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North Carolina city sues Duke Energy over climate crisis
December 6, 2024
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes western Iran
December 6, 2024
Soy traders push to soften ban on buying Amazon produce
December 6, 2024
Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ will open the 2025 Berlin Film Festival
December 6, 2024
Sienna Miller joins John Krasinski in ‘Jack Ryan’ film for Amazon
Sienna Miller will star opposite John Krasinski in the Jack Ryan movie being developed at Amazon MGM Studios. Jack Ryan season two executive producer and director Andrew Bernstein will direct
December 6, 2024
Snoop Dogg helps Publicis become world’s largest advertising group
France’s Publicis has recruited Snoop Dogg, the US rapper who caused a furore at the Paris Olympics, to help it celebrate overtaking British rival WPP as the world’s largest advertising
December 6, 2024
Emily Blunt talks about the possible sequel to ‘The Devil Wears Prada’
Emily Blunt was at the first day of the fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), talking about her career and a possible sequel to ‘The Devil
December 6, 2024
Planned EU-Mercosur deal is unacceptable, says Elysee
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the draft agreement between the European Union and South American bloc Mercosur was ‘unacceptable’. The Elysee issued the statement as European Commission president Ursula
December 6, 2024
Leader of Georgia’s main opposition party detained
The leader of Georgia’s main opposition party has been detained by police in the capital, Tbilisi, after being knocked to the ground and falling unconscious, his party said. Georgia on
December 6, 2024
South Korea’s president faces impeachment after martial law fails
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to impeach President Yun Seok-yol after he declared martial law and then reversed the decision hours later, triggering a political crisis in
December 5, 2024
GSK to get less from Zhifei shingles vaccine deal
China’s Zhifei will pay GSK around £2.3 billion for exclusive rights to distribute GSK’s shingles vaccine in China, a lower figure than previously agreed although the deal has been extended.
December 6, 2024
Novo Nordisk to reduce prices of two insulin products in the US by more than 70%
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it will cut the US list prices of two insulin products by more than 70% from January 2026. List prices for its insulin
December 6, 2024
FDA cited Musk’s Neuralink animal lab for ‘objectionable conditions’
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that an animal testing lab at Elon Musk’s brain technology company Neuralink had ‘objectionable conditions or practices’, and urged it to address the
December 6, 2024
De Bruyne happy with City’s return to winning ways
Kevin De Bruyne made the most of his first start since September with a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest and said he was happy
December 6, 2024
Pulling needs to win the F1 Academy title for the second time in a week
British driver Abby Pulling will need to win the F1 Academy title for the second time in a week after organisers declared her champion last Saturday and then fell one
December 6, 2024
Hawks beat the Bucks
Jaylen Johnson scored 23 points and De’Andre Hunter added 20 to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 119-104 victory in Milwaukee, breaking the Bucks’ seven-game winning streak.
December 6, 2024
Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ will open the 2025 Berlin Film Festival
Acclaimed German director Tom Tykwer will open the 75th Berlin International Film Festival with his new feature film, Das Licht. Tykwer’s first feature since A Hologram for a King (2016)
December 6, 2024
Japanese sake recognised as a UNESCO cultural heritage site
UNESCO has recognised Japan’s ancient sake brewing process as ‘intangible cultural heritage’, which producers hope will boost global interest in the centuries-old traditional rice wine that has lost popularity in
December 6, 2024
Artist Jasleen Kaur wins the UK Turner Prize 2024
British artist Jasleen Kaur was awarded the Turner Prize 2024 for contemporary art, with an exhibition that the judges said reflected on everyday objects and animated them through sound and
December 6, 2024
North Carolina city sues Duke Energy over climate crisis
A North Carolina city sued utility Duke Energy, accusing the company of misleading its customers and the general public about the harms of climate change. The city of Carrboro said
December 6, 2024
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes western Iran
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck western Iran, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake was felt in Iran’s Khuzestan province, injuring at least 15 people, but did
December 6, 2024
Soy traders push to soften ban on buying Amazon produce
Multinational grain traders operating in Brazil are seeking to weaken an agreement that bans buying soybeans from farms located on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest. Soy traders signed up
December 6, 2024
