The Week Saudi Arabia Tightened Its Grip on Global Sports
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Dancing, Daleks and Saharan Dust: Photos of the week
A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.BBC News - Top stories -
Harvey Weinstein to appear in NY court next week
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges was overturned by the State of New York Court of Appeals.CBS News - Top stories -
Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of April 28
Jerry Seinfeld cooks up his directorial debut with a comedy about Pop-Tarts, Dua Lipa embraces ‘Radical Optimism,’ Frieze headlines an art-filled week in New York and more.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Hermès Created a Shape for Its New Women’s Watch
The house’s creative director says the case’s sculpted form has “a kind of complexity in its simplicity.”The New York Times - Lifestyle -
McKinsey Is Under Criminal Investigation for Its Opioid Work
Federal prosecutors are examining the consulting company’s role in helping “turbocharge” the sale of painkillers like OxyContin.The New York Times - Business -
McKinsey Is Under Criminal Investigation for Its Opioid Work
Federal prosecutors are examining the consulting company’s role in helping “turbocharge” the sale of painkillers like OxyContin.The New York Times - Top stories -
Meta proves AI hype has its limits
Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenuesFinancial Times - Business - Meta -
Meta proves AI hype has its limits
Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenuesFinancial Times - Business - Meta -
Meta proves AI hype has its limits
Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenuesFinancial Times - Business - Meta -
Meta proves AI hype has its limits
Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenuesFinancial Times - Business - Meta -
Meta proves AI hype has its limits
Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenuesFinancial Times - Business - Meta -
Meta proves AI hype has its limits
Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenuesFinancial Times - Business - Meta -
The World's Biggest Election Is Also Its Hottest
As India’s elections get under way, candidates will need to beat something more perilous than their political rivals—the extreme heat.The Wall Street Journal - World -
China warns US not to step on its 'red lines'
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China in an attempt to put relations on an even keel.BBC News - Top stories - China -
Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.The New York Times - Health -
Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.The New York Times - Top stories -
Alberta Draws Academia Into Its Fight With Justin Trudeau
Alberta is seeking powers to veto funding agreements between the federal government and provincial entities, including postsecondary institutions.The New York Times - World -
A new generation at UC Berkeley pitches its tents
The university has said it won’t give in to students’ demands – but it has budged before. Rows of tents line the steps at Sproul Hall, the grand neoclassical administration building that soars up nine stories near the main entrance to the ...The Guardian - World -
Is Myanmar's army reversing its losses? It's complicated
A rebel group that took a key town lost it to the junta two weeks later. But there's more to the story.BBC News - Top stories -
Russia threatens retaliation if its assets are confiscated
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Western countries against seizing its assets, in a statement Sunday. In a post on Telegram, Zakharova quoted reporting from the Wall Street Journal that said Germany was arguing in favor ...The Hill - Politics - Russia -
How Europe solved its Russian gas problem
The bloc has avoided an energy crisis, but the short-term solutions could harm competitiveness and the green transition down the lineFinancial Times - Business - Russia -
Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.The New York Times - Tech -
Review: Generic from its title onward, 'Boy Kills World' does little to differentiate its gore
Junky, manic and action-laden in an enervating manner, director Moritz Mohr's debut feature doesn't seem to be made for audiences to enjoy so much as endure.Los Angeles Times - Entertainment -
Review: Generic from its title onward, 'Boy Kills World' does little to differentiate its gore
Junky, manic and action-laden in an enervating manner, director Moritz Mohr's debut feature doesn't seem to be made for audiences to enjoy so much as endure.Los Angeles Times - Entertainment -
Taylor Swift hits 1bn Spotify streams in a week with Tortured Poets Department
Swift’s new album breaks another streaming record after already becoming the platform’s most-streamed album in a day. Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department has become the first to reach 1bn Spotify streams in a week.. The platform ...The Guardian - World -
Legislation banning TikTok is coming this week. How will it affect the music industry?
While the legislation would have profound impacts across the tech, political, entertainment, media and marketing worlds, music may be hit especially hard.Los Angeles Times - Entertainment - Tiktok -
Small Business Week Is Around the Corner. Here's What's On Tap From the SBA
Small Business Week kicks off on April 28.How are you celebrating your small business?Inc. - Business -
Biden, Seeking to Build on Fruitful Week, Will Announce Billions in Chip Grants
The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign policy agenda.The New York Times - Top stories - Joe Biden -
US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve in its bid to curb inflationABC News - Top stories -
Biden, Seeking to Build on Fruitful Week, Announces Billions in Chip Grants
The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign policy agenda.The New York Times - Business - Joe Biden -
Middle East Crisis: U.S. Won’t Suspend Aid, for Now, to Israeli Unit Accused of Abuses
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said the United States is working with Israel to address charges against the unit, which has been accused of human rights violations in the West Bank.The New York Times - World - Israel -
Another contempt hearing for Trump over gag order next week
The judge in Donald Trump's "hush money" trial says more arguments will be heard next Thursday over whether the former president should be held in contempt for allegedly violating the gag order set in the case. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett ...CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Starbucks, Workers United made 'significant progress' in this week's contract talks
Starbucks and the union plan to meet again in late May to keep working on the framework that will inform every single-store contract.CNBC - Business -
The 22-mile trip for post-Brexit border controls starts next week
Checks on food arriving at Dover will be carried out on the outskirts of AshfordFinancial Times - Business -
Hertz’s stock is having an awful week, and BofA adds to investors’ misery
Hertz’s stock continued its dive Friday toward yet another record low, after BofA Securities added to the rental-car company’s woes by recommending investors sell.MarketWatch - Business -
King Charles to Resume Public Duties Amid Cancer Treatment
The king’s cancer treatment will continue but doctors are “pleased with the progress made so far,” a palace spokesman said.The New York Times - Top stories - United Kingdom -
Why chipmakers are the stars of the week, plus Cramer's read-through on 3 reports
Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.CNBC - Business -
Joe Biden agrees to debate Donald Trump after weeks of uncertainty
There were doubts the 2024 US election rivals would agree to the traditional televised face-offFinancial Times - Business - Joe Biden -
Trump trial sees new witnesses to close out first week of testimony
Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York called two new witnesses to the stand on Friday, rounding out the first week of testimony.CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Splashy testimony dominates first week of Trump's hush money trial
The first week of testimony in former President Trump's hush money trial has wrapped Friday in Manhattan. The trial so far has been dominated by splashy testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who spent much of this week ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump