Hollywood’s unions have announced an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television after six months of stagnant sets and widespread unemployment.

Michael Lonsdale, a giant of the silver screen and theatre in France who worked with some of the world’s top directors in an acting career that spanned 60 years, has died, his agent said. He was 89.

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed more than two dozen ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, an official said.

An Indian couple are conducting free classes for underprivileged children on a pavement in New Delhi.

A humpback whale has found its way back to sea weeks after it got lost in a murky, crocodile-infested river in northern Australia.

President Donald Trump says he has given his “blessing” to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the US operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he has targeted for national security and data privacy concerns.

The US Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions using TikTok and WeChat starting on Sunday.

Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, has been arrested on charges concerning the production of child pornography.

The first volume of former US president Barack Obama’s memoir will be released on  November 17, two weeks after the country’s election.

The US Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and abroad, including social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecommunications ...

A Malaysian student whose mobile was stolen while he was sleeping has tracked down the culprit – a monkey who took photo and video selfies with the device before abandoning it.

A US suspect left his good luck behind when he abandoned a winning lottery ticket while fleeing sheriff’s officers.

The European Union’s highest court has given its support to the bloc’s rules that stop internet providers from charging customers for preferential access to their networks.

Lego has said it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.

A burger outlet in the South Korean capital is a little different from typical fast food restaurants – its key staff are robots. From order to pick-up, customers do not need a single face-to-face interaction.

The financial misconduct trial of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly began on Tuesday with Kelly saying he committed no crimes and was only trying to keep his star boss Carlos Ghosn from leaving.

Legal advocates are lining up on both sides of actor Bill Cosby’s appeal as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review his 2018 sex assault conviction.

Car maker Daimler and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay 1. 5 billion dollars (£1. 17 billion) to the US government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations, officials said.

Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said.

British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologised to black actor John Boyega after cutting him out of the Chinese version of an aftershave commercial he helped create.

The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as its preferred suitor to buy the popular video-sharing app, according to a source familiar with the deal.

An Israeli court has sentenced model Bar Refaeli to nine months of community service for tax evasion. Her mother has been jailed for 16 months, ending a prolonged case that has sullied the image of a once-beloved national icon.

Rapper Kanye West will remain off the US state of Ohio’s presidential ballot after a decision by the state’s high court.

Twitter has said that starting next week it will label or remove misleading claims that try to undermine public confidence in elections.

The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has attempted similar intrusions into the computer systems of more than 200 organisations including political parties and consultants, Microsoft has said.

An executive has said that recent US sanctions against Huawei have caused a shortage of computer chips for the company, hurting the growth of its smartphone business.

Bikram Bhadel saw from his pharmacy outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu what happened when coronavirus lockdowns closed the hospital’s canteen and nearby cafes.

Disney is under fire for filming part of its live-action reboot Mulan in Xinjiang, the region in China where the government has been accused of human rights abuses against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.

Luxury goods giant LVMH is ending its takeover deal of luxury jewellery retailer Tiffany & Co, saying the French government had requested a delay to the agreement due to the threat of proposed US tariffs on French goods.

The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade, according to a United Nations report.

Markets fell in Asia on Wednesday after a sell-off of big technology stocks on Wall Street hit the US indices. News of AstraZeneca pausing its coronavirus vaccine trial and simmering China-US tensions also have rattled investors.

A teacher from a public school in Nigeria is helping students across the country, and internationally, learn maths virtually during coronavirus restrictions that have prevented many children from returning to class.

Czech film director Jiri Menzel, whose 1966 movie Closely Watched Trains won the Academy Award for best foreign language film, has died aged 82. Menzel’s wife, Olga, announced his death late on Sunday. No details were given.

Rapper and music producer Kanye West has filed to run for US president on Kentucky’s ballot. The news was revealed in a tweet from Secretary of State Michael Adams which showed part of West’s application.

Lawyers for R Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell.

Apple is delaying a new privacy feature in the next version of its iPhone operating system that will make it more difficult for app makers to track people online to help sell digital ads.

Kanye West has been barred from appearing on the ballot in Arizona after a judge said a voter had established the rapper’s candidacy would cause irreparable harm to the poll.

A member of production on The Batman has tested positive for Covid-19 and the UK shoot has been temporarily suspended. A spokesperson for Warner Bros said the individual is currently isolating in accordance with established protocols.

With just two months left until the US presidential election, Facebook has said it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimise misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest”.

The Git Up singer Blanco Brown is in intensive care after suffering significant injuries in a head-on vehicle collision near Atlanta.

K-pop superstars BTS are celebrating a “dream” after their first all-English song debuted at number one in the US music chart.

An Arizona resident has asked a judge to bar Kanye West from appearing on the state’s ballot on November 3, accusing the hip hop artist of serving as an election spoiler and arguing that a law prohibits him from running in the state as an ...

India has banned the widely popular Chinese mobile game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) along with 117 other mobile apps in another move targeting China.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett has said she is baffled that other countries did not learn from Italy’s pain to be better prepared to fight the coronavirus outbreak when it spread.

A law firm with ties to prominent Democrats has filed a lawsuit attempting to keep rapper Kanye West off US presidential ballots in Virginia.

Facebook India executives have been grilled by members of a parliamentary committee in India on information technology over the company’s alleged political bias and role in spreading hate speech in the country.

Danish toy company Lego saw its half-year sales rise solidly despite the coronavirus pandemic, as it benefited from long-term investments in e-commerce and product innovations.The firm said on Wednesday that overall sales rose 7% to 15.7 billion ...

Rapper Kanye West has sued the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office after being told his bid to get on the ballot for US president came up short on qualified signatures.

Passengers who have not been wearing a face mask while taking an Uber will now have to provide photographic proof they are wearing a face covering before boarding.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong on charges of stock price manipulation and other financial crimes.