No Hollywood star seems as intrinsically tied to Venice as George Clooney. Twenty-six years ago he attended his first Venice Film Festival with the instant classic “Out of Sight”; 19 years ago, it’s where he debuted his sophomore film, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which earned him his first best director nomination; and 10 years … Read more
US Vice President Kamala Harris has sought to define herself and draw a sharp contrast with Republican Donald Trump as she accepted the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. “On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination for president of the United States,” Harris … Read more
Thailand has confirmed an mpox case reported this week is the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of Africa. The patient is a 66-year-old man from a European country who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country where the disease was spreading. “The … Read more
The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch has been retrieved from the wreck of his family yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, a source close to the rescue operation says. Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still unaccounted for, the source said. The bodies of the other four people … Read more
LONDON — Britain’s drug regulator authorized the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi on Thursday, saying it’s the first medicine to show some impact in slowing the progression of the neurodegenerative disease. But the U.K. government likely won’t be paying for it after an independent agency separately issued draft guidance concluding that the benefits of Leqembi “cannot be … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Backstage at a celebration of Indigenous peoples in Mexico City’s sprawling central square, Carlos CGH traced his fingers across a black and red “gabán,” which is similar to a poncho. The garment, native to the Triqui people in western Oaxaca, is a source of pride for the 24-year-old rapper and reserved for … Read more
LONDON — Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of … Read more
A lawyer who is among six people feared dead after a superyacht sank in a storm off Italy wrote about his family’s “happily ever after” in one of his final social media posts just weeks before tragedy struck. Christopher Morvillo, 59, was on board the luxury sailboat Bayesian, a 56m British-flagged yacht, when it was … Read more
Taylor Swift has broken her silence on the foiled plot to attack her concerts in Vienna earlier this month. The singer offered an explanation as to why she chose to wait to speak out, explaining she did not want to “provoke those who would want to harm the fans”. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Major update … Read more
Four bodies have been found by scuba divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily, as the search continues for two more missing passengers, and questions intensify about why the vessel sank so quickly. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht, was carrying 22 people, and was anchored off the port of Porticello, … Read more
