ICM Signs Cooper Raiff, Filmmaker Behind SXSW Jury Prize Winning Narrative ‘Shithouse’ EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has signed Cooper Raiff, the young filmmaker whose feature directorial debut, Shithouse, picked up the grand jury prize in the narrative feature competition from the restructured 2020 SXSW Film Festival edition (films were judged virtually). ICM will rep Raiff on […]

Stock Alert: Lowe’s Has Been Moving Higher Shares Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies,Inc. (LOW) have spiked nearly 60% in the past few weeks from its 52-week low of $60 hit on March 19. It had recorded a 52-week high of $126.73 on February 20. Monday the stock was down $0.09 or 0.094% before closing at […]

Universal Credit facing surge in demand – DWP chief confirms staggering claimant numbers In the last four weeks, the Government has received 1.4 million claims for Universal Credit, an eight-fold increase on normal times. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey spoke to BBC Breakfast about how the system is dealing with the unprecedented demand at […]

Coronavirus: Virtual health care app connects Saskatchewan residents with doctors A Saskatchewan company is partnering with the province to connect residents with doctors and nurses through virtual health care. Lumeca is an online app which functions like a walk-in clinic, linking users to health care professionals over video chat. The push to grow more of […]

Exxon pipeline leak halts some production at Gulf of Mexico facility, Shell says Royal Dutch Shell on Monday said a leak in Exxon Mobil’s HOOPS pipeline had forced it to temporarily shut in production at its Perdido Gulf of Mexico facility, which it owns jointly with BP and Chevron. -More to come Regina Exhibition Association […]

European Economics Preview: Germany Factory Orders Data Due Factory orders from Germany and investor confidence from euro area are due on Monday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is scheduled to issue Germany’s factory orders data for February. Orders are expected to fall 2.5 percent on month, […]

Sophy Ridge on Sunday podcast: Apologies and forgiveness | Keir Starmer & Alok Sharma New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calls on the government to apologise for the lack of protective equipment reaching the NHS frontline. Business Secretary Alok Sharma refuses to apologise, and defends the government’s coronavirus response. Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin gives […]

UK coronavirus death toll grows by 917 to 9,875 LONDON (Reuters) – The latest death toll from the coronavirus in the United Kingdom has risen by 917 to 9,875 people, health officials said on Saturday. The rise, which detailed the number of hospital deaths as of 1600 GMT on April 10, was lower than that […]

Coronavirus: Outbreak puts wildlife markets in the spotlight A month after WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Al Jazeera visits ‘wet’ markets, whose trade is blamed for the outbreak. A warning, viewers may find some of the images in Jessica Washington’s report disturbing. The pandemic has put the spotlight on Asia’s wet markets – or markets […]

Ireland extends coronavirus lockdown until May 5 DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland on Friday extended stay-at-home restrictions designed to slow the spread of coronavirus until May 5, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said. “The restrictions we introduced two weeks ago were due to expire on Sunday. Today the expert recommendation is to extend them for a further […]