In a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars. But starting in 2029, YouTube will retain global rights to streaming the Oscars through 2033. YouTube will effectively be the home to all things Oscars, including red-carpet coverage, the Governors Awards and the Oscar nominations announcement. “We are thrilled to enter into a multifaceted global partnership with YouTube to…
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A handful of moderate Republicans in the US House of Representatives forced a vote to extend healthcare subsidies used by millions of Americans that are set to expire at the end of the year. The House vote is slated for Wednesday evening but if it passes – which is expected – it will face an uphill battle in the Senate. The surprise vote is a last-ditch effort by some Republicans to put on record their support for extending healthcare subsidies in some form – ahead of their expiration and expected steep rise in premiums for millions. Without the subsidies, insurance…
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a high-stakes, closed door hearing about his two defunct criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. In his opening statement, he told Congress his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump “engaged in a criminal scheme” to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith also charged Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Trump pleaded not guilty in both cases, and the prosecutions ended after his re-election. Since returning to office, Trump has demanded investigations of officials who criminally charged him. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, a staunch Trump…
Authorities intensified their search for clues after a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston. Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, was shot “multiple times” on Monday and died on Tuesday morning in hospital, Brookline police and MIT officials said. No one is in custody and police are treating the incident as “an active and ongoing homicide investigation”, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said. Loureiro joined MIT’s faculty in 2016 and was named director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center in 2024. Officers…
Six Canadian members of parliament, along with a delegation of 24 other people, have been denied entry by Israel to the occupied West Bank while trying to cross the border from Jordan. The group was attempting to enter as part of a trip to Israel and the West Bank sponsored by non-profit organisation The Canadian-Muslim Vote (TCMV). The Israeli ambassador to Canada said the group had been denied entry because TCMV had links to Islamic Relief Worldwide, a non-governmental organisation proscribed by Israel as a terrorist group. Islamic Relief Worldwide and its Canadian affiliate both strongly deny that characterisation. TCMV…
Warner Bros Discovery has told its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $108.4bn (£80.75bn) takeover bid. Paramount had said its offer was “superior” to a $72bn deal that Warner Bros struck with Netflix for its film and streaming businesses. But in a dramatic plot twist in the story of who will take control of one of Hollywood’s oldest and most famous movie studios, Warner Brother’s board “unanimously” recommended rejecting the offer and agreed the deal with Netflix was in the firm’s best interests. The media giant put itself up for sale in October after receiving “multiple” expressions of interest from potential…
Successful internet exposure is not simply the effect of chance—there’s purposeful and continual tweaking involved. With evolving search behaviours, businesses require smarter and savvier ways to be competitive and reach the right audiences. In this post, you’ll uncover five of the main content optimisation services that can help make a page more relevant. 1. Keyword and Intent Mapping Modern methods look at user intent, search patterns, and how relevant your content is when deciding if it really answers the question. You can improve the discoverability of your pages and the utility they provide by aligning search terms with questions that are asked…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday warned former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich “the clock is ticking” over the frozen £2.5 billion generated from the sale of the club, which has been earmarked to help Ukraine’s war victims. Speaking in parliament, Starmer told Abramovich: “Honour the commitment you made and pay up now, and if you don’t, we are prepared to go to court so every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by Putin’s illegal war.” Ministers in June said they were “frustrated” by the failure to reach agreement with Abramovich over where the funds of the…
Supreme Court Judge Ibrahim Khadhar Mohammed died Wednesday following an illness. According to reports, the judge, who was due to proceed on terminal leave ahead of his mandatory retirement on January 1, 2026, died in hospital just after 4:30 p.m. He had a distinguished 23-year judicial career marked by institutional reform, jurisprudential leadership, and a legacy of advancing access to justice. He leaves behind a wife and four children . Chief Justice Martha Koome confirmed the death of the judge, describing Justice Ibrahim as “a steadfast guardian of constitutionalism, electoral justice, and human dignity.” She recalled his journey in the…
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) Wednesday opposed a government proposal to limit insurance claim pre-authorisations by public sector doctors to off-duty hours. The union termed the measure operationally unrealistic and disconnected from clinical realities. The union detailed its objections to Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale’s expressed intention to instruct the Social Health Authority (SHA) and Digital Health Agency (DHA) to reprogram insurance systems. The proposed change would reject claims pre-authorized by public sector doctors during official duty hours from 8a.m. to 5p.m., allowing such actions only outside those times. “The stated purpose of the proposed measure…
Why Experiences Outshine Possessions When people look back on their lives, it’s rarely the things they bought that stand out — it’s the moments they lived. The concert that left them speechless, the trip that changed their perspective, the quiet dinner that turned into laughter with friends. Experiences carry a kind of value that goes far beyond price tags. They don’t depreciate or go out of style; instead, they gain worth every time they’re remembered or shared. Experiences act as a form of social currency. They connect people, create stories, and give meaning to relationships in ways material possessions rarely…
Australia’s Prime Minister has visited Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed in hospital, after the bystander tried to disarm one of the gunmen in the nation’s deadliest gun attack since 1996. “Your heart is strong”, PM Anthony Albanese told the father-of-two, later calling him “the best of our country”. The fruit shop owner, who was born and raised in Syria, was shot several times in the shoulder after tackling one of the alleged gunmen. Albanese said Mr Ahmed would “undergo further surgery” on Wednesday. At least 15 people have been confirmed dead after Sunday’s attack in Sydney during an event to…
Paris St-Germain and France forward Ousmane Dembele has been named the men’s player of the year at the Fifa Best awards. The 28-year-old, who won the Ballon d’Or in September, picked up the Fifa award in Qatar on Tuesday after helping PSG to four trophies in the 2024-25 season. The former Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund player, who joined PSG in 2023, had 51 goal contributions in 53 games for Luis Enrique’s side last term. After helping PSG to a first Champions League triumph, Dembele beat Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe to the prestigious individual award. Dembele was…
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has disputed portions of a Vanity Fair article in which she paints an unflattering picture of the Trump administration and many of its top officials. In the interview, Wiles described Donald Trump as having an “alcoholic’s personality” and Vice President JD Vance as having been a “conspiracy theorist” for a decade. But in a post on X, Wiles said that Vanity Fair disregarded “significant context” to create “an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative” about the administration. Wiles, 68, played a key part in Trump’s successful 2024 presidential campaign before becoming the first woman…
US unemployment ticked up last month in the latest sign of job market weakness, but the mixed official report still leaves room for debate among central bankers. The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, up from 4.4% in September, according to Labor Department figures on Tuesday. Employers added 64,000 jobs in November, more than many economists predicted. The gains followed a drop of 105,000 jobs in October, driven by a loss of 162,000 federal government roles stemming from the Trump administration’s push to cut government jobs earlier this year. The delayed report was the first…