Fashion icon Kenneth Cole has listed his sprawling upstate New York home for $16 million—after letting George Clooney rent out the dwelling during his “Good Night, and Good Luck” Broadway run.
Fashion icon Kenneth Cole has listed his sprawling upstate New York home for $16 million—after letting George Clooney rent out the dwelling during his “Good Night, and Good Luck” Broadway run.
Swimmer: ‘I take a lot of guidance. I look up to him a lot’ Peaty married Ramsay’s daughter Holly in December Olympic champion Adam Peaty has hailed father-in-law Gordon Ramsay as his inspiration as he turned his thoughts towards the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The 31-year-old almost quit swimming just before the 2024 Games in Paris and then again straight afterwards, but confirmed he would compete...
Swimmer: ‘I take a lot of guidance. I look up to him a lot’ Peaty married Ramsay’s daughter Holly in December Olympic champion Adam Peaty has hailed father-in-law Gordon Ramsay as his inspiration as he turned his thoughts towards the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The 31-year-old almost quit swimming just before the 2024 Games in Paris and then again straight afterwards, but confirmed he would compete in 2028 after the 50m breaststroke was added to the schedule. Peaty, who is back in action at the British Championships this week, admitted the next two years were going to be “the hardest of my career”, but took guidance from TV chef Ramsay. Continue reading...
The United Nations has issued a grim warning about the costs of prolonged conflict in Iran for the Asia-Pacific region, forecasting job losses, crippling inflation and food insecurity, with the poorest nations brutally exposed to the oil shock and millions of informal workers facing the body blow of rising transport costs. More than 8 million people in the Asia-Pacific could be plunged into povert...
The United Nations has issued a grim warning about the costs of prolonged conflict in Iran for the Asia-Pacific region, forecasting job losses, crippling inflation and food insecurity, with the poorest nations brutally exposed to the oil shock and millions of informal workers facing the body blow of rising transport costs. More than 8 million people in the Asia-Pacific could be plunged into poverty if a crisis that has closed the Strait of Hormuz continues to drag on, according to a study...
China and Spain should work closely to resist “the law of the jungle” and defend true multilateralism in a turbulent world caught in “a contest between justice and power”, Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in a meeting on Tuesday. The meeting came after both sides strongly condemned the US-Israel miliary actions on Iran and criticised the US blockade o...
China and Spain should work closely to resist “the law of the jungle” and defend true multilateralism in a turbulent world caught in “a contest between justice and power”, Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in a meeting on Tuesday. The meeting came after both sides strongly condemned the US-Israel miliary actions on Iran and criticised the US blockade of Iranian ports. Sanchez, who landed in Beijing on Saturday for a five-day trip, is on his fourth...
Nepal’s tourism industry is scrambling to offset a sharp fall in Western visitors during the peak spring trekking season, with operators and officials turning their attention to Asia-Pacific markets as conflict-linked travel disruptions ripple through the Middle East. Arrivals from the Americas and Europe, which account for a sizeable share of Nepal’s higher-spending long-haul tourism business, dr...
Nepal’s tourism industry is scrambling to offset a sharp fall in Western visitors during the peak spring trekking season, with operators and officials turning their attention to Asia-Pacific markets as conflict-linked travel disruptions ripple through the Middle East. Arrivals from the Americas and Europe, which account for a sizeable share of Nepal’s higher-spending long-haul tourism business, dropped by nearly 25 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively, during March compared with the same...
The 1990s series set her career alight; then came 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and countless theatre triumphs. She discusses Tina Fey, Stephen Sondheim and why it would take a broken leg to keep her off stage ‘I’ve been on three television shows that moved the needle a little bit,” says Jane Krakowski. “It sounds obnoxious for me to say it, so hopefully you’ll phrase that as if you said it.”...
