68 h. ago Trump tariff war to slash North American exports by 13%, warns WTO

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says US-China trade conflict could ‘force countries to choose’ between the two

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6 d. ago Coachella performers fear visa removal for international artists in US

British singer FKA Twiggs, who was scheduled to perform at Coachella, cancelled her performance

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6 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Coachella 2025: Benson Boone, Tyla and GloRilla perform in the desert.

Lady Gaga delivered a five-act career-spanning — and perhaps defining — performance, Benson Boone sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Queen's Brian May on guitar and Lisa drew a massive crowd to the Sahara tent as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival opened in the California desert.

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9 d. ago Montreux Jazz Festival to feature Chaka Khan tribute to Quincy Jones

Khan will be joined on the bill by the likes of Neil Young, Pulp, Diana Ross, Lionel Ritchie, FKA Twigs and The Black Keys.

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9 d. ago Tourists urged to stay away from dangerous island after 'pathetic' visit attempt

After an American influencer allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in a bid to make contact with the world's most isolated indigenous people, a charity has warned of the grave consequences.

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1 week ago A Minecraft Movie breaks records to become highest opening video game movie of all time

First-weekend takings of $163m in North America puts the adaptation of the wildly popular video game ahead of previous record holder The Super Mario Bros MovieA Minecraft Movie has broken box office records to record the highest ever first weekend total for a video game adaptation.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film took $163m (£128m) on its first three days at the North American box office (including approximately $10m for preview screenings on Thursday), which puts it well ahead of the previous record holder The Super Mario Bros Movie, which took $146m on its opening weekend in the US and Canada in 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago American YouTuber who tried to contact world’s most isolated tribe faces five years in prison

Indian police arrested 24-year-old American Youtuber Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov

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1 week ago FKA Twigs Coachella replacement revealed after she pulled out last minute due to visa issue

The Perfect Stranger singer outraged fans but all is not lost

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1 week ago Visit Films strikes North American deal for BFI Flare London selection ‘Rent Free’ (exclusive)

Visit Films strikes North American deal for BFI Flare London selection ‘Rent Free’ (exclusive)  Screen Daily

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1 week ago Visit Films strikes North American deal for BFI Flare London selection ‘Rent Free’

Visit Films strikes North American deal for BFI Flare London selection ‘Rent Free’  Screen Daily

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1 week ago King Charles is in 'great form' and 'excited to be getting on the road again' ahead of historic state visit to Italy

The monarch, 76, is going ahead with the trip to Italy with Queen Camilla despite a brief hospital stay at the end of last month, which forced him to cancel engagements at the last minute.

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1 week ago As a young man, I fell in love with the US. The country’s soul is still there, despite Trump’s best efforts to destroy it | John Harris

For many of us, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those tooIt seems as inevitable as the economic chaos let loose by Donald Trump’s mad avalanche of tariffs: a precipitous drop in the number of tourists visiting the US, which is now forecast to be even worse than initially feared. In February, overseas travel to the country was down by 5% compared with the previous year – and, now, reputable forecasters are predicting a drop of nearly twice that size.We all know why. Trump’s hostile words about Canada and Mexico have hit the US’s top two markets for tourism. Finnish, German and Danish transgender and non-binary people have been advised by their governments to contact a US diplomatic mission before travelling there. Note also a trickle of reports about outsiders falling foul of the cruel stringency apparently now gripping the American authorities: a 28-year-old woman from north Wales held for 19 da...

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1 week ago FKA Twigs drops out of Coachella and reschedules more dates due to ‘visa issues’

Last month, she blamed an error in the visa paperwork for issues.

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1 week ago What is up with car door handles these days? | Dave Schilling

Why is everything computerised, automated or impossible to turn off these days?I believe, deep in my soul, that car companies’ number one goal in life is to ruin the experience of driving. I don’t have any direct evidence of this conspiracy to rob us of the pleasure of the open road, other than the cacophony of beeps, blips, bloops and blops that greet us in the latest models. Oh, and the screens. Every year, they try to find a new place to glue a touchscreen in a car, like Pizza Hut hunting for more orifices to stuff cheese into one of their pies.Everything is computerized, automated or impossible to turn off. According to surveys of new-car buyers by the market research firm Strategic Vision, satisfaction with car controls plummeted by 23 percentage points in the last nine years. The whiz-bang gizmos foisted on the North American car buyer have devolved from the glorious, life-saving back-up camera to gesture controls that allow you to turn an invisible knob to crank up the volume...

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2 w. ago FKA twigs sparks outrage among fans after cancelling more shows due to ‘visa issues’

‘You don’t need a visa to perform here,’ a ticket holder in Mexico pointed out

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2 w. ago FKA Twigs pulls out of Coachella last minute as angry fans brand her 'unprofessional'

Singer songwriter FKA Twigs announced the news on social media, as the Cellophane songstress shared a statement to cancel her Coachella appearance and some tour dates

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2 w. ago Broadway welcomes 'Real Women Have Curves: The Musical,' which lets the Latino community see itself

“Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” is a new Broadway show with a predominantly Latino casts that brings the Latino immigrant experience to life in one of the biggest stages in New York

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2 w. ago King Charles is forced to cancel holidays to African spa and Romanian hiking hotspot after latest cancer treatment

King Charles has been forced to cancel holidays to an African spa and a Romanian hiking hotspot as he continues to have cancer treatment.

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2 w. ago Cate Blanchett, Heston Blumenthal, FKA twigs: best original Observer photography

From Heston Blumenthal on the bipolar diagnosis that saved his life to FKA twigs and Charlotte Church on her retreat space in Wales: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in March 2025 Continue reading...

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3 w. ago King Charles' cancer journey, family rifts and medical dramas

The King was forced to cancel engagements after suffering from the side-effects of his cancer treatment, but it's been a difficult 15 months or so all round

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