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UK supermarket giant opens first Falklands store in slap to Argentina | World | News

UK supermarket giant opens first Falklands store in slap to Argentina | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

Iceland is set to open a store in the Falkland Islands, which it claims will be a first for a UK high street brand. The new store is set to open in early December and will stock a range of own-brand Iceland frozen food, alongside popular brands such as Cathedral City, MyProtein and TGI Fridays. It comes after Iceland boss Lord Richard Walker last week expressed his interest in opening a store in the Falklands, with the executive chairman set to visit the overseas territory to open the store himself – and the heightening row over the islands’ sovereignty amid Argentine claims. Mr Walker said: “Iceland Foods has a proud history of ‘firsts’ and we are proud to be backing Britain by becoming the first UK high street retailer to open in the Falkland Islands. The Falklands are a special part of the British family and it’s always been an ambition of mine to support it, so being able to bring Iceland to Stanley is a huge moment for us. “We’ve built our business around …

Chris Rock gives blunt reflection on Oscars slap four years on: ‘I wish nothing would have happened’

Chris Rock gives blunt reflection on Oscars slap four years on: ‘I wish nothing would have happened’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Chris Rock has admitted he wished the situation surrounding the infamous Oscars slap hadn’t happened. Rock gave a blunt response when he was asked how he felt about the incident, in which Will Smith struck him on the face onstage at the 2022 awards ceremony. Rock told Variety: “Hey, man. You know, to answer your question a little bit, I wish nothing would have happened.” The comedian then shifted attention onto his upcoming directorial release, Misty Green, which stars Rosalind Eleazar as an actor trying to make a Hollywood comeback who, in the film, has a physical altercation with a co-star. “I don’t want to say anything that takes any attention away from Rosalind and how good she is in this movie,” said Rock. …

Spotify to slap ‘AI Persona’ badges on AI-generated artist profiles

Spotify to slap ‘AI Persona’ badges on AI-generated artist profiles

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Aug 11 : Spotify said on Tuesday it would begin adding “AI Persona” badges to some profiles from mid-September to give listeners more transparency about whether the artist behind the music was a real person. Listeners have expressed concerns about artist profiles that appear human but instead represent AI-generated personas, the media streaming platform said. • Spotify will display the badge on banners and About sections in artist profiles, as well as in Search and on track rows across playlists. • Starting Tuesday, artists can disclose that their profile represents an AI Persona through Spotify for Artists. • Spotify will also review profiles whose public identity appears to represent photorealistic AI-generated imagery. • Spotify said it will exclude AI Personas from editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default unless users follow those artists. • Artists whose profiles are flagged by Spotify’s review team will be notified and given an opportunity to self-disclose or appeal, it said. • Listeners will also be able to see whether an artist transparently shared that they were an AI Persona or …

Trump to slap ‘sweeping’ new tariffs on 60 trade partners

Trump to slap ‘sweeping’ new tariffs on 60 trade partners

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing in Air Force One on July 19, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images The Trump administration will impose new tariffs just after midnight ET Friday on dozens of countries over alleged forced-labor violations, according to a notice in the Federal Register. The duties, set between 10% and 12.5%, will effectively replace President Donald Trump’s temporary 10% global tariffs, which are set to expire at the same time as the new ones take effect. The forthcoming tariffs will apply to 60 trade partners and cover 99.4% of U.S. trade, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in a fact sheet Thursday afternoon. The office separately told CNBC that it could not provide an estimate of how much revenue the new tariffs will generate. The move “is the most sweeping international labor rights action the United States has ever taken — that any country has ever taken,” a senior Trump administration official told reporters in a call earlier Thursday. The official noted …

Did Tom Brady Really Slap Logan Paul in the Face at Fanatics Fest?

Did Tom Brady Really Slap Logan Paul in the Face at Fanatics Fest?

Published by Daniella Wilson

Tom Brady and Logan Paul shared a stage at Fanatics Fest in New York on Friday, and when their panel ended, an alleged beef heated up and boiled over into an exchange that ended with a slap to the face. Or did it? A clip posted on Fanatics’ X account showed the moment Brady and Paul faced off near center stage while exchanging what appeared to be spicy words. Brady then removes his hand from the pocket of his camouflage cargo pants and moves to strike. At first glance, it appears Brady slapped Paul across the face, but closer inspection shows that Brady’s hand missed the target and only made contact with Paul’s shoulder. At that moment, New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns jumped in to break up the “fight.” See the clip below. “This happened [because] I was roasting Tom for beating him in flag football. And he tries to smack me??” Paul replied on X, referring to their dust-up during another Fanatics event, the 2026 Fanatics Flag Football Classic back in March. “Horrible …

