Glicked falls short of Barbenheimer in box office debuts

With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical “Wicked,” starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114 million domestically and $164.2 million globally for Universal Pictures, according … Read more

Republican Rand Paul opposes Trump talk of using military in deportations By Reuters

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul voiced opposition on Sunday to the idea of using the military to carry out mass deportations of people living in the country illegally after President-elect Donald Trump signaled last week that he plans to do so. “You don’t do it with the Army because it’s … Read more

Ukraine war pushes Europe into a race to build up its defence base

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a professor at Arizona State University and author of the forthcoming book ‘Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos’ The Biden administration’s decision to let Ukraine conduct … Read more