April 1, 2022
Chris Rock performs first stand-up show since Will Smith slap at the Oscars
Chris Rock kicked off a six-show set Wednesday at Boston's Wilbur Theatre, his first performances since Will Smith walked onto the stage and slapped him at Sunday's Oscars ceremony over a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith's, hair. The line…
April 1, 2022
Jared Leto talks Morbius and Sinister Six rumors on The Tonight Show
Jared Leto stars in Sony Pictures' Spider-Man-adjacent action film Morbius, opening April 1, and during an appearance on Tuesday's The Tonight Show, he talked about playing the titular character, and a possible connection to Marvel's Sinister Six…
April 1, 2022
Russia threatens to stop supplying gas if not paid in roubles
Russia has told "unfriendly" foreign countries they must start paying for gas in roubles or it will cut supplies. Vladimir Putin has signed a decree stating buyers "must open rouble accounts in Russian banks" from Friday. "Nobody sells us anything…
April 1, 2022
Unprecedented release from Joe Biden to reduce fuel costs
US President Joe Biden has ordered a major release of oil from America's reserves in an effort to bring down high fuel costs.The release of up to 180m barrels of oil over six months is the largest since the reserve was created in 1974. Oil prices…
April 1, 2022
China’s WeChat suspends some accounts linked to NFTs
China's popular WeChat messaging app has suspended some accounts linked to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to prevent speculation in the digital assets. The platform says it has "rectified" accounts which it found to be promoting NFT market speculation,…
April 1, 2022
Dodge Replacing Hellcat With 800-HP Hydrogen-Powered ‘Hydra’
"The Hydra represents the next evolution of the muscle car without compromising our brand integrity," Ivan Tobrakfri, Director of Muscle Car Development at Dodge told CarBuzz. "The Hydra name is symbolic for us. While legislation may have cut the…
April 1, 2022
Turks and Caicos Weather Forecast
GENERAL SITUATION: A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS WILL BEGIN TO RETREAT EASTWARDS TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST NORTH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING. SPECIAL WARNINGS: BOATERS IN THE…
April 1, 2022
Dreadful evidence on road outside of Kyiv points to war crime
Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world. Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen has been to see the grim…
April 1, 2022
French intelligence chief, Gen Viduad, fired for inadequate predictions
The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say. Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for "inadequate briefings" and a "lack…
April 1, 2022
Government extends income tax deadline
The Dominica government Thursday announced an extension of the deadline for filing income tax, saying that the measure is in response to requests from the public due to the negative impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the island. “As a…