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Fright night is upon us and Halloween fans are plucking up the courage for scary experiences that promise to send a shiver down their spines. For some travellers, the prospect of paranormal encounters is also shaping their holiday plans, with Booking.com including “Trip to the Beyond” among its travel trends for 2027. In its survey of more than 28,000 travellers across 32 countries and territories, 65% expressed interest in paranormal experiences, while 48% would seek an experience in the hope of speaking to someone on the “other side”. Half were curious about experiences exploring questions around the afterlife, death or…
Published on 27 October 2026 – 11:27 GMT+1 Jay-Z is stepping up from back stage to headline the next Super Bowl halftime show, the mini-concert his Roc Nation entertainment group has helped produced for nearly a decade. The US rap mogul will front the celebration of American football’s pinnacle event at the SoFi Stadium on Valentine’s Day, 14 February, in Inglewood, California. “From ‘Reasonable Doubt’ to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,” the 56-year-old rapper, born Shawn Carter, said in a statement. “Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world’s biggest stage.…
Beverage-maker Dongpeng and dairy giant Mengniu announced Tuesday that they were ending agreements with the French player, although neither mentioned the video as the reason. “Our company firmly opposes and has a zero-tolerance policy towards any behaviour that offends national sentiments,” Dongpeng said in its statement. “With immediate effect our company is terminating all cooperation with Kylian Mbappé,” Mengniu said in a statement. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is suspending showing matches from Spanish top division La Liga, Chinese media outlet The Paper reported. Mbappé plays club football for Real Madrid. Mbappé had not commented at the time of publication. The…
Families affected by the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to honour relatives killed that day, observing a minute’s silence before joining together in song beside a white installation bearing the date “7.10.23”. Holding photographs of their loved ones, participants included Yona Adam, whose daughter Mapal was killed at the Nova music festival, and Einav Zangauker, mother of former hostage Matan Zangauker. The commemoration took place as Israelis headed to the polls on Tuesday, 27 October, for their first general election since the attacks, voting to elect the 26th Knesset. In Kiryat Arba, an…
Confirmed Attendance of 130 Global Buyers Worldwide… Featuring Online and Offline Business Matchmaking with Over 700 Promising K-Brands, Pop-up Stores, and Various Programs Hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME), the large-scale export consultation event ‘2026 K-BRAND GLOW WEEK’ will be held for three days from November 24 to 26, 2026, at ‘Anderson C’ in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. This event is a mega-scale business matchmaking event featuring 700 promising export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the K-beauty, K-food, K-lifestyle, and K-fashion sectors that will lead the global distribution network. Notably,…
LONDON — U.K. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds insisted he is in agreement with the his boss Andy Burnham’s drive for closer European Union ties — a month after he warned re-litigating Brexit battles would cause “uncertainty” for business. Reynolds told POLITICO at Labour conference that a return to the bloc’s customs union — one of the potential EU options floated by Burnham since then — would force “a whole range of alignment on regulatory issues” and warned that constant “constitutional questions” cause “a lot of uncertainty for business.” But, challenged by Sky News Tuesday on whether Burnham was adding to…
US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh verbal attack on Norway, branding the wealthy Nordic nation a “shithouse country”. Speaking at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday, Trump tied his remarks to his repeated frustration over being denied the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump said Sunday he would welcome immigrants from certain countries but not Norway “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize.” “So I don’t want anybody from Norway,” he said. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide responded to Trump’s comments on Monday, maintaining that the committee is independent.
Published on 27 October 2026 – 10:19 GMT+1 South Korea’s economy grew more than three times faster than expected in the third quarter, fuelled by strong demand for semiconductors, according to central bank data released on Tuesday. GDP rose by 1.0% in the July-to-September period compared with the previous quarter, preliminary figures from the Bank of Korea (BOK) showed. The figure surpassed the central bank’s August forecast of 0.3% growth. The reading was boosted by a 2.3% rise in exports, “led by semiconductors, machinery and electrical equipment”, the BOK said. Investment in facilities rose by 4.1%, largely driven by spending…
Rogue AI systems, cyberattacks and the potential use of artificial intelligence to develop dangerous weapons feature among the risks Anthropic has disclosed to investors as it prepares for a stock market debut. Of the 335 pages outlining Anthropic’s finances, executive compensation, dividend policy and the like, 93 pages are devoted to “risk factors” — things that could hurt potential shareholders’ investments. Rival SpaceX’s listed risk factors, in comparison, took up 38 out of more than 250 pages. The disclosures are required as part of the IPO process, giving potential investors a clearer picture of the risks they face by buying…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News It’s budget eve but can the chancellor really deliver a ‘breathing space’ budget? With living standards under pressure, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy explore the trade-offs John Healey must balance between the cost-of-living crisis, the government’s plan for growth and whether ministers can convince voters that they’re easing the pressure. Plus, Sam heads to Doncaster-Sheffield Airport, where a bold bet on devolution could deliver what the private sector has failed to.