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SYDNEY — Releasing helium balloons and the use of thick shopping bags will be banned starting Friday in parts of Australia as state authorities there impose more restrictions on single-use plastic. Releasing helium balloons into the sky is now banned in the Australian state of Queensland. Research has shown that plastic balloons are a significant threat […]
Taylor Swift has announced that a concert film of her Eras Tour will hit movie theatres in October. The music megastar has been on the road since March on a trek that will conclude in November 2024. However, she has now announced that fans can relive the gigs or watch for the first time in […]
Natasha Bedingfield is “always working” on new music. The 41-year-old pop singer split from record label because she always felt a “pressure” to write a specific kind of song and ultimately decided that she wants her output to “mean something” as she wants to avoid simply “re-creating” old hits. She told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre […]
Anderson Cooper has recalled a ‘mortifying’ moment on stage with Madonna. During the most recent instalment of Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, the journalist said he is still “mortified” about being spanked by the pop star during her Rebel Heart concert in Brooklyn, New York in 2015. “That (moment,) I choose to forget. […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Ukraine was relying on foreign help because the drones “simply would not be able to fly such a distance without carefully researched information from Western satellites.” Meanwhile, Moscow’s forces hit Kyiv with drones and missiles with what Ukrainian officials described as a “massive, combined attack” that killed two […]
A growing crisis in China’s “shadow banking” sector is threatening further damage to an economy reeling from multiple problems, even as a new report questions the ability of the government in Beijing to come to the rescue via fiscal stimulus. On Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported that Chinese authorities have enlisted the Citic Trust Co., a […]
Tropical Storm Idalia brought heavy rain Thursday to the U.S. state of North Carolina, a day after the storm slammed into Florida as a powerful hurricane. The National Hurricane Center reported widespread flash flooding in coastal areas of North Carolina, with the center of the storm expected to move out into the Atlantic later in […]
WASHINGTON — Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a treat Wednesday night: a rare “super blue moon” that won’t be seen again for more than a decade. Supermoons occur when the moon passes through its perigee — the point in its elliptical orbit that takes it closest to Earth. This makes it look about 14% bigger, compared […]
Travis Scott is donating $2 from every ticket sold to his ‘UTOPIA – Circus Maximus Tour’ to his Cactus Jack Foundation. The hip-hop star will embark on the North American jaunt, which promises to be an “unparalleled audiovisual experience”, this October, and he’s giving back to Houston youth “through toy drives, scholarship programs to HBCU […]
Post Malone’s unfinished song using Bob Dylan’s unused lyrics likely won’t see the light of day. Producer Michael Cash has claimed that after the music legend handed over the rights to his archived track ‘Be Not Deceived’, which Malone worked on for Cash’s project ‘The Attic MP3s’, the ‘Circles’ hitmaker didn’t get a chance to […]
