Author: Alex Maschino
Jemma CrewandGabriela PomeroyVideo shows fire spreading across Swiss bar ceilingAround 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, police have said. A further 115 people are injured, many of them “severely”.The fire broke out at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) during new year celebrations in a bar called Le Constellation in Crans-Montana.Officials investigating the incident have not confirmed any cause, but categorically ruled out an attack.People from multiple countries have been affected. Regional police commander Frédéric Gisler has said the priority in the coming days is to identify those who have…
Music Business Worldwide presents the final four rising stars from Vevo’s DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026, starting with…LaBlackieChiara Bonarrigo, Senior Manager, EU Label Relations: “Blending urban genres such as drill, trap, dancehall, and American rap, LaBlackie is literally bursting onto the Spanish urban scene.“Her attitude and stage presence are outstanding, and she’s a powerful advocate for female rap. Already part of our Vevo Newcomers campaign, I’m thrilled to keep supporting LaBlackie on her path toward a breakthrough!” LaBlackie: “The experience on set was incredible! I never thought I’d travel so far for work. I hope it helps me reach a wider…
Vanessa Bryant is reacting to Taylor Swift subtly supporting Kobe Bryant and her family in her End of an Era docuseries. “What a gift,” Vanessa, 43, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, December 30, sharing a screenshot from End of an Era. “We love you @taylorswift 💙!!!!!!” As Swift, 36, practiced an acoustic section mashup ahead of one of her last Eras Tour concerts in Canada, she was dressed in a blue Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation sweatshirt. (Kobe’s widow founded the organization after her husband and daughter Gianna tragically died in a 2020 helicopter crash, along with six…
Arne Slot believes Liverpool will continue to improve as the season progresses and is confident his summer signings will grow into their roles as familiarity and consistency increase. The Premier League champions sit fourth in the table ahead of Thursday’s clash with Leeds and are unbeaten in seven games in all competitions, with recent performances suggesting a gradual return to form after a turbulent start to the campaign. Slot has seen encouraging signs from new arrivals such as Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike and is convinced there is more to come from them in the second half of the season.…
As China carried out live-fire drills and rehearsed a military blockade in the waters surrounding Taiwan this week, 70-year-old Liao said she wasn’t worried about war. She was enjoying life as a retiree, playing mahjong with her friends and keeping an eye on the stock market.“Everyday life hasn’t been impacted,” Liao told Al Jazeera as she was having her hair shampooed and cut in time for the new year at a salon in New Taipei City. “I’ve lived in Taiwan for 70 years. I’m used to it. We all still have to wash our hair.”“We’re not scared,” Liao’s hairstylist agreed.…
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George Clooney is looking back on his past friendship with President Donald Trump. “I knew him very well,” Clooney, 64, told Variety in an interview published on Tuesday, December 30. “He used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I’d see him out at clubs and at restaurants.” The Oscar-winner added that Trump’s demeanor changed once politics came into his life. “He’s a big goofball,” he told the outlet. Well, he was. That all changed.” (Trump was elected president in 2016 and again in 2024.) Clooney,…
The delayed end to Derek Chisora’s career may yet prove a blessing in disguise.The popular British heavyweight had been expected to bow out in 2025 with a 50th and final professional contest, drawing the curtain on one of the sport’s longest and most unpredictable careers. Instead, his February victory over Otto Wallin has so far proved to be his only outing of the year after a provisional December date fell through.Both Chisora and heavyweight sensation Moses Itauma had been pencilled in for separate fights on a Queensberry show scheduled for December 13 in Manchester. That card was ultimately scrapped and…
By Adam Entous Adam Entous conducted more than 300 interviews over more than a year with government, military and intelligence officials in Ukraine, the United States, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Turkey. Dec. 30, 2025 The train left the U.S. Army depot in the west of Germany and made for Poland and the Ukrainian border. These were the final 800 miles of a trans-Atlantic supply chain that had sustained Ukraine across more than three long years of war.The freight on this last day in June was 155-millimeter artillery shells, 18,000 of them packed into crates, their fuses…
European shares steady in holiday-shortened session ahead of New Year