Prop gun in Alec Baldwin accidental movie set shooting had live rounds
By Adria Malcolm and Alexandra Ulmer
Alec Baldwin was handed what was described as a safe “cold gun” on the set of his movie “Rust”, but the prop gun contained ...
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Man Utd face tough test against high-flying Liverpool
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may have breathed a sigh of relief following their chaotic midweek Champions League victory over Atalanta, but his job does not get any easier ...
Melbourne enjoys weekend of eased Covid curbs after long lockdown
Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world’s longest string of Covid-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed pubs, bars and ...
FDA says benefits outweigh risks for Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in children
By Michael Erman
Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giving the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to 5 to 11 year olds ...
Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant
Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel (INTC.O) to invest billions of euros in an advanced chipmaking plant in Italy, as Germany emerges as frontrunner ...
Sony loses K-pop megaband BTS to Universal
South Korea’s BTS has signed a new distribution and marketing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), the world’s biggest music label, dropping Sony Music’s (6758.T) Columbia ...
Stylish Arsenal beat Villa 3-1
Arsenal turned on the style with a confident 3-1 home win over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Friday to extend their unbeaten run to six games.
The win ...
UK police investigating 2017 Manchester attack arrest a man
British police investigating the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bombing attack arrested a man on Friday on suspicion of a terror offence, Greater Manchester Police said.
The 24 year-old man was arrested as ...
Democrats narrowing differences on Biden’s agenda, Pelosi says
Democrats are closing in on a deal on President Joe Biden’s social and climate-change agenda by narrowing their differences over healthcare and other issues, U.S. House of Representatives ...
EU leaders seek compromise over immigration as arrivals increase
European Union leaders made a fresh effort on Friday to overcome their differences on how to handle immigrants, but disagreed on the best way forward, with the head of the ...
Germany’s Merkel says EU price crisis must not get in the way of energy transition
The measures the European Union’s member states take to mitigate the energy price crisis must not go at the cost of the transition to renewable energies, German Chancellor Angela ...
BMW starts producing new electric model, commits to emissions-free transport
German automaker BMW’s (BMWG.DE) first sales-ready battery electric i4 models rolled off production lines at its main plant in Munich on Friday, as the company expands its electric ...
Beyond Meat shares bleed on bleak revenue forecast as retail demand dips
Beyond Meat Inc (BYND.O) on Friday cut its third-quarter revenue forecast, blaming a host of factors including a drop in demand from grocery stores and a labour shortage that ...
Pfizer jab shows 90.7% efficacy in trial in children
The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed 90.7% efficacy against the coronavirus in a clinical trial of children 5 to 11 years old, the U.S. drugmaker said on Friday.
Sixteen children in the ...
Norway opts not to give 12-15 year-olds second jab doses yet
Norway will hold off giving children aged 12-15 a second dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 until it has gathered more research, partly due to a rare side effect involving ...
Americans can mix and match boosters but original jab recommended – Fauci
Americans can choose a COVID-19 booster shot that is different from their original inoculation but the recommendation is to stick with the vaccine they got first if it is available, ...
‘Don’t be afraid’ of EU defence ambitions, France tells Nato
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly told her NATO counterparts on Friday not to fear the European Union’s defence plans, saying that the United States will benefit and any ...
UK agrees to end digital services tax after global tax reform
Britain said on Thursday it would phase out its Digital Services Tax on US tech giants such as Google and Facebook once a global reform to corporate taxation takes effect ...
Energy from bogs: Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries
Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at an Estonian university say.
Sodium-ion batteries, which do ...
UK public’s inflation expectations rocket to record high
A record proportion of the British public thinks inflation will accelerate over the next 12 months, according to data that could further boost expectations that the Bank of England will raise ...
Bullet point previews of Premier League matches
Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the ninth round of Premier League fixtures from Oct. 22-24 (times GMT):
Friday, Oct. 22
Arsenal v Aston Villa (1900)
* Each of the last nine Premier ...
Hamilton hoping for a Texan twist in F1 title duel
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have traded the Formula One championship lead four times in six races and Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin could provide yet another ...
Biden: United States would come to Taiwan’s defense if China attacks
The United States would come to Taiwan’s defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, U.S. President Joe Biden said, though the ...
Actor Alec Baldwin kills cinematographer on movie set
Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, authorities said.
The incident occurred ...