LONDON — A prominent Chinese research institute based in Beijing secretly operates as a front for the country’s main spy agency, aiming to acquire sensitive technologies and expertise from Western universities and laboratories, British intelligence officials said Wednesday. Source link
Orange is the New Black star Ruby Rose has alleged Noel Clarke was a predator on the set of the SAS: Rise of the Black Swan conspiracy thriller that shot in 2020. Her accusation came on the same day the Doctor Who star was criminally charged in the UK with sexual assault, voyeurism and exposure. The offenses, brought by London’s Metropolitan Police, are alleged to have taken place between 2007 and 2016 and relate to five women. “Noel Clarke has been charged. Years ago he preyed on a woman who worked on our SAS film. I reported him. No one cared. I was told not to get involved. Nobody followed up. So many came forward, finally some justice,” Rose wrote in a Threads post on Wednesday. Rose played Grace Lewis and Clarke had the role of Major Bisset in the 2021 thriller that also starred Andy Serkis, Tom Hooper, Hannah John-Kamen and Sam Heughan. The criminal charges against Clark come five years after a Guardian exposé published claims from 20 women accusing the British actor of groping, sexual …
ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of trying to censor the network with its move to call several of ABC’s local stations up for early license renewal. In a Thursday filing, the company said “the Commission’s attempted censorship of ABC has attracted condemnation across the political aisle,” and it defended what it argued is the… Source link
Knicks fans across New York City may be on their way to celebrate the team’s NBA Finals win with a ticker-tape parade this morning, but at least one New Yorker won’t be celebrating just yet. Brooklyn-based artist and designer Gavin Snider has accused Devon Rodriguez—he of the viral subway drawings on TikTok—of copying two recent paintings of Knicks fans and Madison Square Garden. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Snider said he had been hired in May by the team’s marketing agency to paint a scene outside MSG to commemorate the team’s first NBA Finals appearance in 25 years. The work was shared to the Knicks’s social channels before Game 1 and then again this past weekend after the team won. Then, according to Snider, he was alerted by a friend to Rodriguez’s Instagram, where he was selling a piece that looked “identical” to Snider’s painting; he noted that there was another artwork posted earlier that “matched” another Knicks piece he had previously done. Source link
Artist Alma Allen has again accused art publicist David Resnicow of working against Allen’s controversial U.S. Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale, after months of criticism surrounding the project. In an Instagram post published Monday afternoon, Allen wrote that “two of the three galleries that withdrew their support for my pavilion informed me that they did so on the advice of David Resnicow,” referring to the veteran art-world publicist whose firm has represented the US Pavilion six times before this year’s edition. Source link
Alexis Corbière and Alexandre Portier, the French MPs overseeing the government commission investigating the shocking October 19, 2025, Louvre jewel heist, have accused the museum of deprioritizing security at the museum. The full parliamentary report was released today and also casts doubt on French president Emmanuel Macron’s nearly $1 billion plan to revamp the Louvre, which he announced in January 2025 (nine months before the heist) and referred to as a “new renaissance” for the museum, the world’s most-visited art museum. Source link
The Russian Pavilion, already a focal point for pro-Ukrainian protests at the Venice Biennale, has drawn fresh controversy after an Instagram post accusing the anti-Putin band and art collective, Pussy Riot, of censorship. “Pussy Riot asked us to remove the footage featuring them from the documentary film about the project,” the Russian Pavilion wrote in an Instagram caption beneath an image bearing the words “Censored on request by Pussy Riot.” The caption continued: “[Pussy Riot] wrote that they do not want their protests shown in the Pavilion … strange. We wanted to be honest and show what really happened, but it’s turning into pure self-censorship. Apparently they are unhappy with their own performance.” Source link
Jurors from the Kunstfonds Foundation, a prominent German body that funds contemporary art projects, have publicly denounced the country’s top cultural policy official after he requested the names of its current members. In a statement first reported by Der Spiegel, the art fund’s jury described the initial request from Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer, made in March 2025, as “political interference” that had the potential to infringe on artistic freedom of expression. Weimer plays a key role in shaping Germany’s cultural policy and oversees the allocation of millions of euros in federal cultural funding to grants, awards, and projects. The selection of awardees, however, is traditionally the responsibility of independent committees. Source link
A former aide to Rep. Eric Swalwell, a top Democratic candidate for governor of California, told the San Francisco Chronicle that she had sexual encounters with him when he was her boss and alleged that he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The woman worked for Swalwell from 2019 until 2021, NBC News confirmed. The woman’s lawyer declined to comment and NBC News has not verified her allegations. Later Friday, CNN reported on sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell from four women, including one whose story matches the details in the Chronicle account. Another woman told CNN that Swalwell kissed her without her consent in public and that she drank heavily with him before ending up in his hotel room, with no idea how she got there. A third, Ally Sammarco, a Democratic influencer, said Swalwell sent her unsolicited photos of his penis, while a fourth said he sent her unsolicited videos of his penis. NBC …
An editor for the popular YouTube creator MrBeast has been fined and suspended by prediction market platform Kalshi over suspected insider trading. The company’s disciplinary committee found that Artem Kaptur violated its policies when Kaptur placed bets in August and September related to the YouTube channel where he worked. “Specifically, the Committee found reasonable cause… Source link
