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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reportedly suing the lead singer of Placebo after he called her a “fascist, racist” at a gig last month. Brian Molko launched into a rant in Italian about Ms Meloni, who leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, on stage at the Sonic Park festival in Turin. Speaking in

The globe marked “Earth Overshoot Day” on August 2nd, calculated as the day when humanity has used up more than the total amount of resources made available by the Earth over the course of the year. And the day has been getting earlier and earlier every year. Earth Overshoot Day is a calculation which defines

Viewers are switching off traditional TV at record rates, according to a new Ofcom report. With more competition than ever from streamers, the proportion of people watching a programme on broadcast TV each week dropped from 83% in 2021 to 79% in 2022 – the biggest decline since records began, the watchdog said. Younger viewers

Volkswagen looks to be forming a new EV partnership in China, separate from its collaboration with XPeng Motors. According to a new report, Volkswagen is negotiating with Hangzhou-based EV startup Leapmotor to outsource its technology for its Jetta brand. The media report from Cailian claims Volkswagen’s Jetta brand is holding talks with Leapmotor to use

Pop star Dua Lipa is being sued over claims she was never given permission to include a musician’s “talk box” recording in her mega-hit Levitating. Music producer Bosko Kante claims three remixes of the British singer’s track featured his recording which infringed his copyright. He believes he is entitled to more than $20m (£15.7m) in

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Anton Du Beke has revealed that he was stabbed by his father as a child. The Strictly Come Dancing judge said he was knifed in the stomach and leg on a Boxing Day when he was living at their family home on a council estate in Kent. Du Beke said he ended up spending three

A new three-row Subaru electric SUV is expected to hit the market in the next few years. Toyota will build the EV at its manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. Toyota to build a new Subaru three-row electric SUV According to sources familiar with the plans (via Automotive News), Toyota will begin building the new three-row

A BBC Radio 1 presenter is off air this week after an incident during a live show in Ibiza at the weekend. Arielle Free joined her colleague Charlie Hedges very briefly on her Dance Anthems Ibiza show on Saturday, before being cut off for criticising the music. Following a short introduction, Free said to Hedges: “Can

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A woman who says she was hit by a microphone that Cardi B hurled into the crowd at a Las Vegas concert has filed a police report for battery, authorities said. The US rapper was performing at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday when a large drink was thrown on stage, footage posted on social media showed.

Uber announced that it is buying 100 Tesla Model Y electric vehicles to deploy in Tokyo as part of a new program. In 2020, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles to be delivered over the next year. Shortly after, Hertz

Sinead O’Connor sent text messages “laden with desperation, despair and sorrow” to Bob Geldof in the weeks before her death, The Boomtown Rats frontman has told a festival crowd. He dedicated the band’s performance at Cavan Calling in Ireland to O’Connor, who died at her home in southeast London last week, aged 56. Image: Sinead

An “Unidentified Electric Vehicle” (UEV) made front-page news in a small town paper in Montana when it charged from a public outlet on Main Street. EV charging has gotten pretty easy these days, even when driving through less-populated areas. But those of us who have been driving EVs for a long time, or who have

Madonna says she realises “how lucky I am to be alive” after spending time in intensive care with a bacterial infection. The 64-year-old had to postpone her world tour after being rushed to hospital last month, but was able to go home after a few days. Posting on Instagram, she said she’d had time to

The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their riders:

Dame Judi Dench has said she can’t see on film sets anymore and isn’t able to read scripts due to her deteriorating eyesight. But the Oscar-winning actress, 88, says she has alternative ways of learning lines like being taught them with the help of her friends. And she also claims she has a photographic memory.

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Brad Pitt has paused production on his forthcoming Formula 1 feature film in support of the US actors’ and writers’ strike. The Hollywood star, 59, had been shooting scenes for the project recently including filming at the Silverstone Circuit ahead of the British Grand Prix earlier this month. The production has now ground to a

Police departments have begun paying more attention to electric bicycles and cracking down on models that are illegal for street use. Now another police department in California is demonstrating how they’re using old school transportation into the operation with horse-mounted police officers. As electric bikes become even more popular options for alternative transportation, the number