Hollywood Reporter

Foo Fighters Rock Hollywood Bowl Debut as Gustavo Dudamel Says Goodbye to L.A. Philharmonic

"What an honor to be invited to this hallowed ground," Dave Grohl gushed during the performance that featured accompaniment from the full orchestra.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

US-China Trade Tensions Return, US Chip Selloff Weighs on Asia | The Asia Trade 8/25/2026

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Sydney with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Paul Allen, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Aug 25, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

JLL: HK Luxury Home Rents Set to Rise 5% in 2026

Cathie Chung, Senior Research Director at JLL Hong Kong, says expats relocating to Hong Kong are driving growth in the city's luxury home rental market. She discusses this on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Aug 25, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Leapmotor on Business Strategy

Michael Wu, Co-President at Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology, says the Chinese EV maker is on track to deliver one million cars this year. He speaks exclusively on "Bloomberg: The China Show" after the company reported its first-half results. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Aug 25, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Why Bessent’s Iran D-Day Threat Hinges on His Willingness to Hit China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s threat to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Iran risks setting the US on a collision course with China, its main trading partner. Bloomberg's Jon Herskovitz breaks down the likelihood that the US will take aggressive actions against Beijing. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Aug 25, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Australia’s earnings season winners emerge

As Australia's earnings season peaks, the likes of BHP and Woodside Energy are among the winners emerging, as elevated commodity prices offset headwinds. And Bloomberg Intelligence says Australian banks are positioned for significant margin expansion and a structural return on equity uplift in fiscal 2027. Alphinity Investment Management Client Portfolio Manager and Investment Specialist Elfreda Jonker joins "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" to discuss why Australian stocks are priced for perfection,

business  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian

‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alertSuwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo.Each breath, he says, feels “like smoking a cigarette”. Continue reading...

general  Aug 25, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Shortage of Engineers Becomes a Bottleneck for Ukraine’s Defense-Tech

The speed of innovation on the Ukrainian battlefield means frontline troops may need a new drone design within weeks — but the country’s defense industry faces a critical labor shortage that threatens to derail that pace.

business  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian

Sydney shark attack victim describes moment she came to face-to-face with ‘monster’

In her first media interview since the June incident, Leah Stewart, 34, says her thoughts while being bitten were of her one-year-old daughterAn Australian woman left without an arm after a shark attack at a beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has recalled the moment she came face-to-face with the “monster”.Leah Stewart, a 34-year-old teacher and mother of a one-year-old daughter, was attacked by a large shark while on a morning swim at Coogee beach on 13 June. Continue reading...

general  Aug 25, 2026

Science Daily

People who live past 110 have an unusual abundance of killer immune cells

People who reach 110 and beyond appear to have unusually large numbers of rare immune cells capable of killing abnormal cells. These CD4 cytotoxic T cells became more common with age and often expanded into large groups of nearly identical cells, suggesting the immune system was repeatedly responding to persistent threats.

science  Aug 25, 2026

BBC World

UK drone factories may face attacks from 'unknown sources', says Kremlin adviser

The comments on BBC Newsnight come after the UK announced it has agreed to hand over blueprints for British-made missile components to Ukraine.

general  Aug 25, 2026

ESPN

Koval of Ukraine exits after LSU adds Russian big

Ukrainian center Kate Koval is leaving LSU less than two weeks after the Tigers brought in a player from Russia.

sports  Aug 25, 2026

NY Times World

How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War

Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.

general  Aug 25, 2026

NY Times World

What We Know About Australia’s Bird Flu, Which Has Crossed Over to Mammals

Australia confirmed its first case of H5N1 in June in migratory seabirds. Since then, the virus has spread rapidly, straining government responses.

general  Aug 25, 2026

Wired

Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.

technology  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian

Freddie Mercury’s ‘splendid things’ to go on display at V&A

Eight costumes spanning Queen frontman’s career will feature in a free trail developed with his former fianceeEight famous costumes worn by Freddie Mercury, including the outfit featured on the cover of Queen’s debut album and the catsuit from the video for Bohemian Rhapsody, are to go on display at the V&A in London this autumn to mark what would have been the singer’s 80th birthday.Freddie Mercury | Splendid Things, a free trail developed with Mercury’s former fiancee and close friend Mary

general  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! review – workplace meltdown borrows from classic sitcoms

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspectionThe sign says Plumstanton Library but this could be The Brittas Empire’s Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre, The Office’s Wernham Hogg or Torquay fleapit Fawlty Towers. Such is the instant familiarity of a failing workplace whose staff have a new manager and an inspector to contend with at once. It’s not only the books that are well worn in Matthew How

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Health

NHS England to offer women ‘gamechanging’ free home testing kits for cervical cancer

NHS has target of eliminating the cancer by 2040, but up to 4 million eligible women are not up to date with screeningMillions of women in England who have missed cervical screening appointments will be offered free home testing kits on the NHS.The move comes amid concerns that only two-thirds of women attend in-person cervical screening appointments when asked to do so, leaving as many as 4 million women not up to date. Continue reading...

health  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Health

Europe’s heatwaves threaten insurers’ earnings, rating agency S&P says

Rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and illness, especially among older people, could drive up premiumsEurope’s intense heatwaves could hit insurers’ earnings as companies face a rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and worsening health conditions, the rating agency S&P has said.While a long summer of extreme heat will have increased drought and wildfire-related claims, the rating agency said there would also be fallout for life and health insurers, and for the reinsurers wh

health  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian

At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totalsAt least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent.Excess mortality in three of the EU’s larger countries – Germany, France and Spain – alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to the provisional national figures, and experts say th

general  Aug 25, 2026