EU, UK slap sanctions on Russian spies and hackers over cyberattacks

EU, UK slap sanctions on Russian spies and hackers over cyberattacks

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The European Union and Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies, denouncing what they described as a yearslong cyberespionage campaign to undermine governments in Europe. The EU decision affects nine people and four entities accused of links to an online spying network that the bloc said has targeted governments and carried out sabotage operations against critical infrastructure like heating and power plants since 2010. Britain slapped sanctions on 24 people and entities. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said those hit by the sanctions “contribute to Russia’s efforts to destabilise the EU, its member states and international partners.” Read moreCombating foreign digital interference: ‘France is among the top three in Europe’ France, Germany, Poland, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Romania and Finland, “among others,” have fallen prey to the network, she said in a statement. Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Paris intends to call in Russia’s envoy in the coming days. He told French BFM television that the aim of the cyberactivities …

Elle review: Legally Blonde’s unfunny, nonsensical prequel series is a slap in the face to Gen Z

Elle review: Legally Blonde’s unfunny, nonsensical prequel series is a slap in the face to Gen Z

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Last year, speaking to The New York Times, Reese Witherspoon described herself as having two very distinct jobs. “[I’m] a creator and a person who understands the economics of creating,” she said, in that slightly soul-sapping parlance of a San Francisco tech guru. Witherspoon, a giant star of TV and film whose media company Hello Sunshine was reportedly valued at $900m when it was sold in 2021, then expanded on her ethos, which straddles art and commerce. “You’ve got to go where the audience is,” she said. She claimed Gen Z don’t go to the cinema (untrue, it turns out), and that most older people see a single movie a year with their kids. “[You can’t] lament the fact that they didn’t show up, or have what I call old school-itis … attention spans are shifting. They just are.” “Going where …

‘You Slap Me in the Face, I’ll Slap You Right Back’

‘You Slap Me in the Face, I’ll Slap You Right Back’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Democrats fall in love. Republicans fall in line. Or at least that’s the old joke. The quote, often attributed to Bill Clinton, spoke to a political reality. After all, in a contest of tradition versus change, it’s no surprise that the party of tradition more easily comes to consensus than the one seeking change. But where the “falling in love” of politics once implied progressive dreams of one change figure or another, it now seems to apply most to the cult of personality around President Trump. And the passion on the right has led to a kind of pragmatism on the left. In a world where Democrats fall in line, few people have been more successful at making that happen than Nancy Pelosi. The longtime California member of Congress is the only woman to ever serve as speaker of the House. And her tenure was marked by uncommon party unity, even before Trump became the party foil he is. She says she …

Wanda Sykes on Netflix Special, Oscars & the Slap, Hosting SNL: Podcast

Wanda Sykes on Netflix Special, Oscars & the Slap, Hosting SNL: Podcast

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Wanda Sykes, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a trailblazing stand-up comedian, actress and writer who has to her name 17 Emmy nominations and one win; was picked by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 25 funniest people in America and Comedy Central as one the 100 greatest stand-ups of all-time; and is now, for her seventh hourlong stand-up special, Netflix’s Wanda Sykes: Legacy, back in Emmys contention. Over the course of a conversation at the L.A. offices of The Hollywood Reporter, the 62-year-old opened up about what prompted her, at the age of 27, to leave a steady job with benefits at the National Security Agency to pursue a career as a stand-up; how her comedy changed after she divorced her husband in 1998 en route to coming out as a lesbian in 2008; and some of the hot-button comedy issues of recent years, many of which she has had a front-row seat to: the firing of Roseanne Barr during the making of the reboot of the TV …

Keir Starmer just got another slap in the face | Politics | News

Keir Starmer just got another slap in the face | Politics | News

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Presumably they shall spend their time staring across the table at each other, in a Mexican stand off of misery, as they each wonder who leaves next. Earlier it was the turn of the Minister of Defence. John Healey cleared out and told the Prime Minister in plain terms that he had made the country less safe. Within hours, Al Carns, the armed forces minister and a decorated serviceman, followed him out, declaring the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan to be “not built for the threat we face”. What they warn of is not news – that Britain underfunds its forces has been said, wearily and repeatedly, for months. The HMS Dragon debacle, when the Royal Navy could barely scrape together a single ship to send to the Mediterranean, told the same story. But the difference is that the warning now comes from inside the building, in the handwriting of the men charged with our safety. One horrendous detail lingers and that’s that it took Sir Keir four hours to acknowledge the resignation of his own …