By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) -New Mexico special prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, marking what many legal analysts said was a logical conclusion to a flawed prosecution. The move followed new evidence about the gun Baldwin was holding when…
(Reuters) – The publishers of a German magazine that ran an ‘interview’ with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologised to the Formula One great’s family. Seven-times world champion Schumacher, now 54, has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on…
(Reuters) – Russia is advising citizens to avoid travel to Canada, citing what it calls numerous cases of discrimination against Russians, including physical violence, its foreign ministry said on Saturday. Canada is one of the most vocal backers of Ukraine in the war against Moscow’s forces and has imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian officials…
By Byron Kaye (Reuters) -Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage who blossomed from an Australian suburban housewife into a self-described gigastar, died on Saturday. He was 89. The Sydney Morning Herald said Humphries died at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, where he had been treated for various health issues….
LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey appeared by videolink for a brief hearing at a London court on Friday ahead of his trial on sex offence charges in June. Spacey has previously pleaded not guilty to 12 charges relating to alleged offences against four men, which are said to have taken place between 2001…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Rail workers went on strike across Germany on Friday, mostly bringing national operator Deutsche Bahn’s services to a halt in the morning hours, as protests over pay in Europe’s largest economy widened. Germany has witnessed some of its most disruptive strikes in decades since last year, when the war in Ukraine sent…
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – The eye-popping $787.5 million settlement Fox made to resolve the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit left unanswered one of the biggest questions in the case: was the Denver-based voting-technology company owed as much as it claimed? Dominion in its lawsuit said Fox News and parent company Fox Corp ruined its…
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Automakers keen to make a splash at the Shanghai auto show showed off vehicles boasting features from crystal balls to in-car karaoke systems and 3D dashboards, as competition to attract drivers heats up in the world’s largest auto market. At the first such showcase in China since the country’s…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Paramount Global has filed a countersuit against Warner Bros Discovery Inc over the rights to stream “South Park,” the popular animated comedy featuring foul-mouthed children. In a Wednesday night filing in a New York state court in Manhattan, Paramount is seeking to collect more than $52 million of…
ROME (Reuters) – A U.S.-born princess was evicted on Thursday from a Roman villa featuring the only known fresco by Italian baroque artist Caravaggio, and denounced her ousting as a travesty of justice. “I am being brutally evicted from a home which I have lovingly taken care of for the past 20 years,” Princess Rita…
