News1The sudden collapse of two popular digital coins in early May shocked investors and wiped $400bn (£318bn) from the value of many other cryptocurrencies, including the biggest, Bitcoin. All over the world, people who lost their life savings are n..
Read More »Getty ImagesAirbnb is shutting down its domestic rentals in China, where a "zero-Covid" policy has meant lockdowns are ongoing. All listings for homes and experiences in the country will be removed from the company's website by summer, a source ..
Read More »23/05/2022 - CANNES 2022: The Rendez-Vous Industry begins with new initiative New Producers Room A picture from a previous edition of the Short Film Corner (© Cannes Film Festival) While the hoopla of the Cannes Film Festival is chiefly centred aroun..
Read More »Science Photo LibraryThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says it has detected 36 additional cases of monkeypox in England. Adding in a new case found in Scotland on Monday, it brings the total number of infections in the UK to 57. The rare virus -..
Read More »23/05/2022 - CANNES 2022: With the help of her son David Ernaux-Briot, author Annie Ernaux revisits the 1970s through a fascinating documentary of family archives, in her fabulous analytical style “At the end of Winter, in 1972, we bough a Super-8 ca..
Read More »“This film lent itself to the idea of a Don Juan who would not be this figure of swaggering manhood, getting everything he wants” 23/05/2022 - CANNES 2022: After presenting his new musical, the French filmmaker explains why he likes to venture into p..
Read More »ThinkstockThe government is to investigate claims an ambulance service covered up details of the deaths of patients following mistakes by paramedics. It follows a Sunday Times report that North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) withheld information from ..
Read More »Getty ImagesFacial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK's privacy watchdog and told to delete the data of UK residents. The company gathers images from the internet to create a global facial recognition datab..
Read More »Getty ImagesA health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life after a child died at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The 27-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday, hours after the death, and has ..
Read More »A woman crashed the Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” on Friday and stripped off her clothes in protest of sexual violence in Ukraine. “Stop raping us,” read a message written across the uni..
Read More »@drelrond123Five people were injured, two seriously, when parts of two spectator stands collapsed at a Trooping the Colour rehearsal at Horse Guards Parade in central London. The Army said one stand gave way just before 11:00 BST and part of a second..
Read More »ReutersUK citizens who have not had a coronavirus jab can now travel to Spain by showing a negative PCR or antigen test on arrival. The Spanish government confirmed that non-vaccinated travellers from outside the EU can enter the country from Saturda..
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