Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square investment vehicle has offered to buy music studios giant Universal Music Group (UMG). The US billionaire’s firm has proposed a cash and stock deal to take control of the Dutch-US business, which runs Abbey Road studios and labels including EMI and Island Records. Universal is the world’s largest music company and […]
Continue ReadingThe King Fahd Causeway, a key bridge linking Saudi Arabia to the island kingdom of Bahrain, closed early on Tuesday over threats from Iranian attacks. The King Fahd Causeway Authority made the announcement in a post on X. It said vehicle movements had been “suspended as a precautionary measure” over Iranian attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s […]
Continue ReadingPepsi has withdrawn its sponsorship of Wireless Festival in London after Kanye West was announced as the headline act. The rapper, who has been condemned for antisemitism, is set to top the bill for all three nights of the festival in London’s Finsbury Park in July. The soft drinks company was the main sponsor of […]
Continue ReadingA 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder as police investigate the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in south-east London. Eghosa Ogbebor was shot dead in Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, with police called to the scene at about 3:40pm on Thursday. Two boys aged 14 and 16 and […]
Continue ReadingA US service member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, Donald Trump said. In a post on Truth Social, the US President said the service member is injured but “will be just fine” and that the US had been monitoring his location. It comes after a frantic […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St Peter’s Basilica, ushered in Christianity’s most joyous celebration with his first Easter vigil service as pontiff on Saturday night. The pope urged that Easter would bring harmony and peace to a world torn by wars. Easter for Christians commemorates Christ’s triumph […]
Continue ReadingFormer Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills could lose his honorary doctorate of arts from Southampton Solent University after he was sacked by the BBC. The Press Association understands the university’s honorary doctorate scrutiny panel will recommend that the award is rescinded when it meets later in April. Mills received the honour in November 2009. The […]
Continue ReadingThree males are due in court after four Jewish community ambulances were targeted in an alleged arson attack in north-west London. Four ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service operating in the Golders Green area of north-west London, were set on fire in the early hours of March 23, causing gas canisters stored in the […]
Continue ReadingOne US service member was rescued and at least one was missing after Iran shot down two US military planes in separate attacks in a dramatic development in the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time US aircraft had been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think it will be an important sign because of what the […]
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