The 1990s series set her career alight; then came 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and countless theatre triumphs. She discusses Tina Fey, Stephen Sondheim and why it would take a broken leg to keep her off stage ‘I’ve been on three television shows that moved the needle a little bit,” says Jane Krakowski. “It sounds obnoxious for me to say it, so hopefully you’ll phrase that as if you said it.” In fact, I did also say it: the first was Ally McBeal, from 1997 until 2002, in which she played Elaine Vassal, an idiosyncratic character in a groundbreaking show. The kind of people who liked to sit around arguing about telly and post-modernism talked constantly about what kind of feminism McBeal was iterating, in the late 90s, with its scatty, neurotic heroine, such an unfamiliar screen trope of Career Woman, but somehow so much closer to life. Krakowski was almost the photo-negative of Calista Flockhart’s title character: brassy, eccentric, unconcerned by others’ opinions. Similarly, her character in 30 Rock, Jenna Maroney, acted as the bookend to Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon – Krakowski untouched by self-awareness, Fey beset by it. That ran from 2006 until 2013, and two years later, Fey’s follow-up, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, featured Krakowski as Jacqueline White, a magnetically unlikable wealthy socialite, in a fictional world so surreally improbable that it feels like a high-wire act only this particular cast could have pulled off. You could split hairs about whether Ally McBeal invented the “dramedy” or just honed it, and the question of Fey’s comic sensibility could suck you in like quicksand. But in each show, Krakowski creates a character that you cannot imagine having landed, fully formed, on the page. She is expressive in a way that’s so high-voltage but so controlled, funny in a way that feels so instinctive but so deliberated, that the dialogue and the performance seem to explode together like two chemical elements. Continue reading...
A new book uncovers the yearning romance that fueled the Aids-era artists’ life and work Andrew Durbin, author and editor-in-chief of Frieze Magazine , spent almost five years writing The Wonderful World That Almost Was . This dual biography of photographer Peter Hujar and sculptor Paul Thek, two gay artists who made extraordinary work in the years before and during Aids, focuses on their friendsh...
A new book uncovers the yearning romance that fueled the Aids-era artists’ life and work Andrew Durbin, author and editor-in-chief of Frieze Magazine , spent almost five years writing The Wonderful World That Almost Was . This dual biography of photographer Peter Hujar and sculptor Paul Thek, two gay artists who made extraordinary work in the years before and during Aids, focuses on their friendship, creativity and collaboration spanning more than 30 years. They died within a year of each other, in 1987 and 1988, both from complications from Aids. The work and lives of Thek and Hujar have come storming back into the cultural conversation in recent years. Hujar was played by Ben Whishaw in Ira Sachs’s poetic 2025 film, Peter Hujar’s Day , and his images have been used as cover art for an Anohni and the Johnsons album and Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller A Little Life . Thek’s equivalent moment has been slower; his most important works were large-scale installations in Europe, all lost, and which, as Durbin tells me, “everyone loved, but few could experience. And when they were finished, there wasn’t much left to sell. But I think his moment is about to come.” Continue reading...
They won’t save an unhealthy plant, but they do create better growing conditions in rooms with no airflow The problem Most plant advice focuses on light, water and soil. Air barely gets a mention, yet stagnant indoor air is one of the less discussed reasons houseplants struggle. Fungal spots, mould on the compost surface and pest infestations like mealybugs can all be traced back to a room with no...
They won’t save an unhealthy plant, but they do create better growing conditions in rooms with no airflow The problem Most plant advice focuses on light, water and soil. Air barely gets a mention, yet stagnant indoor air is one of the less discussed reasons houseplants struggle. Fungal spots, mould on the compost surface and pest infestations like mealybugs can all be traced back to a room with no airflow. We open windows in summer but rarely think about what happens in winter. The hack Running a small fan near your houseplants is said to improve stem strength, discourage mould and reduce pest pressure. In the wild, plants experience constant gentle movement; a fan replicates this indoors. Continue reading...
