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Ralph Fiennes is electrifying in a way only he can be – “patiently, painstakingly, powerfully” – in this adaptation of Robert Harris’s 2016 bestselling thriller, said Tom Shone in The Sunday Times. He plays Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the dean of …

“Think of it as an adult panto,” said Clive Davis in The Times. Director Max Webster has given Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy a “bold and brash” reboot, and it has an awful lot going for it. There’s some “comic acting …

What happened UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down early Wednesday outside the Manhattan hotel where the health insurance behemoth was holding its annual investor conference. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the shooting a “brazen, targeted attack.” Who …

What happened Bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time Wednesday, hours after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Who said what Wednesday’s high-water mark — $103,713 for a …

President-elect Donald Trump might be looking to add a long-dormant tool back into the executive branch’s arsenal, and it could allow him to circumvent checks on his power by Congress: impoundment. This little-known executive move occurs when the president refuses …

What happened People who regularly eat dark chocolate have a significantly reduced risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal BMJ. The findings, based on the diets of about 192,000 U.S. adults over 34 years, found …

“Whatever you say about it, don’t call it a relaunch,” said Andrew Rawnsley in The Observer. Keir Starmer set out his “Plan for Change” today, which has been “bigged up” by Downing Street as “the most ambitious delivery plan in …

Spotify has released its annual holiday present to subscribers – Wrapped, a colourful compilation of most-played tracks and listening insights personalised for each user. But this year “the whole experience felt more like getting socks for Christmas”, said Maya Georgi …

“‘A Christmas Carol(ish)’ resembles Charles Dickens’s original tale in the same way ketchup resembles a tomato,” said Andrew Houghton in The Reviews Hub. Of course, this “stark departure” is completely intentional, and comedian Nick Mohammed (of “Ted Lasso” fame) has …

The government is being urged to stop companies leaving the London Stock Exchange and to incentivise new investors. The UK’s stock market is shrinking at the “fastest pace in more than a decade”, said Bloomberg, partly due to more company …

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Texas joined a list of states that passed highly restrictive abortion laws. The state’s near-total abortion ban made performing an abortion a crime punishable with up to life in prison. The …

This week’s question: A team of British nanoengineers has created the world’s thinnest strand of spaghetti, which at 372 nanometers wide is skinnier than some wavelengths of light. If the scientists were to launch a restaurant chain that specializes in …

A trade war is coming. President-elect Donald Trump this week said he would open his presidency by inflicting new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. The U.S.-China battle over trade could have the biggest geopolitical impact. It’s not …

The movie “Wicked” is proving popular as expected, taking the No. 1 slot at the box office during its first weekend of release. But some of its fans are defying theater etiquette — not gravity — by singing along with …

‘Am I my Spotify Wrapped? Spotify’s algorithm makes me question its validity.’ Kofi Mframa at USA Today Spotify Wrapped has seen “major success mainly because of our cultural obsession with self-discovery,” says Kofi Mframa. But Spotify’s “user-specific algorithm can create …

This week’s question: A German astrobiologist has theorized that a 1970s NASA mission intended to find microbial life on Mars may have accidentally drowned some of it. In seven or fewer words, come up with an apology message NASA could …

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Donald Trump had two seemingly contradictory goals when picking a Treasury Secretary. He wanted somebody who would keep Wall Street happy. He also wanted a right-hand man to help him execute his vision for higher tariffs on international trade, a …

It has become the latest must-have “accessory” for Donald Trump’s more high-profile supporters. The cosmetic phenomenon dubbed “Mar-a-Lago face” has “seemingly swept the political world overnight, with its trademark fillers and razor-sharp cheekbones already making their way to the corridors …

What happened Enron, the Texas energy firm that collapsed in 2001 after years of massive accounting fraud, purported to rise from the ashes of infamy on Monday, the 23rd anniversary of its bankruptcy filing. Who said what “Enron” announced its …

Winter drinks can mean all kinds to all kinds of folks. It might be a hearty warm rum punch in the spirit of the holidays; it might connote a simple, booze-centric tumbler that takes the sharpness off all those loaded …

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What happened Opposition parties in South Korea’s National Assembly filed an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol today, calling his six-hour imposition of martial law a “clear violation of the constitution” and a “grave act of rebellion.” Yoon withdrew …

Who said what One of Donald Trump’s picks for a top job in his administration withdrew Tuesday while another, defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (pictured above), faces shrinking odds of Senate confirmation. Who said what Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister said …

Yoon Suk Yeol’s late-night declaration and then reversal of martial law in South Korea came as a surprise to everyone, even some in his own administration. The president blamed pro-North Korean sympathisers and anti-state activities inside opposition parties for the …

The UK government is under pressure to outlaw marriages between cousins following moves in several Scandinavian countries to ban such unions. The Tory MP Richard Holden has tabled a question for the justice secretary, asking her to assess the potential …

It’s surely a “fool’s game” to try to adapt Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Nobel-prize-winning novel, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, into a television series, said Keith Watson in The Telegraph. “How do you film the unfilmable?” Capturing the “labyrinthine” book’s “towering …

Russia’s wartime economy may be starting to feel the strain of the conflict, as Western sanctions finally begin to bite. Last week Russia’s currency, the rouble, plunged to its lowest rate against the dollar since the immediate aftermath of the …

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An official from Belarus’ defence ministry official claimed that Pokémon Go was an instrument of Western intelligence and had been used to collect information about Belarusian military installations near Minsk, said Politico. Speaking on a talk show, Alexander Ivanov said: …