Author: Alex Maschino

Getty ImagesDonald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine.The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of people dead” in the Ukraine war. “You don’t start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles,” he told reporters at the White House, also blaming former US President Joe Biden for the conflict.Trump’s comments come after widespread outrage over Russia’s attack on the…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the witness stand on the first day of a historic antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations it illegally monopolized the social media market. The trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups Meta bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. FTC attorney Daniel Matheson called Zuckerberg as the first witness, as it seeks to prove that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to preserve its monopoly in the social networking space. At the trial, Matheson focused on a communication sent to colleagues that…

Mickey Rourke said he is “ashamed” of his controversial behavior on Celebrity Big Brother UK. The Oscar-nominated actor, 72, was asked to leave the Big Brother house on Saturday, April 12, following a tense verbal confrontation with fellow housemate Chris Hughes. In scenes that aired on ITV in the U.K. on Sunday, April 13, Big Brother told Rourke that it deemed his behavior and language “offensive and threatening.” Rourke admitted, “I did wrong. I apologize. I’m sorry.” “I stepped over the line. I take responsibility for doing the wrong thing,” he continued. “I lost my temper, and I’ve been trying…

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Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has urged Iran to conduct a “comprehensive investigation” after eight Pakistani migrant workers were killed over the weekend in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, which shares a border with Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The attack took place on Saturday in Mehrestan county, located roughly 230km (142 miles) from the Pakistan border, where unidentified assailants attacked a workshop. According to Iranian media reports, all eight workers – who belonged to various areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province and were working as mechanics – were tied up and shot dead. The Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA), a lesser-known Baloch group seeking independence…

Warner Music Group has hired a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).Armin Zerza joins WMG as Executive Vice President and CFO, effective May 5, reporting to CEO Robert Kyncl.Zerza will succeed Bryan Castellani as Warner’s EVP and CFO; Castellani joined WMG’s executive team in October 2023.Zerza most recently served in the C-suite at gaming giant Activision Blizzard, while it was traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange.During a decade at Activision Blizzard, he served as both CFO and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). He played a pivotal role in the company’s all-cash $68.7 billion acquisition by Microsoft, which closed in 2023.In a press…

Former Louisiana State University wide receiver Kyren Lacy has died. He was 24. Lacy’s relatives confirmed his death to local Louisiana outlet WAFB 9 on Sunday, April 13. Further details, including a cause of death, have yet to be confirmed. (Us Weekly has reached out for comment.) Lacy, a standout on LSU’s football team last season, had declared for the NFL Draft, which takes place starting Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26. Lacy’s death comes months after he was allegedly involved in a fatal car accident in December 2024. The former athlete was arrested and charged with negligent homicide,…

Can Elias Pettersson bounce back, Quinn Hughes‘ next contract and trading from their blue line surplus Thomas Drance of The Athletic: (mailbag part 2) It’s hard to predict if Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson can return to the previous level of play. It’s not known why his game has dropped off so much. Is it the knee injury that is still bothering him? He’s struggled the past 100 games or so. Quinn Hughes won’t win the Norris Trophy this season, but his play is up there. If that continues for another two years, he’ll be in for a huge contract…

BBC confirmed that the couple’s arrest came after they posted the video on social media.CBS News reported that the Iranian state media outlet Mizan claimed Haghighi and Ahmadi were not detained for dancing but for stoking resistance efforts in their Instagram posts by “encouraging people to riot against the country and subversion.”Mizan disputed the 10-year punishment and claimed the couple received a five-year prison sentence for publishing “a call for protests.””It is clear that anti-revolutionary forces have falsely reported the charges by claiming each were sentenced to 10 years,” the Islamic Republic judiciary’s Mizan news agency said, reported Reuters.“Astiazh Haghighi…

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick has warned that smartphones and other consumer electronics imported to America from China will still face tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes of a reprieve for Big Tech companies such as Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft.Donald Trump’s administration this weekend excluded phones, chipmaking equipment and certain computers from steep “reciprocal” tariffs in what was a significant boost for tech groups whose stocks plunged after the president unleashed a global trade war on “liberation day”.But speaking on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Lutnick said such products would be re-examined as part of a government probe into semiconductors,…