classic Movies has acquired the exclusive rights to “Beyond The Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood,” a documentary feature directed, written and produced by the sister filmmaker duo Clara and Julia Kuperberg. The film will be released in September on TCM during Hispanic Heritage Month. The documentary will trace a “century-long struggle for Latino representation,…
“Vessels are still docked there because they need to transit the Strait to exit,” Tierney says. “With that corridor uncertain, itineraries have been cancelled and future plans are on hold.” Potential ripple effects on Mediterranean cruises Each spring, ships are scheduled to reposition to ports such as Palma de Mallorca, Heraklion, and Piraeus, forming the…
In brief SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony each took 10%+ in a new AI development company, joined by major banks and steelmakers. The company’s trillion-parameter model targets Physical AI—robots, autonomous vehicles, and industrial machines—not conversational chatbots. Japan’s government NEDO agency has earmarked ¥1 trillion (~$6.7B) over five years, with Japanese data kept domestic and off…
Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule is over, defeated by 45-year-old ex-party insider Péter Magyar. Source link