A strong explosion took place in a building under construction in Villeurbanne, France on April 2. "It would be gas cylinders, a plume of smoke was visible throughout the city. Lots of debris around. No injuries were reported," said the Mathis Boussuge.
The number of job advertisements for events venues – concerts, sporting events, hiring fairs, conferences – remains a small fraction of pre-pandemic levels, in spite of the recent increases in hospitality sector hiring. According to labor market intelligence firm Greenwich.HR, the number of job listings for events staff during Q1 2021 was only 30% the level of a year prior.
Israel, the UAE, Greece and Cyprus said they would seek to deepen their cooperation in fields ranging from energy to fighting COVID, saying budding ties could change the face of a region more synonymous with conflict. "The evolving web of regional cooperation is creating a new narrative, one that is cracking the glass ceiling of the prevailing (one) of our neighbourhood as a region of turmoil, conflict and crisis," said Cypriot Foreign Minister and host Nikos Christodoulides. The UAE and fellow Gulf state Bahrain in September became the first Arab states in a quarter of a century to sign agreements to establish formal ties with Israel, forged largely through shared fears of Iran.
The lines that divide tribute from parody or pastiche are very fine ones, and the concepts are hardly mutually exclusive — especially in the music world. Songs ranging from Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” Madonna’s “True Blue” and Whitesnake’s “Still of the Night” to Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s recent hit “Leave the Door Open” — […]
The lockdown that went into effect in March 2020 left Visions du Réel artistic director Emilie Bujès in an unenviable spot. The festival director and her programing team had spent months putting together the various sections, securing rights and inviting talent – but with new sanitary measures putting the kibosh on any physical event, the […]
The government’s latest figures show cases of coronavirus are rising in 122 of 380 local council areas – 32% of the UK.
Sebastian Stan is best known as his superhero persona, the Winter Soldier. Clad in a leather jacket and reinforced combat pants and boots, he’s ready for battle across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But in IFC’s April 16 release “Monday,” in which he plays a club DJ living in the hip Athens neighborhood of Kypseli, his […]
Participant is back in the thick of the Oscar race with two films, “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “Collective,” that seem to respond to the current political tumult. On paper, the movies appear somewhat removed from both the racial reckoning taking place around the world and the large-scale bureaucratic failures that greeted the advent […]
LONDON (Reuters) -Pregnant women in Britain should get a COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer or Moderna because there is more real-world data to show they are safe, the British public body that advises on vaccinations said on Friday. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said around 90,000 pregnant women had been vaccinated in the United States, mainly with the two American vaccines, without any safety concerns being raised. "Based on these data, the JCVI advises that it is preferable for pregnant women in the UK to be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines where available," it said.
Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman struck a blazing half-century as they survived a scare to seal a three-wicket victory over depleted South Africa with a ball to spare and win the four-match Twenty20 International series 3-1 on Friday. South Africa, missing most of their regular players either through injury or having been released to play in the Indian Premier League, were sent in to bat but could only muster 144 all out in 19.3 overs. Fakhar then blasted 60 from 34 balls in Pakistan’s reply as he put on 91 for the second wicket with captain Babar Azam (24 from 23), and at that stage the tourists were cruising to victory needing 53 from 65 balls with nine wickets in hand.
The central courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, housing the famed Kaaba, saw worshippers, their face masks on, standing apart in much smaller numbers than the millions of people of the past.Some hundreds of worshippers walked around the Kaaba or sat in prayer.Normally at its busiest during Hajj, the courtyard housing the Kaaba is open all year round for other pilgrimages meaning it is almost never empty.
A heavy metal guitarist on Friday became the first defendant to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Jon Ryan Schaffer, the frontman of the band Iced Earth, has agreed to cooperate with investigators in hopes of getting a lighter sentence, and the Justice Department will consider putting Schaffer in the federal witness security program, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said. This signals that federal prosecutors see him as a valuable cooperator as they continue to investigate the militia groups and other extremists involved in the insurrection on Jan. 6 as Congress was meeting to certify President Joe Biden's electoral win.
Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink Co-Founder joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss Chainlink and DeFi.
Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman has reiterated that he is not worried about his future ahead of Saturday's Copa del Rey final meeting with Athletic Bilbao. The Copa represents a chance for Barca to end a trophyless run which dates back to the 2018-19 season. After finishing last season without silverware, their hopes of Champions League glory were ended by PSG at the last-16 stage, while their defeat in last weekend's El Clasico means they are third-placed in La Liga heading into the title run in.
Wallace is the only Black driver racing full-time in NASCAR's Cup Series and has used his platform over the last year to push for social and racial equality.
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a tense exchange on Thursday over the country’s COVID-19 mitigation measures.
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman explains his decision to fight Jorge Masvidal again ahead of their rematch at UFC 261 on April 24.
Non-fungible tokens — one of the hottest digital crazes of 2021 — are set to make their Hollywood debut. Aku, a young Black astronaut NFT character created by Micah Johnson, an artist and former MLB player, has been optioned for TV and film projects by Anonymous Content and Permanent Content, a joint venture of Shawn […]
At least 440 banks and financial services firms are partly relocating from London to European cities.
Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton tells Yahoo Finance Live sales are off on a strong foot in the current quarter.
Cuba's Communist Party kicked off a historic four-day congress on Friday that will see the last Castro exiting the political stage after six decades of rule by brothers Fidel and Raul following their 1959 leftist revolution. Raul Castro, 89, has signaled he will step aside as Communist Party first secretary, the most powerful job in Cuba. The congress takes place every five years for the organization to review policy and name its leadership.
