Is the Trump administration planning to bring down Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro? The short answer is: probably not deliberately, but it might stumble that way anyway—and that’s precisely the problem. The recent escalation tells a familiar story. The administration is weighing military strikes against drug cartels operating inside Venezuela as part of a broader strategy…
Getty Images Gisèle Pelicot will return to court as one of her 51 rapists launches an appeal The first day Gisèle Pelicot walked up the steps of the courthouse in Avignon in September 2024, she was an anonymous retired grandmother. Within weeks, this diminutive 72-year-old – the victim at the centre of the largest rape…
NEW YORK: Taylor Swift is in a sparkling new era. On Friday, she dropped her 12th studio album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, a collection of bouncy pop songs about love, marriage, success — and score-settling. For the hotly anticipated album, the 35-year-old artist reunited with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, and their influence…
On Wednesday, Google offered an early preview of its next flagship smart home device, the AI-powered Google Home speaker, launching in spring 2026. The device, priced at $99, will be built around the company’s AI assistant Gemini AI and will come in four colors: Porcelain, Hazel, Berry, and Jade. The somewhat delayed timing of the…
LAS VEGAS — A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans each scored 21 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night. Wilson scored 12 of her points over the final 14 minutes, and Phoenix’s Satou Sabally missed a long 3-pointer with 2 seconds left…
Wrapbook has hired Jeff Caruso as its new senior vice president of studio sales and success. The Hollywood payroll and production accounting platform has recruited the industry veteran from one of its chief rivals, Cast & Crew, where Caruso spent nearly 13 years and rose to general manager and head of sales for film, television…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue the No 3 typhoon warning signal at 12.20pm on Saturday as Severe Tropical Storm Matmo moves closer to the city. Education authorities also announced that kindergartens and schools…
‘Lazawal Ishq’ is the first Urdu reality TV show about love. Based on the Turkish hit ‘Ask Adas?’, the episodes are airing on YouTube instead of TV because the show doesn’t have a Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) licence. Shot in Turkey and hosted by Ayesha Omar, who described the project as “a first…
Kim Kardashian is heading to Fox Nation, with the Fox News-owned streaming service acquiring the U.S. rights to Kardashian’s docuseries ElizabethTaylor:Rebel Superstar. The series premieres on Fox Nation on Monday, Oct. 6. The series, which chronicles the life and career of one of the 20th century’s most recognizable figures, includes the first-ever filmed interview withTaylor’s…
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over the hip-hop mogul’s July 2 conviction on prostitution-related charges. Combs, 55, was convicted on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fuelled sexual performances – sometimes known as “Freak Offs”…
