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The United States returned two looted antiquities to China, the latest in a wave of repatriations of artifacts stolen from more than a dozen countries, New York authorities announced Tuesday. The two 7th-century stone carvings, currently valued at $3.5 million, had been sawn off a tomb by thieves in the early 1990s and smuggled out […]
Ed Sheeran’s – (Subtract) is already the UK’s fastest-selling album of 2023 so far on its journey to become the pop superstar’s sixth consecutive Number 1 album, the Official Charts Company can confirm. At the midweek mark, Subtract has already collected over 56,000 chart units, more than any other album released this year. The previous […]
Niall Horan would want his doppelganger pal Allen Leech or Hollywood heartthrob Leonard DiCaprio to play him in a One Direction biopic. If there is ever a movie about the popular boy band – which was also comprised of Harry Styles, 29, Louis Tomlinson, 31, Liam Payne, 29, and formerly, Zayn Malik, 30 – the […]
Lionel Richie and Katy Perry wowed the crowd at the coronation concert for King Charles III over the weekend. Hosted by Hugh Bonneville, the spectacle was held outside Windsor Castle, England on Sunday night – a day after Charles and his wife Queen Camilla were officially crowned. Introducing the royals, Hugh joked that the 74-year-old […]
Unreleased Prince music from his famous vault is set to be released over the late music legend’s annual Celebration event. Each year, the ‘Raspberry Beret’ hitmaker’s estate throws open the doors to his Paisley Park museum, home and studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, to honour the memory of the cultural icon. This year, it will take […]
TORONTO — Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her department was summoning China’s ambassador to a meeting to underline that Canada won’t tolerate […]
Late music icon Prince will have a stretch of highway named after him in his home state of Minnesota. Minnesota senators voted on Thursday to rename a seven-mile stretch of the Minnesota State Highway 5 to Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway after the late Purple Rain singer. The section runs past Prince’s former Paisley Park […]
Ed Sheeran has won a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit song Thinking Out Loud. In 2018, the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Let’s Get It On with Marvin Gaye, sued the Shape of You star for allegedly breaching copyright law, claiming he copied elements of the 1973 song while writing his 2014 ballad. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Good news for all the password-haters out there: Google has taken a big step toward making them an afterthought by adding “passkeys” as a more straightforward and secure way to log into its services. Here’s what you need to know: What are passkeys? Passkeys offer a safer alternative to passwords and texted confirmation […]
WASHINGTON — A federal jury in Washington has convicted the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and three associates of seditious conspiracy for their role in the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and regional leaders Joe Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zach Rehl also were […]
