Photographers in Britain seize the chance to capture the last supermoon of the year. In the capital London, hobbyists take to a park to observe the May full moon, referred to as a Flower Moon in reference to the blooming flowers of spring.
Napoli have publicly backed coach Gennaro Gattuso after speculation that he could be sacked by the Serie A club following a slump in form. “President Aurelio De Laurentiis, with vice president Edoardo (De Laurentiis) and CEO Andrea Chiavelli, met the coaching staff tonight to confirm full confidence in the coach Rino Gattuso,” read a club statement on Wednesday. Gattuso came in for criticism after suffering a 2-0 defeat to Juventus in the Italian Super Cup and a 3-1 loss at home to Hellas Verona in Serie A in the space of four days last week.
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A former Israeli teacher arrived on Wednesday in the Australian city of Melbourne where she faces charges of child sex abuse. Israeli authorities on Monday extradited Malka Leifer after a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments and antagonized Australia’s Jewish community. Media reported that she flew through airports in Frankfurt, Germany, and Singapore.
A Polish Constitutional Court verdict restricting access to abortion will go into effect on Wednesday, Poland's government said, three months after it sparked nationwide protests. In October, the Constitutional Court said termination of pregnancies due to foetal defects should be banned, ending the most common of the few legal grounds for abortion that remained in the largely Roman Catholic country. Under the ruling, abortions are now only permitted in cases of rape and incest, and when the mother's life or health is endangered, pushing Poland further from the European mainstream.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has a press conference on his first day at the State Department.
The Philadelphia Eagles are hiring Florida offensive coordinator Brian Johnson as quarterbacks coach, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. Joining the staff of new head coach Nick Sirianni, Johnson will be asked to help revive a passing attack that finished 28th in the NFL last year as Philadelphia benched an ineffective Carson Wentz in favor of rookie Jalen Hurts. Before helping the Gators' Kyle Trask develop into a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2020, he previously worked with Dallas Cowboys star Dak Prescott at Mississippi State from 2014-15 and with D'Eriq King at Houston in 2017.
President Joe Biden reaffirmed Wednesday the United States' commitment to defend Japan in his first phone call with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, striking a note of reassurance after the Trump era.
Thomas Tuchel was unable to spark an immediate improvement at troubled Chelsea as Wolves held on for a 0-0 draw in the German's first match in charge of the Blues on Wednesday.
The European Union's border agency, Frontex, on Wednesday suspended its operations in Hungary following a ruling by the EU's top court that the country had broken EU laws on protecting vulnerable migrants and refugees, Frontex said. "Following the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decision and after legal assessment and relevant consultations, Frontex has decided to suspend all its operational activities on the ground in Hungary," the agency said.
The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot dead by a white store owner in Cincinnati asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to open a civil rights investigation into the case after the local prosecutor declined to bring any charges. Da'Shawn Tye, 19, was shot at the Mages Grocery in the Ohio city's Price Hill neighborhood on Nov. 19. On Dec. 9, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters announced no charges would be filed, saying Tye was attempting to rob the store for the third time.
Chris Wood grabbed a 79th-minute winner as Burnley came from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Wednesday. Ollie Watkins put Villa ahead in the 14th minute with a deft finish to turn in a low cross from Matt Targett and Dean Smith's side could have gone in it at the break with a more handsome lead had it not been for fine saves by Burnley keeper Nick Pope.
Filming in Los Angeles fell to an all-time low in 2020, not surprisingly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions, issued a pair of reports Tuesday illuminating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Los Angeles film economy. The year-end […]
Keke Palmer is inviting you to be her guest… and she’s putting your service to the test! Disney Plus has tapped superstar Palmer to host “Foodtastic,” an unscripted build competition series where teams are challenged to cook and bake Disney-inspired works of culinary art. The quadruple threat — acting, singing, daytime talk show hosting and […]
The first trailer for the upcoming thriller “Crisis” has been released. Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, “Crisis” features three interwoven stories that highlight the greed, violence and tragedy of the drug war. An agent named Jake Kelly (Armie Hammer) is tracking down a drug trafficker that arranged a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, and she assured him the bloc's measures to track vaccine exports would not affect deliveries to Canada. "I was reassured to hear that the transparency measures taken by Europe will not affect Pfizer and Moderna (COVID-19 vaccine) deliveries to Canada," Trudeau said during question period in parliament.
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The French beauty company wants to close 29 retail stores in the US after brick-and-mortar sales fell by 16% during the pandemic.
The US Department of Homeland Security declared a nationwide terrorism alert Wednesday, citing the potential threat from domestic anti-government extremists opposed to Democrat Joe Biden as president.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the fate of the US economy depends on the course of the pandemic and the vaccine rollout, and pledged to keep interest rates low until employment recovers.
France reported nearly 27,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest one-day jump since mid-November when France was in its second lockdown and a further sign that a tighter curfew is not containing the virus. The health ministry reported 26,916 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, up from 22,086 on Tuesday and 26,784 last Wednesday, pushing the cumulative total over 3.1 million. It is the third time since the end of December that France has reported more than 26,000 cases in a day and the highest tally since the more than 28,000 reported on Nov. 18.
