Posts by Nathan Pine
China’s Ant plans to list overseas unit in Hong Kong: report
[ad_1] Published Sun, May 4, 2025 · 06:57 PM [HONG KONG] Ant, an affiliate of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, plans to list its overseas arm, Ant International, on the Hong Kong stock exchange, Chinese media reported, citing unnamed sources. Caixin, citing people close to the company, reported that Ant was communicating with regulators about the…
Read MoreConservative Texas school board voted out amid book bans
[ad_1] A Texas school board has voted out three conservative members in Mansfield. Why It Matters Voters in Mansfield Independent School District (ISD) overhauled the school board in the May 3 election, with challengers unseating incumbents—including the board president and secretary—in all three contested races. Texas is among the states that have seen a recent…
Read MoreOasis “Drop Inappropriate Song From Reunion Concert Playlist” With Lyrics By Disgraced Star
[ad_1] On the eve of rehearsals for Oasis’s highly anticipated comeback concert tour this summer, the band have decided to cut one of their early songs from their tracklist. Hello – the opening track from their breakthrough 1995 album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – contains lyrics written by disgraced former UK pop star Gary…
Read MoreApple has made splashy bets in Hollywood. Are they paying off?
[ad_1] In the first episode of the Apple TV+ show “The Studio,” Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sells his script to the fictional Continental Studios, only to be told later by a studio chief played by Seth Rogen that the project, about Jonestown, has been killed. Instead, the company is fast-tracking a soulless brand-based cash grab:…
Read MoreHouston shooting: multiple people hurt as family party goes badly wrong
[ad_1] By Billal Rahman is an immigration reporter based in London, U.K. He specializes in immigration policy and border security. He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents under investigation and exposed claims of abuse at ICE-run detention centers in the U.S. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent. He has covered the…
Read MoreCardiologist shares the 10 foods he would never eat
[ad_1] After more than 15 years of treating heart disease from inside the body, Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj decided it was time to start preventing it from the outside. The 48-year-old interventional cardiologist from Orange County, California, known as @doctorsanjaymd online, has drawn viral attention for a video in which he lists the top 10 foods…
Read MoreBig Oil isn’t budging on output as Opec+ supply hike looms
[ad_1] The largest western oil producers are mostly sticking with their growth plans for now, despite a 16 per cent decline in crude prices during April and a decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies (Opec+) to crank up output in June. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell and TotalEnergies all maintained their…
Read MoreEtihad is squeezing outsized luxuries into its smallest aircraft
[ad_1] [DUBAI] When Etihad Airways received its first Airbus A380 jets a good decade ago, the airline furnished the front of the giant double decker with a veritable luxury playground it called the Residence, a three-room layout featuring a double bed, living area and shower cubicle – all with a personal butler on hand. Now…
Read More‘SNL’ Spoofs ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’: Harriet Tubman And Frederick Douglass Refuse To Return To The Past
[ad_1] Saturday Night Live opened strong with a hilarious sketch spoofing Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, the 1989 film starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as time-traveling teens to meet historical figures to help them ace an exam. In Will & Todd’s Radical Experience, Marcel Hernandez and Andrew Dismukes bring to life the titular duo…
Read MoreOpec+ agrees another accelerated oil output hike for June
[ad_1] [LONDON/DUBAI] Opec+, which includes the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia, has agreed to accelerate oil production hikes for a second consecutive month, raising output in June by 411,000 barrels per day (bpd), the group said on Saturday (May 3), despite falling prices and expectations of weaker demand. Following…
Read More‘SNL’ Musical Guest Benson Boone Serenades Host Quinta Brunson
[ad_1] This weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live might have fans wondering… if Benson Boone married Quinta Brunson, would he take her last name to become Benson Brunson? As the Grammy nominee made his SNL debut, he briefly serenaded the Golden Globe winner with his single ‘Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else’ after doing one…
Read More‘SNL’s Colin Jost Tries To Sell His And Pete Davidson’s Ferry In Rare Sketch Appearance: “Please Buy It!”
[ad_1] Colin Jost left his ‘Weekend Update‘ post to poke fun at his ongoing side venture with Pete Davidson. On this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, the comedian made a rare sketch appearance to try and offload the pair’s decommissioned Staten Island ferry, which they infamously purchased for $280,100 in 2022. The cameo came at the…
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