A caller played a prank on US President Joe Biden by mocking Biden in his chat room during a Christmas event at the White House. Mr. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted the festive appeal for families when a father said to the president, “Let’s go, Brandon.” Apparently unawareContinue Reading
The biggest space telescope ever conceived is scheduled to go into orbit in the coming hours. The $10bn James Webb Space Telescope will be launched on a European Ariane rocket from French Guiana. It’s a project that has taken 30 years to design and build and is regarded as oneContinue Reading
Millions of people are facing travel disruptions and increased Covid restrictions at Christmas as flights are canceled and safety limits tightened in the emerging Omicron version. Italy, Spain and Greece have once again made it mandatory to wear a face mask outdoors. A night curfew has been imposed in CataloniaContinue Reading
A prototype guitar created for Ed Sheeran on the occasion of his latest album has raised £ 52,765 in a charity raffle. The pop star worked with guitar maker George Lowden to create a special instrument to link to his = (Equals) album. He was raffled off by the GeeWizzContinue Reading
A Moscow court has fined Google 7.2 billion rubles ($ 98 million; £ 73 million) for repeatedly failing to remove content deemed illegal in Russia. Details of the offending content were not specified in the court’s press service announcement. This is the first time in Russia that a tech giantContinue Reading
Actor James Franco has admitted to having sex with students from his acting school, nearly four years after allegations of sexual misconduct were made. The 43-year-old agreed to pay $2.2m (£1.6m) in July after being charged with engaging in “sexually charged behavior towards female students”. Speaking on The Jess CagleContinue Reading
Coldplay will no longer record music as a band in 2025, frontman Chris Martin has revealed. Martin made the announcement on Radio 2 on Wednesday in a clip that followed his Christmas show with Jo Whiley on the same channel on Thursday night. “Our last real album is going toContinue Reading
Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp said managers will meet with the Premier League on Thursday to discuss issues surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. Nine of the last 20 cutting-edge matches have been postponed, but Premier League clubs on Monday decided not to change the holiday schedule. Liverpool beat Leicester in the CarabaoContinue Reading
A man who raised money for charity with his love for a cult movie said he was “impressed” to receive a message from a Ghostbusters hero. Actor Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the 1984 film, praised the Suffolk Ghostbusters group for “making a change” in his video message.Continue Reading
Channel 5 News apologized after mistakenly revealing the winner of Celebrity MasterChef before the show aired. On Tuesday, comedian Judi Love was crowned the first holiday champion of 2021 on BBC One’s cooking show. Member of the Loose Women panel beat Oti Mabuse, Joey Essex, Neil Ruddock and Su Pollard.Continue Reading