Labour could benefit from Reform’s association with an unpopular US president – but only if it learns to connect again with voters It has never been worse for Labour, at least according to the polls. Some now place it as the fourth party of British politics . The impending local elections in May mean there’s more pain to come. But there is an international example that could provide some encourage...
Labour could benefit from Reform’s association with an unpopular US president – but only if it learns to connect again with voters It has never been worse for Labour, at least according to the polls. Some now place it as the fourth party of British politics . The impending local elections in May mean there’s more pain to come. But there is an international example that could provide some encouragement and hope for Keir Starmer and Labour. Around this time last year, Australia’s Labor prime minister, Anthony Albanese, was fighting a federal election campaign. He faced a deeply uncertain future. His first term in office was marked by exceeding caution and delivered few notable achievements. His signature reform, a referendum to introduce a “voice to parliament” for Indigenous Australians (an advisory body), was crushingly defeated . His government struggled to convince voters it was doing enough to ease cost of living pressures. Tim Soutphommasane is a professor in political theory and chief diversity officer at the University of Oxford, and was Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Continue reading...
A new book looks at how an eccentric shipping magnate ushered in a long run of success for the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner could be quite the pitchman – whether selling New York to free agents or starring in Pepto-Bismol TV ads alongside Billy Martin. And now a new book remembers the late Yankees owner and the dynasty he founded. The Bosses of the Bronx: The Endless Drama of the Yankees U...
A new book looks at how an eccentric shipping magnate ushered in a long run of success for the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner could be quite the pitchman – whether selling New York to free agents or starring in Pepto-Bismol TV ads alongside Billy Martin. And now a new book remembers the late Yankees owner and the dynasty he founded. The Bosses of the Bronx: The Endless Drama of the Yankees Under the House of Steinbrenner flows from the pen of sports journalist and author Mike Vaccaro. As the New York Post’s lead sports columnist for more than two decades, Vaccaro has witnessed the Steinbrenner dynasty from a rarefied perspective – the journalistic equivalent of a seat along the third-base line. Continue reading...
Stokes: ‘Agreeing on every single thing, that’s impossible’ Pair will ‘work together in a slightly different way’ Ben Stokes has moved to play down suggestions of a disagreement between himself and Brendon McCullum, insisting he and the England head coach remain aligned despite an Ashes defeat that, at times, suggested otherwise. In a video released by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesda...
Stokes: ‘Agreeing on every single thing, that’s impossible’ Pair will ‘work together in a slightly different way’ Ben Stokes has moved to play down suggestions of a disagreement between himself and Brendon McCullum, insisting he and the England head coach remain aligned despite an Ashes defeat that, at times, suggested otherwise. In a video released by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday, the England Test captain stressed that he and McCullum agreeing with each other all the time would be “unhealthy”. They continue to share the same overall vision for the team, he added, but things will look “different” this summer. Continue reading...
Investors decided it was a good news day after the latest whirlwind of developments in the Middle East. President Donald Trump began a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz , a move intended to raise pressure on Tehran. The blockade cuts off vessels transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas, raising the risk of further disruption to global energy flows. But amid that latest escala...
Investors decided it was a good news day after the latest whirlwind of developments in the Middle East. President Donald Trump began a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz , a move intended to raise pressure on Tehran. The blockade cuts off vessels transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas, raising the risk of further disruption to global energy flows. But amid that latest escalation, the US and Iran are discussing another round of negotiations after talks in Islamabad over the weekend ended without a deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The goal is to hold fresh talks before a two-week ceasefire announced April 7 expires next week, they said. And that silver lining is what markets seemed to focus on. Stocks rose , as Asian and European shares followed Wall Street higher. Critically — for pretty much everyone whether or not you are a trader — oil prices fell . Meanwhile, a vessel under US sanctions and linked to China is sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf of Oman, testing the blockade . Watch this space. Keep track of the twists and turns — and the global fallout — of the war with Iran here . What You Need to Know Today Chinese President Xi Jinping used a visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to deploy some strong words on the state of the world. Both countries have criticized US-Israeli attacks on Iran and called for peace. “The international order is crumbling into disarray,” Xi told Sánchez on Tuesday in Beijing. While Xi has often described the international landscape as turbulent, this is the strongest language he has publicly used, with the Chinese phrase not only indicating disorder but also moral decay. Here’s where the two countries see eye to eye . It’s been a wild month for global markets and economies , and today bore witness to the consequences. Singapore tightened its monetary policy settings, becoming the first in Asia to respond to rising inflation risks stemming from a surge in energy price...
