“My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Elvis.“ If you saw The Carrie Diaries, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, or those cute photos with Kaia Gerber at the Met Gala earlier this month, then chances are you’re familiar with Austin Butler. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images The actor’s […]
Yuriy Vitrenko, boss of the state-owned Ukrainian energy giant Naftogaz, has claimed that an immediate ban on oil and gas could ruin Putin. It comes as the EU continues to mull over sanctions on Russian energy, but still hands the Kremlin billions despite the invasion. According to Mr Vitrenko, slashing this funding pot would deal a hammer […]
Higher interest rates make it more expensive for people to take out new mortgages. It also means that homeowners with tracker (variable rate) mortgages will pay more in interest on their monthly repayments. As the cost of living crisis continues and inflation continues to soar, it is possible that the interest rates will rise again […]
A leading think tank sees the deepening cost-of-living crisis that plunging Britain into a recession, and urged government to support the most vulnerable. In its latest report, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) warned about the soaring inflation due to the pandemic that is driving prices up along with the impact of […]
President Joe Biden urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine before trying to pass a new round of Covid-19 funding, warning that U.S. aid for that country’s fighters has nearly been exhausted. Biden’s new position marked a reversal from his insistence last month that the military aid and the […]
It’s an extraordinary thought – the two biggest icons and sex symbols of their times (and ever since, in many opinions) coming together for one passionate night. We know they definitely met on set at Paramount Studios in June 1960, but what exactly happened after that? Only one man claimed to know – publicity and […]
Content Warning: This article may contain references to murder and violence Death is always tragic…until it isn’t. More often shown through parody media, hilarious deaths are graphic and usually happen without warning. An extreme example of this is some of the many deaths in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Knights flying off the Bridge of […]
Scientists studying the DNA of the world’s smallest cetacean and rarest marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise, have made a surprising and bittersweet discovery. A vaquita porpoise thought to have died in an illegal gillnet. Photograph: Omar Vidal/WWF/AFP/Getty With a tiny population of fewer than 10 individuals left, the mammal was assumed by conservationists to be […]
If you’ve been using the same old passwords since you first set up your online accounts back in the 90s now could be a very good time to make some simple changes. It’s the annual World Password Day today and although it’s not the most exciting of events it’s a good reminder for us all […]
Fossil fuels are ingrained in the global energy mix and companies continue to discover and develop oil and gas fields at locations around the world. Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images LONDON — The CEO of Standard Chartered believes it’s “ridiculous and naive” to think fossil fuel production can be immediately halted without any consequences, […]
