TEL AVIV – The Gaza-based terror group Hamas hacked into a web-based livestream of the Eurovision Song Contest with a fake warning of an imminent rocket attack, the head of Israel’s Kan public broadcaster said on Wednesday. Kan’s livestream of the semi-final was interrupted with a two-minute message purportedly from the IDF telling viewers to take…
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker | Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images EU taxpayers should not pay for Brexit, says Jean-Claude Juncker The European Commission president said there had not yet been sufficient progress in the Brexit talks. By Maïa de La Baume 10/3/17, 10:00 AM CET Updated 10/3/17, 12:13 PM CET EU taxpayers should not…
President Donald Trump called Late Night comedy shows “unwatchable” on Wednesday, due to their hateful bias against him and his supporters. The president referenced a comment from comedian Jay Leno who said that it was a difficult time for comedy in the Trump-era because it featured “the same topic every night.” “Actually, the one-sided hatred…
Catalan independence supporters in Brussels metro | Ryan Heath Brussels bathed in Catalan flags By Ryan Heath and Judith Mischke 12/7/17, 11:49 AM CET Updated 12/7/17, 2:45 PM CET First they arrived in camper vans and buses parked all across Brussels. Then they flooded the Brussels Grand Place Wednesday night. Catalan independence supporters — draped…
Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel reacted to the release of FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian collusion on Thursday, suggesting that the fact it exonerated Trump of wrongdoing means that country is in deep trouble. On Thursday morning, Attorney General William Barr released the full redacted version of the report, determining that the “investigation…
At the heart of the probe is IKEA's franchising system | John Moore/Getty Images EU’s Vestager unpacks Ikea’s taxes ‘All companies, big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of tax.’ By Nicholas Hirst 12/18/17, 12:03 PM CET Updated 5/13/18, 8:43 PM CET Margrethe Vestager is back on the warpath. The EU…
Using lies to cover up lies, Amazon is blacklisting director Woody Allen, effectively destroying his career, and history will not look kindly on Hollywood’s refusal to stand up for him. Chaplin, The Way We Were, Guilty By Suspicion, The Majestic, Good Night, and Good Luck, and most recently Trumbo…. Hollywood loves to produce movies condemning…
Avant son concert à New York du 24 avril, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy fait le tour des médias. Pour parler musique mais aussi vie privée. En France Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a pris l’habitude de s’exprimer avec des mots choisis sur son couple. Femme de l’ancien président de la République, elle sait que chacune de ses déclarations sont relues…
Lors des questions au gouvernement à l’Assemblée Nationale, Claude de Ganay, député UMP, s’est laissé aller à une imitation de Julien Lepers. Une tentative humoristique malheureusement tombée à plat… Les députés doivent-ils désormais s’exercer au stand up entre deux votes de loi? Claude de Ganay pourrait le laisser penser après son improbable imitation de Julien…
Les initiales de l’ancien patron du Fonds Monétaire International, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, sont les mêmes qu’un nouveau club privé tenu par «Dodo la saumure», mis en examen dans une affaire de prostitution mêlant l’ex-ministre socialiste. Triste ou pitoyable? Les deux. «C’est un clin d’oeil et ça m’apporte de la publicité. Commercialement, c’est excellent, c’est fabuleux parce…