Michel Barnier speaks at a conference in Rome | Alessandro Di Meo/EPA Michel Barnier: UK must choose European rules if it wants trade The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator questioned whether the UK wanted to leave the European model of social, health and economic standards. By Charlie Cooper and Quentin Ariès 11/9/17, 3:10 PM CET Updated […]
Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan tore into embattled Empire actor Jussie Smollett during his appearance on the The Tonight Show. Tracy Morgan riffed on the alleged attack suffered by actor Jussie Smollett which supposedly occurred in downtown Chicago, at 2 a.m., during one of the winter’s coldest weeks. Morgan found the idea laughable that two white men […]
Dairy farmers protest falling milk prices in front of a Carrefour supermarket in Mondeville, France | Mychele Daniau/AFP via Getty Images Brussels declares war on supermarkets The EU looks to roll out new laws to protect farmers from big retailers. Supermarkets insist they are not the profiteers. By Simon Marks 10/9/17, 6:23 PM CET Updated […]
The former midfielder feels there is a role for the academy graduate at Old Trafford, but admits greater quality is required to fill a starting berth Andreas Pereira is no Paul Scholes or Roy Keane, says Owen Hargreaves, with the Red Devils told they need better than a “squad player” in the middle of the […]
Investors did not like what they saw in Netflix’s second-quarter results. Shares of the company plunged by more than 11 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s release of data on new subscriptions that fell short of Wall Street expectations and company guidance. Netflix added 2.7 million subscribers in its second quarter, down from about […]
John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Frans Timmermans: Polish judicial reform plans pose serious threat Commission VP says planned changes would have a ‘significant negative impact’ on independence of the court system. By Cynthia Kroet 11/6/17, 8:46 PM CET Poland’s planned changes to its judicial system pose a “serious threat” to the independence of the country’s […]
Corporations want to be the new climate saviors. The idea may seem contradictory, given that fossil fuel capitalism is largely responsible for driving the world toward this crisis. Yet in headline after headline, companies are trying to take on a more heroic role by announcing sweeping, ambitious climate plans. As the consequences of the climate […]
MONTREAL — Two people are confirmed dead in a crash that involved about 200 vehicles on Highway 15 in La Prairie south of Montreal, provincial police say. The confirmation came from the Sûreté du Québec, which said the victims are two people who were trapped in the wreckage near a diesel spill. Whiteout conditions likely […]
OTTAWA — No one should construe the co-operation between Canada and China on the novel coronavirus outbreak as a sign that relations between them are returning to normal, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Friday. Canada has been able to repatriate 550 Canadians since the outbreak with the help of Japanese and Chinese officials, Champagne […]
Deux ans après Born To Die et Paradise, Lana Del Rey sera de retour cette année avec Ultraviolence. En préambule la chanteuse a dévoilé aujourd’hui West Coast, un single qui donne une idée de la direction prise par l’artiste pour ce nouvel album. Elle sera l’une des têtes d’affiche du festival Rock en Seine, cet […]