Monthly Archives: November 2024
Paul Mescal fumes over wrong label for filmmaking Filmmaking is not content-creation, Paul Mescal strongly says as he tears down the labels some used to describe the art he worked on. During an interview with The Sunday Times, the Oscar nominee says, “Over the last few years people have been talking about films as content,” […]
Jay Bilas, College Basketball AnalystNov 7, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN Insider Played and coached at Duke Practicing attorney Welcome to The Bilas Index, Volume I for the 2024-25 college basketball season. It has been an offseason of pleasant distractions, such as the Dodgers winning another World Series […]
Getty Images The US central bank has cut its key interest rate again as Donald Trump’s election as president raises new uncertainty about the future for borrowing costs. The cut puts the Federal Reserve’s lending rate in the range of 4.5%-4.75%. It marks the second drop in a row after the Fed lowered rates for […]
Anti-abortion demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump as he speaks at the 47th annual “March for Life” in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2020. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Voters in seven out of 10 states approved ballot measures this week to safeguard abortion rights, a hot-button issue that helped drive Americans to the […]
The logo of the label Steve Madden at the fashion fair Premium. ens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Steve Madden said Thursday that it will slash the goods it imports from China by as much as 45% over the next year as it braces for President-elect Donald Trump to carry out his pledge […]
NEW DELHI: Noting that survivors of sexual assault and acid attack cases are not given compensation by trial courts while deciding the case, Supreme Court has now made it mandatory for courts to extend financial succour to them irrespective of whether accused is convicted or acquitted.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal […]
Feeling sleepy during the day could signal a more serious issue for some groups. A new study published in the journal Neurology revealed a possible connection between daytime sleepiness in older people and dementia risk. People who lack enthusiasm for activities and feel sleepy during the day were found to have a higher risk of […]
Pedestrians react to the World Trade Center collapse, September 11, 2001. — Reuters A US military judge has reinstated plea agreements for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, an official said Thursday, three months after the deals were scrapped by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The agreements — which are understood to take […]
The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday for only the second time since 2020 and said future reductions were likely to be gradual, seeing higher inflation and growth after the new government’s first budget. The Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to cut interest rates to 4.75% from 5%, a stronger majority than expectations […]
A contentious Swiss prohibition on facial coverings in public spaces widely known as the “burqa ban” will take effect on Jan. 1, the government said on Wednesday. Narrowly passed in a 2021 referendum in neutral Switzerland, and condemned by Muslim associations, the measure was launched by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on […]