The BBC’s hunt for its next director general is about to enter crunch time, with frontrunners starting to surface from a wide pool of names linked to the biggest job in British media. BBC chair Samir Shah has made clear that finding a successor for Tim Davie, who dramatically quit last November amid an editorial … Read more
South Korea’s Supreme Court has handed down its first explicit ruling that Bitcoin held in centralized exchanges can be seized by investigators, marking a notable shift in how exchange‑custodied crypto is treated under criminal law. In a decision on Dec. 11, 2025, and disclosed via the court’s official bulletin, the court upheld the seizure of … Read more
Although Kat Dennings didn’t officially return for Avengers: Doomsday, MCU fans might still catch a glimpse of Darcy Lewis. The actress recently noted that Marvel Studios “did scan me” during her time working on the Thor movies, and they could “put me in anything they want at this point” ahead of the Avengers: Doomsday premiere … Read more
Trump’s military actions in Venezuela show how US foreign policy has become geared towards securing access to energy and critical minerals
Romance author Emily Henry now has five of her most recent novels set to be adapted for the big and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that began with Beach Read, which came out in the summer of 2020. She has published a book a year since then, with People We Meet … Read more
US shale bosses have warned Donald Trump that his mission to seize Venezuela’s oil sector and drive down crude prices will put American output on the chopping block. Trump is set to meet US Big Oil chiefs on Friday, but executives at large independent drillers — who are not on the attendee list — are … Read more
SPOILERS: This post contains details about the 9-1-1, Season 9 episode ‘Secrets’ With almost nine seasons of playing fun-loving fireman Buck under his belt, Oliver Stark is growing with his 9-1-1 character. Ahead of this week’s episode ‘Secrets’, the actor spoke to Deadline about the character’s unexpected bisexual love triangle with a married couple he … Read more
Wall Street banks are positioning themselves to profit from the US ousting of Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, betting regime change could eventually unlock tens of billions of dollars in investment related to energy and infrastructure in the South American nation. Lenders have been talking to consultants and bankers about the funds needed to unlock Venezuela’s … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook‘s total compensation held steady at $72.3 billion in 2025 compared with 2024. The pay figure was disclosed Thursday in the tech giant’s annual proxy statement. Technically, the final tally dipped about $300,000 year-to-year, but in percentage terms the decline was a small fraction of a percentage point. The breakdown of the … Read more
Internet access in Iran was cut on Thursday by the government as protests spread across the Middle Eastern country, raising the question: Can its citizens still use crypto? Around seven million people, out of the country’s 92 million population, are estimated to be crypto users, according to Statista. TRM Labs tracked roughly $3.7 billion in … Read more