President Joe Biden has directed the Department of Energy to release an additional 10 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in November in the wake of OPEC’s decision to cut crude oil production by 2 million barrels per day. This is in addition to 180 million barrels of oil that the Biden administration released since April. […]

Edtech giant Byju’s is set to lay off nearly 2,500, or 5 per cent, of its employees as part of an “optimisation” plan. The move by India’s most valuable start-up comes amid a funding winter and steep losses. “To avoid redundancies and duplication of roles, and by leveraging technology better, around 5 per cent of Byju’s 50,000-strong workforce is expected […]

A promotion for House of the Dragon during last night’s New York Yankees-Cleveland Guardians playoff baseball game on TBS is continuing to draw online eyerolls the day after the stunt. With parent company Warner Bros Discovery looking to make use of every pixel of promotional real estate, the notion of plugging the Game of Thrones prequel during a widely viewed […]

The global rally in stock markets paused as fears of a halt to the aggressive monetary policy tightening faded. Asian stocks finished mostly with gains. European stocks are deep in the red. Wall Street also appears set to open with losses. The Dollar Index strengthened after a brief pause. Bond yields surged as hopes of a dovish monetary policy stance […]

A Strange Loop, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Broadway musical, will plays its final performance on January 15, 2023, producers announced today. Michael R. Jackson’s acclaimed musical – it won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Best Musical Tony -opened April 26 at the Lyceum Theatre to rave reviews reviews, but has seen steadily declining box office and attendance […]

Russian president Vladimir Putin recently reiterated his threat to use nuclear force, should Russia be attacked. He has also repeatedly suggested that he might consider using smaller “tactical” nuclear weapons at targets in Ukraine. Since the end of the Cold War, the fear that a nuclear weapon could be used has diminished for many Americans, in part as both Russia […]

G7 Leaders have started an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the fresh wave of missile attacks that Russian forces launched across Ukraine on Monday. The White House said President Joe Biden and G7 Leaders are holding a virtual meeting to discuss their “unwavering commitment to support Ukraine and hold (Russian President) Putin accountable in the face of Russia’s aggression and […]

Stand-up comics have been targeted frequently onstage by out-of-control audience members in the months since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. The latest incident came this weekend, when comedian Ariel Elias found herself quite literally under fire onstage in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. Elias was doing a Q&A with audience members as a part of her act when […]