-
Watch Mark Ruffalo, Sarah Jessica Parker, Margaret Atwood, Judd Apatow and More Give Instructions to Combat Trump’s Tyranny on July 4th
While President Trump has chosen to mark America’s 250th anniversary with gaudy displays honoring himself, a team of actors, activists, scholars, comedians and writers have assembled to deliver an urgent warning about the fragility of our democracy. Timothy Snyder, the bestselling author, historian and expert on fascism, recruited dozens of luminaries to recite lines from…
-
Jesse Eisenberg Is Getting Polish Citizenship and Wants to Work More in Europe: In the U.S., the “Kind of Films I Love Are Increasingly Difficult to Make”
The actor, writer and director was welcomed with a huge ovation and honored with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival President’s Award before a screening of Richard Ayoade’s ‘The Double’ in the Czech spa town.
-
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypotheticalIt was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Stargate UK – a multibillion-pound UK datacentre project – would represent “a major step forward in the US-UK technology partnership”.But the plans were paused in…
-
Newsom, Walz urge Congress to block anti-climate bill in their ‘woke’ crusade
Democratic governors urge Congress to reject the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the Boulder ExxonMobil lawsuit.
-
‘Trump accounts’: Wall Street-backed investment funds for children to go live
Savings plans for children born between January 2025 and December 2028 launched as president seeks electoral boostTrump accounts, a savings vehicle named after the US president and authorized by congressional Republicans, are set to go live on Saturday, offering American parents a new way to save money for their children by investing in funds managed…
-
What’s holding back Britain’s green energy revolution? – a visual story
Labour has approved a wave of renewable energy projects, but turning plans into power remains slow. Why is that?Labour has a race on its hands if it is to lock in its promise to achieve a virtually zero-carbon electricity system by 2030.Britain’s next prime minister will have to move fast: the climate emergency is raging,…
-
Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru’s presidential election weeks after vote
The daughter of disgraced president Alberto Fujimori is declared winner of tight race nearly a month after voting took place.
-
‘An incredible man’: how Carlo Ancelotti has turned Brazil into potential World Cup winners
Italian’s man-management and decisiveness has shielded the talented Seleção squad and made fans believe againBrazil arrived at the World Cup with several open wounds. Since Qatar in 2022 there were four changes of manager, 95 players called up and a political crisis, including the ousting of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president. It has been…
-
Washington DC Cancels 4th of July Parade as Extreme Heat Wave Forces Event Closures
The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning affecting Washington DC and surrounding areas from Friday morning through Saturday evening, triggering significant disruptions to Independence Day celebrations