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Gérard Depardieu arrived at a Paris court on Monday for his trial over alleged sexual assaults on a film set, a case that places one of France’s best-known film stars at the heart of the country’s broader reckoning over sexual violence. Depardieu, 76, has faced allegations of rape or sexual assault from more than a … Read more
UK private sector output growth climbed to a six-month high in March, powered by services companies that expect to avoid Donald Trump’s second wave of trade tariffs next month. In a boost to Rachel Reeves before the spring statement on Wednesday, services companies said order books increased for the first time this year after a … Read more
Former US House member Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday. She was 49. Love’s family posted news of her death on Love’s X account. She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer and received immunotherapy as part of a … Read more
Leading comedians have defied Donald Trump’s takeover of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in a show that one described as “the most entertaining gathering of the resistance, ever”. Trump did not attend Sunday’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honouring Conan O’Brien for lifetime achievement in comedy. But his ears may … Read more
Nature charities with a combined membership of about 8 million people are pressing the prime minister and chancellor to stop demonising wildlife and to urgently strengthen environmental protections in new planning laws. Organisations which are household names, such as the RSPB, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts, are calling on MPs to back amendments … Read more
Donald Trump has taken aim at the actor and prominent Democrat activist George Clooney, dismissing his interview on US TV news programme 60 Minutes as a “total puff piece”. The Oscar-winning star was the subject of Sunday’s show to promote his Broadway debut, in a stage version of the film Good Night, and Good Luck, … Read more
The US genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US to help sell itself, as its chief executive quit to pursue a bid for the business after several unsuccessful attempts. 23andMe said late on Sunday that it had started voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern … Read more
Australia’s debt burden will continue to grow in this financial year, Treasury has confirmed, even as Jim Chalmers claimed credit for the country’s much stronger fiscal position than was predicted leading into the last election. On the eve of Labor’s fourth budget, the latest official estimates show gross debt – or the outstanding face value … Read more
As the Trump economy continues to perform with all the robustness and reliability of a Tesla Cybertruck, one thing, above anything else, has come to be seen as a measure of how the US is faring: the humble egg. The egg holds a uniquely central place in American culture, egg experts say, and the soaring … Read more
Like many women in Iran, Darya is used to feeling under surveillance. Yet in recent months, the 25-year-old finance analyst from northern Tehran says that she never knows who could be watching her every move. She says she has received messages from the police before warning her of suspected violations of the country’s strict hijab … Read more