60 m. ago Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, cuts a dapper figure as he attends day two of Cannes Film Festival with glamorous girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti, 26

The Wolf of Wall Street star, 50, and his Italian fashion model partner, 26, are approaching their two-year anniversary of dating.

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30 h. ago First inflation report since tariffs announced stuns Wall Street

April's consumer price index, the first reading that captures some prices since President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs, released on early Tuesday.

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34 h. ago Shocking full testimony of male escort who claims he was paid by Diddy to sleep with Cassie Ventura: Court is told of rapper's 'vile sex act, awkward "role

Daniel Phillip, 41, took to the stand to explain how Combs paid him up to £4,500 each time to take part in orchestrated sexual encounters with R&B singer Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura

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35 h. ago Shocking full testimony of male escort who claims he was paid by Diddy to sleep with his girlfriend: Court is told of rapper's 'vile sex act, awkward "role

Daniel Phillip, 41, took to the stand to explain how Combs paid him up to £4,500 each time to take part in orchestrated sexual encounters with R&B singer Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura

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43 h. ago Asian shares gain after Wall Street's rally, but hopes are tempered by trade war uncertainties

Asian shares have advanced after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war

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4 d. ago Rümeysa Öztürk, detained Tufts student, released from federal custody – US politics live

Turkish national and PhD student was arrested by US agents in March over her pro-Palestinian political speechLarge institutional investors have massively increased their holdings of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) in recent months according to SEC filings, with many enlarging their positions by hundreds of millions of dollars.The revelations raise further questions about big business’s desire to curry favor with Donald Trump and his administration via the enterprises he has maintained or commenced. TMTG runs the Truth Social social media platform – on which the US president himself posts almost daily – as well as financial services and a film and TV streaming service.Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his publicly traded company has predictably prompted huge investments from wealthy special interests that could use a favor from the president.Institutional Wall Street investors and even a foreign company with business before the administration have effectively offered a fo...

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5 d. ago Trump ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus, top aide Stephen Miller says – US politics live

White House deputy chief of staff told reporters administration is ‘actively’ considering suspending a person’s right to challenge legality of their detentionLarge institutional investors have massively increased their holdings of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) in recent months according to SEC filings, with many enlarging their positions by hundreds of millions of dollars.The revelations raise further questions about big business’s desire to curry favor with Donald Trump and his administration via the enterprises he has maintained or commenced. TMTG runs the Truth Social social media platform – on which the US president himself posts almost daily – as well as financial services and a film and TV streaming service.Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his publicly traded company has predictably prompted huge investments from wealthy special interests that could use a favor from the president.Institutional Wall Street investors and even a foreign company with business before...

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6 d. ago Wall Street Journal's shocking woke insult towards first American Pope Robert Francis Prevost

The Chicago-born prefect of the Vatican's powerful dicastery for bishops.

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6 d. ago Investors are misjudging Trump’s resolve on tariffs, Pimco warns

Bond giant says Wall Street should ‘believe’ the president’s threats to restore big levies

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6 d. ago Asian shares trade higher after Wall Street climbs moderately as Fed holds rates steady

Asian shares are rising moderately after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected

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7 d. ago Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen

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7 d. ago Snooker’s rich list as £500,000 winner Zhao Xintong to become ‘richest of all time’

Zhao Xintong was crowned World Snooker Champion for the first time after defeating Mark Williams, and the Chinese star is now being tipped to overtake Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker's prize money list

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8 d. ago After Canada and Australia, could Donald Trump really be the saviour of centre

The picture is complex, experts say, despite two resounding wins for liberal parties in national elections, after polls had put them on track for defeatPierre Poilievre and Peter Dutton began the year as leaders in waiting. With national elections in Canada and Australia on the horizon, both leaders were consistently leading in the polls. But a mere four months later, the votes have come and gone and their parties remain out of government. In the process, both suffered the indignation of losing the seats they held for more than two decades.On Sunday, as the results of the Australian elections were broadcast across the world, international media were quick to blame one man: Donald Trump. “First Canada, now Australia?” asked the Wall Street Journal, with the paper claiming the “Trump factor” had boosted Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese’s chances. CNN called it “the Trump slump” and suggested the phenomenon was spreading. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Attorney says NCAA deal should resolve judge's concerns over roster limits, criticizes Saban

An attorney in the $2.8 billion legal case reshaping college sports says he thinks an updated agreement with the NCAA will solve the judge’s concerns over roster limits that have delayed the settlement’s approval

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9 d. ago The song voted the UK’s favourite – for the seventh year running

For the seventh consecutive year, George Michael's "Careless Whisper" has claimed the top spot as the UK’s favourite song, according to Smooth Radio's All Time Top 500 poll.

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9 d. ago George Michael’s Careless Whisper voted nation’s favourite for seventh year

The track was voted top of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500, an annual list of the UK’s best-loved songs, for the seventh year in a row.

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1 week ago How the stock market made back all its losses after Trump escalated the trade war

It felt much longer, but the U_S_ stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.”

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1 week ago Citi del Sol: How the party ended for Wall Street bank’s Málaga experiment

‘They sold us the dream but the reality was much more different,’ said one employee 

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1 week ago Elon Musk's mom uses vile slur against WSJ reporters as she slams 'dishonest' article about son

'The @WSJ dishonest article about @elonmusk and @Tesla was written by three women,' Maye Musk wrote on X Thursday, taking the time to tag the reporters responsible.

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1 week ago Wall Street and European markets finish week on a high after US jobs report

FTSE 100 records its longest winning streak as Washington releases better-than-expected hiring figuresMarkets on both sides of the Atlantic rose on Friday after hiring in the US slowed less than expected in April, offering a glimmer of hope that the world’s largest economy was in a better-than-feared position to withstand the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs.On Wall Street the S&P 500 was up 1.5% and the Dow Jones rose 1.3% by early afternoon on Friday, while European markets closed sharply higher after official figures showed the US workforce grew by 177,000 last month. Continue reading...

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