With ‘Barbie,’ Greta Gerwig breaks a box office record for female directors
“Barbie” didn’t just break the opening weekend record for 2023; It also shattered the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman
2023-07-24 23:46
Rhodes fires: Attleborough dad tells of tourist rescue runs
Freight transport manager Jonathan Lewis describes the scenes in Greece as "hell on Earth".
2023-07-24 23:29
How David Bowie, long thought ambivalent to country music, became a writer on a Chris Young song
Country star Chris Young’s latest single, “Young Love & Saturday Nights,” is a vivid love letter to summertime weekends, old trucks, and dive bar bands
2023-07-24 23:26
UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning 'the most vulnerable' will suffer
The leader of the United Nations has urged Russia to resume the internationally-brokered deal so that grain can be shipped from Ukraine's Black Sea ports during the war
2023-07-24 23:20
Irishman tells of PTSD after Iran prison ordeal
An Irishman who was released from an Iranian prison in May has spoken of his ordeal.
2023-07-24 22:54
Analysis-Spain's Vox party stumbles, testing limits of European far-right advance
By David Latona, Maria Martinez and Matthias Williams MADRID/BERLIN The far-right Vox party lost seats in Spain's elections
2023-07-24 22:46
Nigeria’s Currency Futures Market at Standstill as Naira Swings
More than a month after Nigeria’s central bank dropped the naira’s peg against the dollar, the country’s market
2023-07-24 22:25
U.S. business activity growth slows as services soften
By Safiyah Riddle U.S. business activity slowed to a five-month low in July, dragged down by decelerating service-sector
2023-07-24 21:54
Rhodes fires: Holidaymaker finds hotel closed before he left UK
Brian Ryan learned his hotel had closed hours before his flight had left the UK.
2023-07-24 21:49
Rhodes fires: 'The sky looked like it was on fire'
A couple from London were able to escape the island but say travel agents were "nowhere to be seen".
2023-07-24 21:22
Israel passes law to strip Supreme Court of power to block government decisions, defying months of protests
Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to block government decisions, the first part of a judicial overhaul that has sparked six months of street protests and criticism from the White House.
2023-07-24 21:15
Brazilian police arrest new suspect in 2018 murder of Rio councilwoman
SAO PAULO Brazilian police on Monday arrested another suspect in connection with the 2018 murder of popular Rio
2023-07-24 20:54