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Even for a veteran meme stock trader like Mike Minutelli, Revlon Inc (REV.N) is a wild bet. The 30-year-old plumber from Oxford, North Carolina, scored a 350 per cent profit last week by selling half the shares in the US cosmetics maker he bought after it filed for bankruptcy protection on June 16. He thinks […]
The news/” 2169 target=”_blank”>International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended its position that it is up to each news/” 2169 target=”_blank”>international sports body to set their own rules for transgender athletes’ inclusion, despite criticism from tennis great Martina Navratilova. Navratilova, a gay rights trailblazer, had slammed the IOC earlier this week for what she said was […]
Tens of thousands of music fans streamed into Worthy Farm on Wednesday for the return after three years of Glastonbury, the beloved music festival that will feature hundreds of artists from Billie Eilish to Paul McCartney. The jubilant scenes come as a relief to a live music industry that battled for survival after COVID-19 wiped […]
Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy questioned the move by swimming’s governing body FINA to restrict the participation of trans athletes in elite women’s competitions, telling Reuters that there had not been enough research to guide such decisions. Ivy also criticised FINA’s plans to explore an “open” category as part of its policy that was passed following […]
The world’s biggest gambling hub Macau began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday after dozens of locally transmitted cases were discovered over the weekend, with most businesses shut but casinos remaining open. The testing of Macau’s roughly 600,000 residents is expected to end on Tuesday as the Chinese-ruled former Portuguese colony adheres […]
Shanghai and Beijing went back on fresh COVID-19 alert on Thursday after parts of China’s largest economic hub started imposing new lockdown restrictions while the most populous district in the Chinese capital shut entertainment venues. Both cities had eased widespread COVID curbs recently after a decline in new cases. However, the country has stuck with […]
US cinema stocks took off on Friday amid soaring expectations for the Memorial Day weekend debut of the sequel to the Tom Cruise blockbuster, “Top Gun”. Cinemark Holdings (CNK.N), AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC.N) and Imax Corp (IMAX.N) each rallied more than 6 per cent as “Top Gun: Maverick” debuted in cinemas, with box office analysts […]
Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79. The Athens News Agency quoted an announcement from his lawyers’ office as saying the composer died late on Tuesday, without giving a cause […]
Tom Cruise rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, greeted with whoops and hollers from a crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the American star, who is attending the event in southern France for the first time in three decades. “Tom! Tom!” shouted fans who stood outside the palm-lined festival venue as the […]
Borussia Dortmund top striker Erling Haaland is close to sealing a transfer deal with Manchester City and a move to the lucrative Premier League, several German media reported on Monday. Haaland is among the hottest transfer prospects this summer with the Norwegian 21-year-old having scored 61 goals in 66 league games for the Ruhr valley […]
