Sweden has emerged victorious in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with singer Loreen making history as the first woman to win the competition twice, having previously taken the crown in 2012. Her win for dance-pop anthem “Tattoo” also means that Sweden has now won the contest seven times, drawing level with Ireland for the country
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The Cleveland Browns have strengthened their defense with the acquisition of Za’Darius Smith in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings. The trade, which was confirmed by a source to ESPN, sees Minnesota receive two fifth-round picks in 2024 and 2025 while Cleveland receives a 2025 sixth-round pick and a 2025 seventh-rounder. Smith, a three-time Pro
France’s Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the biggest festival dedicated to short films in the world, is protesting an unexpected funding cut of €111,000 by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council. The council has voted to cut the festival’s funding by half during a meeting that allocated the region’s cultural spending. The festival, which takes place in
JPMorgan Chase has been warned by a federal judge in New York that it could face contempt of court charges if it does not speed up the production of evidence related to late sexual offender and money manager Jeffrey Epstein. The warning comes as a result of lawsuits by an Epstein accuser and the government
The S&P 500 has been confined to a tight range for the past few months, causing concern among investors and analysts. Many believe that the benchmark is overly dependent on a handful of giant growth stocks, leaving the majority of the market to languish. While there are some familiar echoes of past traumatic market episodes,
An investigation has been launched after an alleged incident of sabotage on a next-generation Royal Navy warship at a Scottish shipyard. HMS Glasgow, the first of the new series of Type 26 frigates, had a number of cables intentionally damaged and were discovered earlier this week, according to defence contractor BAE systems. Internal Investigation Commenced
Swedish researchers from Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first wooden transistor. Although wood is not semiconductive, the researchers stripped hardwood balsa of its tough lignin and then filled the remaining material with a mixed electron-ion conducting polymer called PEDOT:PSS. By stacking millimeter-thick units that operated as electrodes
On Saturday, North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoed a bill that sought to outlaw most abortions in his state after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto was announced before a crowd of about 1,000 abortion-rights activists and voters gathered at a plaza in Raleigh, the state capital. The Bill The bill, which was passed last week
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday to seek support for his peace plan from the pontiff. In the past, Francis has offered to try to help end the war launched by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. During a private 40-minute meeting, the two men spoke about
Jahmyr Gibbs, the Detroit Lions’ 12th overall pick, has brushed off criticism of his selection with a calm demeanor. Gibbs, a man of few words, responded to the criticism by saying that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but he does not care. The Lions held Gibbs out of rookie minicamp after he tweaked his