Opens

Acteur en komiek spreekt voor het eerst sinds zijn 42-jarige dochter in februari door zelfmoord overleed

• Het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof heeft vorige maand geoordeeld dat kiesdistricten onder de Voting Rights Act van 1965 niet langer op basis van रassenlijnen kunnen worden getrokken, waardoor de focus verschuift naar partijpolitieke overwegingen. • De wet, in 1965 ondertekend door president Lyndon B. Johnson, was oorspronkelijk bedoeld om barrières voor zwarte kiezers weg te nemen, maar de beslissing staat staten nu toe om kaarten te hertekenen op basis van politieke affiliaties. • De uitspraak heeft geleid tot snelle pogingen in verschillende staten om kiesdistricten te herconfigureren, wat de vertegenwoordiging in het congres voorafgaand aan toekomstige verkiezingen potentieel kan hervormen.

Overeenkomst in Florida geeft president van de VS controle over licenties en merchandising op hernoemde luchthaven, zeggen analisten

Ryan Cohen selling tube socks and baseball cards after offering $55.5bn, although source of funds remains unclearThe CEO of GameStop, Ryan Cohen, said he was selling vintage video games, baseball cards, GameStop merchandise and a $14,000 pair of tube socks to help fund the company’s proposed $55.5bn acquisition of eBay.His platform of choice? eBay, of course. Continue reading...

Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it’s tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industryA British Michelin-starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to subsidise his UK venues against a backdrop of high taxes and a struggling hospitality sector.Jason Atherton is now in Forte dei Marmi, on the Tuscan coast in Italy, where he is preparing his newest opening, Maria’s, which will be in the Principessa hotel. The Sheffield-born chef now has restaurants all over the world, including in Dubai and St Moritz. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Taped conversations also cover playwright’s relationship with fame, self-doubt and communismHe was one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century and she was one of the greatest actors. In newly unearthed recordings made over a period of nearly three decades, Arthur Miller opened up about his short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe, saying she wanted a husband who was a “father, lover, friend and agent,” and the child she longed for would have been an “additional problem”.In taped conversations with his friend and biographer Prof Christopher Bigsby, Miller said he had felt “death was always on her [Monroe’s] shoulder – always”. He had believed that if he did not “take care of her life” she would come to a “catastrophic end”. Continue reading...

• Samsung has launched its 2026 startup acceleration program in India, inviting applications from deep-tech startups to collaborate within its global mobile ecosystem. • The program provides up to $50,000 in grant funding with no equity stake required for Proof-of-Concept (PoC) development, allowing startups to validate and scale innovations. • Building on the success of the initiative launched in 2023, the program aims to bridge the gap between emerging Indian startups and Samsung's established mobile technology infrastructure.