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(SAN FRANCISCO) — Disney raised the curtain on a hotly anticipated video steaming service that’s aiming to topple industry pioneer Netflix, once a valuable ally of the Magic Kingdom. The service, called Disney Plus, has been in the works for more than year, but Thursday marked the first time that the longtime entertainment powerhouse has […]

President Donald Trump said Monday that Boeing should “rebrand” its 737 Max airplane, which has been taken out of passenger service worldwide following two high-profile fatal crashes in recent months. “What do I know about branding, maybe nothing (but I did become President!),” Trump tweeted at 6.29 a.m. ET. “But if I were Boeing, I […]

(Bloomberg) — Netflix Inc. lost as much as $8 billion in market capitalization in a few minutes of trading on Walt Disney Co.’s news of its upcoming — and cheaper — rival streaming service. Disney unveiled details of the service on Thursday after the close, saying it would launch Nov. 12 at a price of […]

The Kremlin has said Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may not issue a joint statement following what is set to be a “difficult” summit in Helsinki on Monday, suggesting that a conflict over Russian interference in the US election was tripping up the talks before they even began. The newspaper Kommersant reported last week that […]

When a senior aide of Emmanuel Macron was filmed assaulting a young man and a woman on the fringe of a May Day protest in Paris, the president was visiting Australia. Now accused of a cover-up, Mr Macron appears to have had no inkling that the beating would trigger the most damaging crisis of his […]

Seven immigrant children who’d been separated from their families left a New York City social services centre Friday holding their mothers’ hands and carrying balloons, backpacks and stuffed animals. A woman from Guatemala held her 5-year-old son in her arms, more than two months after they were separated. He and his 15-year-old brother have been staying […]

Australia has barred foreign university students from interning in MPs’ offices following concerns about alleged Chinese espionage and interference in domestic affairs. The internships are arranged by the Australian National University, which gives course credits to participating students.  But foreign citizens have been barred from taking up the internships following complaints by some MPs about “behind-the-scenes […]

Ivanka Trump is shutting down her fashion business, which has struggled after she moved to Washington to work full time for her father. Abigail Klem, who took over as president of the brand last spring, informed its 18 employees on Tuesday that the company would be shutting down. Ms Trump is set to address the staff later in […]

Jerusalem authorities restricted access to one of Judaism’s holiest sites on Monday after a massive stone block from the Western Wall fell to the ground below, narrowly missing a worshipper. Mayor Nir Barkat said in a statement "the stone, weighing 100 kilograms (220 pounds), fell close to a woman who was praying… without hitting her". […]

It was late afternoon on a humid Saturday in June and Prayuth Jetiyanukorn, the abbot at a temple in Mae Sai, northern Thailand, was angry.  His concierge, Ekapol Chanthawong, had not returned to finish his shift after his regular coaching session with the ‘Wild Boars’ children’s football team. But as night fell, the abbot’s anger […]