Streaming titan Netflix lost subscribers in the first three months of this year after years of explosive growth, sending the company’s shares plummeting. After losing 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter, Netflix indicated in its financial results that it could shed a further two million members in the second quarter of this year. The company
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There is a ripple of excitement, a push from the crowd and then a cacophony of cheers. Marine Le Pen, smiling and waving, has arrived in town. She is surrounded by a blend of well-wishers, reporters, security officers, curious shoppers, and flunkies. Slowly, she walks down the road of this Normandy town, normally a quiet
Following two years of teasing the public, Mercedes-Benz has finally pulled the entire sheet off its EQS SUV. When it arrives at dealers toward the end of this year, the new model will be the first SUV on Mercedes’ EQ line to arrive in the US. There’s lots to unfold here, so let’s dig in.
Johnny Depp has told a court his ex-wife Amber Heard’s allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse are “heinous and disturbing” – and that he is “obsessed” with getting to the truth. Giving testimony for the first time on the fifth day of the libel trial, Depp began by admitting he and Heard argued during
7:00 AM ET On Opening Day this season, six of the top 25 prospects in baseball took the field with their respective MLB teams. But years before Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson, Bobby Witt Jr. Hunter Greene and others in a stellar rookie class of 2022 broke camp as major leaguers, there was Kris Bryant. Bryant,
Theresa May has criticised plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda on the grounds of “legality, practicality and efficacy”. The former Conservative prime minister told the Commons she also fears that the new asylum policy – that will see refugees who reach the UK through illegal routes deported to Rwanda – could split families up
Russia has launched its long-awaited all-out assault on eastern Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian government, unleashing thousands of troops in what Kyiv described as the Battle of the Donbas. The Kremlin has also now declared that its main goal is to capture the Donbas region, after it failed to overrun Ukraine’s capital. What is coming
Gold House Gold House Megan Ruan knows firsthand how representation can impact funding for entrepreneurs. She recalled being the only woman of color working at a family office earlier in her career and running a portfolio of venture investments. “I saw the decisionmaking and how it differed between the people that were check-writers at these
A mystery spike in hepatitis cases among children in the UK that has seen six youngsters needing liver transplants has now been seen in mainland Europe and the US. The puzzling increase in the illness was first identified in Britain, with health officials reporting 74 cases in children since January. The usual viruses that cause infectious
CNN global affairs analyst Susan Glasser says that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to deploy nuclear weapons if Sweden and Finland join NATO underscores the terrible miscalculation made when he decided to invade Ukraine. #SusanGlasser #CNN #Ukraine
Bosses of the UK’s largest energy firms have called on the government to intervene with “unprecedented” measures to prevent a fuel poverty crisis next winter. The chief executives told MPs investigating energy prices that while pre-payment customers were already reeling from the effects of rising bills, they expected the numbers in financial distress to only
A report into possible workplace safety violations on the Alec Baldwin film set on which a cinematographer was killed is expected to be released this week. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has said the report is “on track” to be delivered by Thursday, six months after the shooting on the set of Rust in
A cabinet minister has likened Boris Johnson’s lockdown fixed penalty to a parking fine – ahead of the prime minister facing MPs for the first time since the punishment was issued. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis also told Sky News’ Kay Burley that Mr Johnson had not misled parliament when he initially declared that no
People are no longer required to wear a face mask on public transport in the US after a federal judge voided a national mandate, in a decision that has been described as “disappointing” by the White House. The judge, in Tampa, Florida, ruled that the national mask mandate, which covered airlines, airports, mass transit, and
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MIAMI — Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang says that Covid stimulus checks are not to blame for the recent inflation spike — and he’s still in favor of sending people free cash as a way to insulate workers from economic shocks and technological disruption. The universal basic income (UBI) evangelist told CNBC on the sidelines
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launches from the U.S. Navy’s USS Lake Erie at a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite on Feb. 20, 2008 as an anti-satellite weapons U.S. Department of Defense The United States government has committed to ending the practice of anti-satellite missile tests, Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday, urging other nations
A series of pictures showing Johnny Depp with apparent lacerations, bruising and scratches to his face alleged to have been caused by Amber Heard has been shown to the court on day four of the libel trial between the actor and his former wife. Depp is now scheduled to give evidence on Tuesday, according to
Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell analyses how Russia’s missile strike on Kyiv may be in retaliation for the sinking of the cruiser Moskva. He cast doubt on the Russian suggestion that a fire onboard had caused the vessel to sink, noting that Russian ships nearby in the Black Sea had altered their courses further south of
Vladimir Putin’s former chief economic adviser Andrei Illarionov argues that a full embargo of Russian oil could end the war within a month or two. Illaronov discusses this idea with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on New Day. #CNN #News