Private jet company Bond is expanding its commitment with Bombardier Inc. to about $5 billion, betting ultra-wealthy travelers will pay a premium for a club-style experience in the sky. Bond, backed by KKR & Co. , increased its order commitment from about $4 billion, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News. The move comes as Bond is shifting its fleet toward Bombardier’s flagship Globa...
Private jet company Bond is expanding its commitment with Bombardier Inc. to about $5 billion, betting ultra-wealthy travelers will pay a premium for a club-style experience in the sky. Bond, backed by KKR & Co. , increased its order commitment from about $4 billion, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News. The move comes as Bond is shifting its fleet toward Bombardier’s flagship Global 8000, a top-tier jet capable of flying at nearly the speed of sound, while still maintaining a mix of the Global 6500 and Challenger aircrafts. The Florida-based company has raised about $440 million from founding members and institutional investors, including from its biggest backer KKR. Last year Bond secured $320 million from credit funds and accounts managed by KKR, according to the statement. Bond said KKR has increased its credit facility to $290 million, an increase of $55 million. A spokesperson for KKR declined to comment. The deal comes just six months after Bond’s launch and underscores rising demand for new large-cabin jets and more exclusive ownership models, with a membership-only subscription offering a fresh twist at the top end of private aviation. “Today’s announcement reflects the strength of demand for a better model at the top of the market, built around an all-new fleet, extraordinary service, and limited membership,” Bond founder Bill Papariella said in the statement. Bond is a new venture by Papariella, the former Jet Edge boss who grew the company into one of the nation’s largest private jet operators before selling it to Thomas Flohr’s Vista Global Holding Ltd. in 2022. As a different but equally ambitious venture, Bond offers a private members’ club in the sky, with subscription access to a new fleet, capped referral-only membership, fewer owners per aircraft and flight attendants on every trip, according to the statement. “We are squarely focused on the premium market,” Papariella said. “I mean we’re pulling marble from literally the mountains ...
Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.
Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.
Technogym today announced a multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud to integrate Google's latest generative AI technologies into the Technogym AI Ecosystem. This partnership will significantly enhance the capabilities of the Technogym AI Coach, delivering superior, personalized training experiences for end-users, and the Technogym AI Assistant, designed to automate and optimize business operati...
Technogym today announced a multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud to integrate Google's latest generative AI technologies into the Technogym AI Ecosystem. This partnership will significantly enhance the capabilities of the Technogym AI Coach, delivering superior, personalized training experiences for end-users, and the Technogym AI Assistant, designed to automate and optimize business operations for industry professionals.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spying on U.S. citizens. (Image credit: Paul J. Richards)
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spying on U.S. citizens. (Image credit: Paul J. Richards)
Instacart has acquired the Colombian grocery technology firm Instaleap , part of a broader effort to expand its business outside the US. Bogota-based Instaleap offers specialized technology and fulfillment services to almost 100 grocery retailers in nearly 30 countries in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, Instacart said in a statement Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not d...
