10 h. ago Avatar: Fire and Ash falls short at the box office while Biblical movie David smashes records

The third movie in the series brought in $345 million worldwide in its first three days

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40 h. ago Erling Haaland smashes Cristiano Ronaldo record and sends new title message to Arsenal

MANCHESTER CITY 3-0 WEST HAM: Erling Haaland dominates proceedings, with two goals and one assist, as Pep Guardiola's side breeze past the Hammers to go top of the Premier League

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9 d. ago ‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement

The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurableTen years on from the historic Paris climate summit, which ended with the world’s first and only global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is easy to dwell on its failures. But the successes go less remarked.Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Behind the scenes documentary on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to launch on Disney+

Swift’s tour smashed records and she made history as the first solo artist to perform at London’s Wembley Stadium eight times on a single tour.

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1 week ago Gout Gout shows true colours in response to Usain Bolt comments after smashing his record

Australian tennager Gout Gout has earned numerous comparisons to Usain Bolt during his young career

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1 week ago Erling Haaland sends Man City transfer warning: 'They have to replace me'

Norwegian has smashed records since his arrival in England

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2 w. ago Stranger Things 5 still can't beat this Netflix juggernaut after 59,500,000 views

Captivating sci-fi thriller smashes Netflix records in five days, but Squid Game still sits on the throne

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2 w. ago Germany to host Women’s Euro 2029 after pledging to smash ticket sales record

Poland and joint Sweden-Denmark bid were in runningGermany have won tournament a record eight timesGermany will host the 2029 Women’s European Championship after receiving the vast majority of the votes from Uefa’s executive committee.The German campaign pledged to smash records for ticket sales and was selected ahead of a bid from Poland and a joint submission from Denmark and Sweden. Portugal withdrew from the bidding process in November and the Italian Football Federation withdrew its candidacy in August. Uefa’s executive committee made the decision in the first round of voting, leading to a landslide victory, with 15 of the 17 votes going to Germany’s bid. Two votes went to the Denmark/Sweden bid while Poland got none. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Manchester City hold off heroic Fulham fightback to win nine

Fancy a bit of history? Under the floodlights of this storied old ground you were welcome to take your pick. The inevitable Erling Haaland smashed through the 100-goal barrier and a Premier League record. Phil Foden scored his second brace in four days. City raced to a 5-1 lead before an hour was even on the clock only for Fulham to come agonisingly close to parity by the end. All of it culminating in one of the highest-scoring matches in three decades of the Premier League. Not bad.Full value for money was achieved before half-time as City imposed themselves on their hosts with ruthless timing. Erling Haaland had come into the game on 99 Premier League goals, but had drawn a blank in his past two league matches. With just five minutes gone and bearing down on Bernd Leno, after being played in by Phil Foden, it appeared the wait was swiftly over. But in the most unusual of occurrences, Haaland calmly wrapped a shot beyond the Fulham keeper but watched stunned as the ball hit the pos...

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2 w. ago Erling Haaland smashes new Premier League record with 100th Man City goal

Manchester City star Erling Haaland has scored his 100th Premier League and smashed Alan Shearer's record to do it in the fewest number of matches against Fulham

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift calls Eras Tour ‘most thrilling chapter of my life’ in new trailer

Swift’s tour smashed records and the singer made history as the first solo artist to perform at London’s Wembley Stadium eight times on a single tour.

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3 w. ago CCTV captures yobs stealing key from hotel reception before trashing room

Two vandals were recorded on CCTV stealing a room key before a room was smashed up at the Hill Park Hotel in Dunfermline.

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3 w. ago Wicked: For Good beats box office records previously held by Wicked

Jon M Chu’s sequel, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is the second biggest US opening of the year and the biggest international opening for a stage musical adaptationThe extraordinary promotional juggernaut for Wicked: For Good, Jon M Chu’s sequel to the 2024 first instalment of his Broadway adaptation, appears to have paid off, with the film this weekend smashing box office records held by its predecessor.Its global total at the end of the weekend stands at $226m, considerably up on the $164.2m earned by its predecessor. The major change was in the domestic takings: while last year’s film took more than double its initial take in the US – $114m to $50.2m overseas – this concluding instalment has corrected that overindexing, with $76m banked from international territories. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Oasis ‘in talks over greatest hits album’ amid talk of more UK shows as reunion tour ends

The band took their final bow in São Paulo on Sunday night in front of 60,000 fans, capping a comeback run that has smashed ticket records

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