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A US journalist working for The Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, the FSB security service says.Evan Gershkovich, an experienced Russia reporter, was working in Yekaterinburg at the time of his detention.The Wall Street Journal said it "is deeply concern...
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Key figures in artificial intelligence want training of powerful AI systems to be suspended amid fears of a threat to humanity.They have signed an open letter warning of potential risks, and say the race to develop AI systems is out of control.Twitter chief Elon Musk is among those who want training...
Entertainment & Glomour
Presenter and comedian Paul O'Grady has died at the age of 67. He died "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening, his husband Andre Portasio said in a statement.O'Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present BBC One game show B...
The first protest in two years has taken place in Hong Kong under close monitoring by police.The small rally was the first since China imposed sweeping restrictions on the rights and freedoms of people living in the territory.Only 100 people were allowed to attend. They were also required to wear nu...
King Charles III's state visit to France has been postponed after a request by President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street says.The French president said "we would not be serious and would lack common sense" to go ahead after unions called a day of pension protests during the visit.The t...
The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live in cinemas across the UK for the first time, it has been announced.Liverpool will host the event on Saturday 13 May, following two semi-finals earlier in the week.Organisers say the screenings will encourage fancy dress and singal...
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The US and Canada have reached a deal to reject asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, officials say. Large numbers of migrants have been making unsanctioned crossings on Roxham Road at the US-Canada border.The move closes a loophole created by a 2004 asylum agreement with the US on where mi...
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful earthquake shook large parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.The 6.5-magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and sent people running into the streets.It struck on Tuesday evening, centred in a mountainous regi...
The chair of an inquiry into allegations of unlawful killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan has said the inquiry is critical to "restoring the reputation of the military and the country".Lord Justice Haddon-Cave called the allegations "extremely serious".The inquiry will lo...
Sales of romantic fiction continue to boom, but with the genre often accused of being formulaic, are its authors at risk of being replaced by book-writing chatbots?Julia Quinn is the author of the bestselling Bridgerton series of novels, which follow the love lives of eight siblings from a family of...
It's been five years since Taylor Swift last went on tour, during which time she's released four albums, including the Grammy Award-winning Folklore.Her live absence - enforced by the pandemic - was clearly a source of frustration, because her first show back was a three-hour, fifteen-minute...
Harry Styles had a nightmare at February's Grammy Awards, when the stage he was performing on started to spin in the wrong direction.The star and his dancers quickly had to adapt their routine when a technical malfunction put their stage in reverse.But rather than berate the technicians, Styles ...
Friday evening's annual Comic Relief fundraiser will feature sketches based on the show The Traitors and Eurovision.Dame Mary Berry, Danny Dyer and Jamie Dornan are some of the stars set to appear in the skits.Coming live from Salford, there will be performances from Tom Grennan and Zara Larsson...
They say if you can remember the 60s then you weren't really there, but arguably, that adage is even more fitting for the 70s. From the glamorous debauchery of disco in Studio 54 to the anarchic fever of punk, hedonistic excess hit new heights. Given that, older music fans might think they'v...
With the first John Wick (2014), Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski established a franchise that soars above most action films. Merging an artful aesthetic with brilliantly choreographed and shot fight scenes, it set a standard matched in its three sequels, including the latest, John Wick: Cha...
Taiwan is in danger of losing one of its few formal allies, Honduras, as the Central American nation seeks official relations with China.Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the pivot aims to expand foreign engagements.Taiwan promptly cautioned Honduras against falling into China's "trap&...
Celebrated British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has died aged 78.The Newcastle-born artist, known for her large installations, had a long career teaching art before she got her major breakthrough.Barlow often developed her colossal sculptural projects using everyday DIY materials such as plywood, cardbo...
Avril Lavigne confronted a topless environmental protester onstage at the Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Brits.As the singer introduced a performance at the start of Monday's ceremony, a woman ran onto the stage behind her.A message on her back read "save the green belt", ...
The British government says it is working "at pace" on a plan to prevent UK tech firms caught in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank from running out of cash.The Treasury said it wanted to "minimise damage to some of our most promising companies in the UK" after the US bank's...
The race is on for this year's Oscars, honouring the film industry's finest from the past 12 months.Here is the full list of the nominees of the 95th Academy Awards for the ceremony in Los Angeles on 12 March.Best pictureAll Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees ...
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