Instacart has acquired the Colombian grocery technology firm Instaleap , part of a broader effort to expand its business outside the US. Bogota-based Instaleap offers specialized technology and fulfillment services to almost 100 grocery retailers in nearly 30 countries in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, Instacart said in a statement Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “With the addition of Instaleap’s technology, international expertise, and deep retail relationships, we can accelerate our international expansion and better serve retailers and consumers around the world,” said Instacart Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Hamburger in a statement. San Francisco-based Instacart, which trades as Maplebear Inc., is best known for its consumer-facing grocery-delivery service. But in recent years it has also deepened its focus on technology and fulfillment services to grocers and other retailers. Instacart’s white-label service, which lets customers use their own brands, powers more than 380 grocers’ e-commerce sites. Instaleap will initially operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Instacart, according to the statement. Instacart said it plans to eventually offer more of its own enterprise technology to Instaleap’s retail clients. The acquisition reflects Instacart’s emerging strategy to push into international markets, without having to launch consumer-facing products there. Instacart said in January that Costco Wholesale Corp. will use its technology to power online grocery ordering in Spain and France, extending their partnership beyond North America.
ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails) Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.” I...
ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails) Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.” In its latest Macroprudential Bulletin published on Monday, the ECB said distributed ledger technology (DLT) could help deepen the European Union’s savings and investments union, but warned that benefits will depend on interoperable infrastructure and policymakers keeping pace with new risks. The central bank’s stance highlights a push to modernize market plumbing in the bloc without loosening control over settlement or financial stability. The ECB said that tokenization and DLT are “moving from concept to early-scale deployment,” but the benefits will “only be realised safely if European policy action keeps pace.” ECB maps conditions for tokenized capital markets One article in the Bulletin lays out how tokenized assets could rewire the issuance-to-settlement chain, cutting operational frictions and potentially improving secondary market liquidity. By moving securities and cash onto compatible ledgers and automating corporate actions, the authors argue, tokenization could streamline processes that today rely on multiple intermediaries and legacy systems. Digital assets landscape. Source: ECB The analysis underlines, however, that efficiency gains hinge on avoiding a patchwork of incompatible platforms and ensuring that central bank money, not just commercial bank money or privately issued tokens, can be used for settlement in tokenized markets. A further piece drills into the nascent market for tokenized bonds, finding early evidence that they can already lower borrowing costs and tighten bid-ask spreads compared with traditional formats. The authors attribute this partly t...
primeimages/iStock via Getty Images After Q1 volatility, AI monetization, credit repricing, and fiscal risks are shaping a more selective but opportunity-rich environment for investors. After a volatile start to the year, several areas of the market have reset, creating more attractive opportunities in Q2. While macro conditions remain broadly supportive, the opportunity set is increasingly driven...
primeimages/iStock via Getty Images After Q1 volatility, AI monetization, credit repricing, and fiscal risks are shaping a more selective but opportunity-rich environment for investors. After a volatile start to the year, several areas of the market have reset, creating more attractive opportunities in Q2. While macro conditions remain broadly supportive, the opportunity set is increasingly driven by selectivity rather than broad exposure. AI Compute and Semiconductor Demand Still Underestimated The most important development this quarter is a shift in how AI is being monetized. While early adoption was driven by consumers, the data now clearly shows that corporate America is opening its wallet. Companies are increasingly willing to invest heavily in AI due to the productivity gains it delivers, often completing tasks in minutes that previously took days. We are seeing this firsthand at VanEck. Our own token usage has scaled to billions per day following enterprise rollouts of ChatGPT and Claude, offering a real-world example of how quickly these tools are being embedded into workflows. Source: VanEck. Data as of April 2026. Any projections and forward-looking statements herein are for illustrative purposes only, reflect current views as of this date, are subject to change without notice, and are not necessarily those of VanEck or its other employees. Nothing herein should be construed as investment advice, a recommendation, or a call to action. Digital assets involve significant risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. There is no guarantee any strategy will achieve its objectives, and diversification does not ensure a profit or protect against loss. Historical data only. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. This combination of rising adoption alongside improving efficiency helps explain why total AI spending continues to grow. Even as costs per unit fall, the number of use cases a...