It’s never been a better time to be an Omega fan. While the white-dialed Speedmaster and the Speedmaster Pilot releases of last year would’ve been plenty to tide us over for a while, the brand’s hot streak continues with a pair of Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite. The new 43-mm hand-wound watch comes with genuine lunar meteorite […]
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NEW YORK — The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by severe weather in 2024 is drawing near, the IRS is reminding owners. Small businesses in all or parts of 14 states and 2 territories that received extensions to file their 2023 returns due to natural disasters will need to file in 2025. Depending
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MADRID — Spain is planning a raft of measures to address its brewing housing crisis, including an up to 100% tax on properties bought by non-European Union residents. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the plan this week to tackle housing affordability and high rents in the Southern European nation. He said that the overall
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PARIS — Interpol said Tuesday a major operation targeting illegal gold mining in West Africa has resulted in 200 arrests and the seizure of harmful chemicals, explosives and drugs. The operation spanned Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea and Senegal, exposing extensive networks behind the illicit practice, which causes widespread environmental damage and poses serious health risks.
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When I finally watched Den of Thieves at the tail end of 2020, I remember feeling like I was finally about to fill in an embarrassing, nearly three-year blind spot. Heist movies are a top-five subgenre, and they’re hard to get right; the ravings that Gerard Butler had cracked the code in the latest installment
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In 2021, 46-year-old Kumail Nanjiani famously transformed himself from the soft-bodied uber-nerd he played in Silicon Valley to the super-ripped superhero Kingo from his Marvel movie debut, Eternals. While some actors do intense physical prep for parts only to backslide after shooting wraps, Nanjiani made his gains stick. With a change of physique has come
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Scott suggests that theater-trained actors’ skill complements his own. “I think the best thing is, they keep me honest,” he says. “My gift is the visual. And I’ve learned to certainly get good with story—clearly, look at all the films I’ve done. They’ve all had good yarns. A film’s a yarn. That’s it. High-class, middle-class,
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When Bronwyn Drayton first laid eyes on this 1960s cottage in Basin View, NSW, she knew its prevailing charm was to be cherished. At the time, her childhood friend had just bought it from its original owners, and planned to knock it down and build a new home on the site. ‘[It] horrified me,’ says
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Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them before they destroy more neighborhoods. The deadly fires have displaced thousands of residents and destroyed
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PALM DESERT, Calif. — Canada’s ambassador to Washington said Monday that Canada is prepared to buy more from the United States, including its next fleet of submarines, to appease President-elect Donald Trump’s concerns about the U.S.-Canada trade deficit. Ambassador Kirsten Hillman also warned Americans in an interview with The Associated Press that prices will go
