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This fall, the ancient Central Asian city of Bukhara, which for centuries was a stop on the Silk Road — the 4,000-mile trade route along which goods and ideas spread across the continent — will once again become a vibrant hub of cultural exchange. For 10 weeks, starting on Sept. 5, the Uzbek city will host its first art biennial, an event that will bring together a mix of international artists — including the British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Colombian multidisciplinary artist Delcy Morelos — and Uzbek ones, such as the ceramics master Abdulvahid Bukhoriy Karimov, for site-specific exhibitions,…

A Honduran man accused of killing an Iowa woman in 2016 while driving drunk in Nebraska was extradited to the United States on Friday after he fled the United States following his release on bond. Eswin Mejia was arrested Thursday in Honduras and put on a plane to the U.S. to face justice for the death of 21-year-old Sarah Root, the State Department said. “Nine years ago, Sarah was tragically killed by an illegal immigrant who later fled our county,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X. “Today, the Trump Administration is announcing the extradition of Sarah’s killer from Honduras to…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 21, 2025 4:58 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network’s head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each. The Quebecor-owned television network says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-à-Face debate, which is divided into segments pitting one leader against another. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly…

This morning, I was meant to be on my way to Heathrow Airport, bags packed and boarding pass ready for a 9:30 AM British Airways flight to Mumbai. I’d just opened the Bolt app to book my ride when a news alert stopped me cold: Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, was shut down due to a massive power outage caused by a fire at a nearby substation. My travel plans—weeks in the making—evaporated, leaving me relieved I hadn’t left yet but stunned by the chaos I’d narrowly dodged.As I followed the unfolding crisis, the numbers painted a grim picture. Heathrow, a…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.US stocks snapped a four-week losing streak on Friday as the S&P 500 clawed back some of its earlier losses driven by a flurry of weak corporate earnings.The S&P rose 0.1 per cent on Friday, leaving it up 0.5 per cent for the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose by a similar margin on Friday. The rise came despite a round of gloomy earnings. FedEx shares slid 6.5 per cent after the logistics group lowered its earnings forecasts, blaming persistent “weakness and…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Don’t let the happy smiley face in my photo deceive you. I seethe at losing my job to this day. The stress on my family. Giving up our London home. Being broke.The worst thing is that my heretical speech almost three years ago — in which I mused that climate change isn’t as material to portfolios as other risks, such as, you know, recessions and stuff — wouldn’t raise a murmur now. That’s because under Donald Trump the financial sector has performed…

Mariah Carey won big Wednesday after she was accused of copying lyrics for her hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani granted Carey’s motion for summary judgment before the case made it to trial, Fox News Digital can confirm.Carey had been battling over her hit Christmas song after songwriters accused the R&B pop singer of stealing the lyrics in a complaint first filed in 2023.MARIAH CAREY FACING $20M LAWSUIT OVER ‘ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU’ Mariah Carey was granted a judgment summary in the copyright lawsuit brought against her in 2023. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle…

No. 2-seeded Alabama held on to beat No. 15-seeded Robert Morris 90-81 in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament Friday at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. At one point, Alabama was up 12 points in the first half, but Robert Morris battled back to cut Alabama’s lead to 40-36 at halftime. Robert Morris continued fighting into the second half and at one point took a 65-64 lead over Alabama with 7:10 left to play, putting the Crimson Tide on upset alert. Alabama guard Mark Sears (1) reacts after a win over Robert Morris in the first round of the NCAA Tournament…

Investigators combed through the burned-out remains of a power substation near London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday, seeking the cause of a spectacular blaze that shuttered Europe’s busiest travel hub for much of a day and raised broader questions about Britain’s energy infrastructure.Officials and energy experts said a fault in a transformer with 275,000 volts running through it probably sparked a massive, oil-fueled fire that severed the airport and tens of thousands of nearby homes from the power grid. Systems designed to prevent such a fire apparently failed, and the size of the blaze appeared to keep a second, nearby transformer…

A Chinese artificial intelligence company called DeepSeek is grabbing America’s attention — and sending a shock wave through Wall Street — due to its new tech, which some experts say rivals that of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek is also catching investors off guard because of the low development costs for its AI app, which Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives pegged at only $6 million. By comparison, OpenAI, Google and other major U.S. companies are on track to invest a total of roughly $1 trillion in AI over the coming years, according to Goldman Sachs.On Monday, DeepSeek’s rollout roiled shares of AI stalwarts…