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México Canta is turning up the volume for its second season, tapping the music streaming service Spotify to give the cross-border contest’s top singers even more exposure. The partnership will give the 14 semifinalists from Mexico and the United States an official Spotify playlist and offer them a career-development master class, and the three winners will be invited to a Spotify flagship event for emerging artists, the Mexican government said in a press release. Spotify executive Karen Duque (right) is seen sitting with Culture Minister Claudia Curriel de Icaza. According to Duque, Mexico has entered the world’s 10 largest recorded-music…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Leave it to Jennifer Aniston to make the most basic top style the most fashionable thing we’ve seen in months. The star’s knit tank gave her a polished, fall-ready aesthetic, and we found the look on sale for only $20! In an Instagram post celebrating the end of a (TV show) era, the The Morning Show star wore cropped trousers, block heels and a simple knit tank top that made her whole outfit appear expensive. There’s no statement bag or hefty…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The boom in AI investment is spreading from the US to power the world economy, the head of the IMF has said, as she signals global growth will be strong as countries weather the Iran war.“What started out as a US phenomenon with AI is now becoming a growth engine for the global economy, with other countries ramping up construction of data centres and other infrastructure,” Kristalina Georgieva, the fund’s managing director, told journalists on Tuesday. Georgieva added that the global economy…
Two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania have died from measles, as a large outbreak there continues to spread, the state’s Health Department reported on Tuesday morning. They were the first measles deaths this year in the United States.The deaths come during a record-setting year for measles in the United States: More cases have been reported in 2026 than in any year since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000.Outbreaks have popped up all over the country. Lancaster County, Pa., where both patients lived, has been at the center of an outbreak that has so far hospitalized 70 people and infected more…
Russell Simmons is getting access to valuable stock in the energy drink brand Celsius after a stranger-than-fiction legal saga that pitted the Def Jam founder against his ex-wife, her now-incarcerated second husband and the Department of Justice. Court papers docketed on Monday (Aug. 24) and first reported by Billboard say Simmons can recover some of the nearly 10 million Celius shares that are in DOJ possession as part of the federal prosecution of Tim Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs banker and the second husband of Simmons’ ex-wife, Kimora Lee Simmons. It’s not disclosed what percentage Simmons is receiving from these…
When LeBron James opted to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers for the final stage of his legendary NBA career, there were obvious questions about what that meant for his son, Bronny James.And there are some sites that are taking advantage of those questions.AdvertisementBronny was drafted by the Lakers in the second round in 2024 despite playing sparingly in one season at USC amid suffering cardiac arrest. The learning curve was always going to be steep for Bronny in the NBA, and LeBron’s presence on the Lakers was the driving force behind Bronny ending up in Los Angeles.But Bronny is still…
Mexico attracted US $34.968 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between January and June 2026, marking the highest amount ever recorded for a first semester, the Economy Ministry (SE) reported.. The figure represents a 2.1% year-on-year increase compared to the same period last year and confirms Mexico’s continued appeal as a destination for established international companies. A graphic from the Economy Ministry shows the striking increase in first semester Foreign Direct Investment into Mexico since 2021, jumpstarted by the merger of Televisa and Univision and the restructuring of Aeroméxico in 2022 and then continuing to rise steadily through the current…
Jim Green, the programming executive who helped launch the ABC Movie of the Week franchise before spearheading landmark telefilms and miniseries including Fallen Angel, And the Sea Will Tell and Stephen King’s It, has died. He was 83. Green died Aug. 9 in Santa Barbara following a long illness, his wife of 59 years, singer Cathy Cole Green, a member of The King Family, announced. At ABC under then-development head Barry Diller, The ABC Movie of the Week became a ratings juggernaut and transformed the once-struggling network’s primetime lineup. Green helped develop and shepherd nearly 200 made-for-TV movies of the…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said, for a rare visit by a U.S. spy agency chief as Russia slogs through its fifth year of war in Ukraine. U.S. officials had not announced Ratcliffe’s trip, but publicly available flight tracking data captured the movement of a U.S. government transport plane from Joint Base Andrews on the outskirts of Washington to the Russian capital.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.More than a dozen Iran-flagged tankers have gathered off the coast of Sri Lanka, as the US blockade all but halts access to Iranian ports six months into the war.Ship tracking data shows that about 13 Iranian tankers are anchored on the edge of Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, alongside several others linked to Iran’s “shadow fleet”. They are prevented from returning to Iran by a US blockade on ships using Iranian ports, first imposed in April and reintroduced in July after the…