Ben Platt is happy to be home. The Los Angeles native kicked off a 10-night residency at Center Theater Group’s Ahmanson Theatre Friday night in front of a sold-out crowd that welcomed him back with a handful of standing ovations. “It’s so nice to be here for many reasons,” the Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning…
Around 1,000 people gathered in London on Saturday for a “Christmas” rally organised by far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson, as bishops said they were gravely concerned by the use of Christian symbols to “justify racism and anti-migrant rhetoric”. People waved Union flags and others that read “Jesus is King” at the rally in the centre of…
Rachael Parnell Rachel says with some of the dupes she “can’t tell the difference” When Rachael Parnell heard Aldi was selling a new skincare range that looked similar to products from luxury brand Augustinus Bader, she was “super excited”. She rushed to her nearest store to pick up the Lacura face cream for £8.49 for…
A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the…
The Nobel Prize may not seem very relevant to many, but we can certainly draw lessons from its winners. Earlier this year, Peter Howitt – an honorary professor and fellow alumnus of Canada’s Western University – was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with two other professors for work on innovation-driven economic growth. Howitt’s…
It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’ve been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I find the things that you do Will make me feel alright – The Beatles “Beggar-thy-neighbor” is now all over the news….
A top official warned against moves to revive Japanese militarism as China held its annual national commemoration of the Nanking massacre amid tense ties with Tokyo. Speaking at a memorial ceremony in the eastern city of Nanjing on Saturday, Shi Taifeng, head of the ruling Communist Party’s organisation department, said that any attempt to revive…
Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways OpenAI launched initiatives to safeguard AI models from abuse. AI cyber capabilities assessed through capture-the-flag challenges improved in four months. The OpenAI Preparedness Framework may help track the security risks of AI models. OpenAI is warning that the rapid…
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State gunman, the US Central Command has said. Officials said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was “engaged and killed”. US President Donald Trump wrote on social media that…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of attacking a woman and her son with a water bottle following a dispute over smoking. The 58-year-old mother called police at about 8.30am on Saturday, reporting that the man had poured water on her and used a water bottle to attack her 29-year-old son…
