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Sky strikes Warner Bros Discovery deal, averting exodus of shows
Sky has struck a crucial content deal with Warner Bros Discovery, the owner of the film studio behind Barbie and HBO shows including Succession, averting a potential crippling exodus of shows as the Hollywood giant prepares the launch of its Max streaming service.
Under the deal between Sky’s parent company …
Student may have killed woman on Dorset beach ‘to see what it was like’, court hears
A criminology student could have stabbed a woman to death on a Dorset beach because he wanted to know what it would be like to take a life and how it would feel to make a woman feel afraid, a jury has been told.
As he plotted the attack, Nasen …
Starbucks posts $5.8m loss as Australians cut back on costly lattes by brewing at home
Starbucks’ Australian business has posted a financial loss, in a major blow to its turnaround plans and raising questions about the coffee chain’s ability to win over a market wary of costly lattes and flavoured Frappuccino.
Starbucks Coffee Australia posted a $5.8m loss last financial year, new documents lodged with …
Domestic issues pile pressure on Iran’s president amid foreign policy setbacks
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the latest in a string of foreign policy reversals for Iran including the weakening of its allies in Lebanon and Gaza, has coincided with growing domestic frustration over rising executions, planned increases in the price of petrol and a proposed law that imposes …
Margaret Hodge appointed UK anti-corruption champion to tackle flow of ‘dirty money’
Margaret Hodge, a long-term campaigner against global corruption, has been appointed as the UK’s anti-corruption champion.
Her strong track record of campaigning on the issue, including in the UK overseas territories, is a signal of intent by the foreign secretary, David Lammy, that he intends the issue to be at …
Ding Liren resurrects world title defense with dramatic Game 12 win over Gukesh Dommaraju
Moscow reaches out to new Syrian leadership in move to secure bases
Moscow is seeking to secure the future of its key military bases in Syria while making inroads with the country’s new rebel leadership, after the dramatic collapse of the Assad regime threatened to erode Russia’s influence in the Middle East.
Russia has kept a sizeable airbase in north-west Syria and …
Pizza Hut criticised over ‘dangerous’ takeaway promotion including free spins at online roulette
Pizza Hut has been criticised for running a “dangerous” promotion that offered customers “free spins” at online casinos with their takeaway.
Online pizza orders were accompanied by a message congratulating customers for having “unlocked up to 300 free spins at your favourite casino”.
The message continued: “No deposit required! Claim …
Israel, US and Turkey launch strikes to protect interests in Syria
Bombing raids have hit sites across Syria as regional actors in the Middle East scrambled to defend their interests in Syria after the sudden fall of the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow on Sunday.
As rebels led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) freed regime prisoners, …
The Guide #168: What does my true crime obsession say about me?
Around a month ago, I broke a longstanding promise to myself to never again binge-watch true crime shows – the result of an intense Netflix spiral that began in a Colombian hairdressers (the first season of the docudrama Monster, depicting the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, was the salon’s …