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Oil falls below US$100 a barrel on Middle East peace hopes
Published Thu, May 7, 2026 · 10:17 PM [LONDON] Oil prices extended losses on Thursday, sliding around 4 per cent to take the Brent crude benchmark below US$100 a barrel on renewed hopes for a US-Iran peace deal that could bring a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures were down US$3.93,…
Read MoreGarrett Haake Named NBC News Chief White House Correspondent
Garrett Haake has been named NBC News‘ chief White House correspondent, filling a key role for coverage of the Donald Trump administration. He will succeed Peter Alexander, who recently left the network to serve as anchor for MS NOW. Garrett Haake Patrick Randak/MSNBC In a memo to staffers, Chloe Arensberg, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief,…
Read MoreLeAnn Rimes Addresses Rumors She’s Joining Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
LeAnn Rimes won’t be holding a diamond anytime soon. Amid speculation that the 43-year-old has been asked to join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, LeAnn set the record straight when Bachelor Nation alum Rachel Lindsay brought up the rumors on her podcast The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show. “Omg, dying!” LeAnne wrote in the comment section of the…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro Receives BFI Fellowship From Cate Blanchett
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was awarded a BFI Fellowship last night during a ceremony in London. The filmmaker was handed the award, the British Film Institute’s highest honor, by his frequent collaborator Cate Blanchett. “For a man that has tried for 30 years to make the brutal and the beautiful sit together, I have…
Read More‘Nagi Notes’ Clip: Japan’s Kôji Fukada Makes Cannes Competition Debut With Drama Sparked By Rural Museum Of Contemporary Art
EXCLUSIVE: Kôji Fukada makes his Cannes Competition debut this month with Nagi Notes and Deadline can reveal a first clip. Takako Matsu stars as Yoriko, an artist living in rural Nagi, nursing the wounds of a failed love affair she cannot bear to mourn. Friend and former sister-in-law Yuri (Shizuka Ishibashi) travels from Tokyo to…
Read MoreCitigroup bets on CEO Fraser’s overhaul to aim for 11% to 13% profitability
Published Thu, May 7, 2026 · 08:54 PM CITIGROUP is targeting an adjusted return on tangible common equity of 11 per cent to 13 per cent for 2027 and 2028, the bank said on Thursday, betting on CEO Jane Fraser’s overhaul to drive stronger profitability. The new targets compare with Citi’s ambition of achieving an…
Read More6-storey office building planned near Changi Airport Terminal 3
[SINGAPORE] The operator of Changi Airport is looking to develop a new office building near Terminal 3. Changi Airport Group (CAG) in February received permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to build a new six-storey landside office building, which will include a sheltered coach stand. Landside refers to areas before immigration clearance that are…
Read MoreST Engineering unit bags Middle East smart mobility projects worth over S$100 million
The group’s urban solutions business has a ‘decade-long track record’ in the region [SINGAPORE] The urban solutions business of ST Engineering has secured two smart mobility projects in the Middle East valued at more than S$100 million in total. The group said on Thursday (May 7) that the ventures mark a “further expansion of its…
Read MoreSavannah Guthrie Returns to Today Show After Sudden Exit
Savannah Guthrie was born in Melbourne, Australia, the youngest of three siblings, while dad Charles Guthrie was transferred for work, after which the family moved to Tucson, Ariz., when she was 2. The Today anchor was 16 when Charles died of a heart attack in 1988. She has paid tribute to him frequently over the years,…
Read MoreHelen Mirren To Be Honored At Italy’s Taormina Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Helen Mirren will be the guest of honor at Italy’s Taormina Film Festival in June where she will be honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award during a special evening dedicated to late Italian acting icon Anna Magnani. “It is an immense honor to welcome Helen Mirren to the Taormina Film Festival. Her talent, her…
Read More‘Great 8’ 2026: Ray Panthaki’s Debut Feature ‘In Starland’ Among Titles Set For Cannes Market With The BFI
The BFI has revealed the lineup of titles it will take to the upcoming Cannes Market as part of its Great 8 initiative for first and second-time filmmakers. The list of titles includes In Starland, the debut feature directed by veteran British actor Ray Panthaki, and Daughter of Eden from Iranian-British filmmaker Fateme Ahmadi. The…
Read MoreSingapore stocks rise, tracking regional gains; STI up 0.3%
Across the broader market, gainers outnumber losers 416 to 225, after 2.1 billion securities change hands [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (May 7), in line with gains elsewhere in the region. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.3 per cent or 14.58 points to finish at 4,941.96. Hongkong Land led the gainers…
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