This article is part of the FT Globetrotter's guide to MadridYou probably haven't heard of zarzuela. A close cousin of opera, the local musical theater genre has long been passed over in Madrid in favor of flamenco. Part of the problem is that performances are rare and not marketed to tourists looking to experience the city's cultural offerings. This is unfortunate, as this art form offers an interesting look at life in Spain's capital from the 19th to the mid-20th centuries. However, it seems that this situation will change. In January, the Spanish government declared zarzuela part of the country's…
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The death of an infant on the 405 Freeway near Culver City may be linked to a homicide in the Topanga area and a fatal crash in Redondo Beach, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Monday.Officers were dispatched to the 6200 block of Farrell Street in Woodland Hills around 7:35 a.m. Monday, where they found an unresponsive man in his 30s. He was pronounced dead at the scene.LAPD said investigators later learned of two incidents that occurred earlier in the morning that may be related to the homicide investigation.At approximately 4:30 a.m., officers were called to the northbound 405 Freeway…
Rio de Janeiro – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge listed Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing fake news investigation, and opened a separate investigation into the US executive for obstruction.In his decision, Judge Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public “disinformation campaign” regarding the Supreme Court proceedings, and that Musk continued the next day — most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease complying with his decision. Court orders blocking certain accounts. Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who acquired Twitter in late 2022, accused de Moraes of…
Prominent Jewish leaders are free to continue calling Louis Farrakhan — the leader of the black nationalist organization the Nation of Islam — an anti-Semite, according to a New York court.The Nation of Islam has sued the Anti-Defamation League and the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center for $4.8 billion, alleging that the Jewish organizations violated the First Amendment rights of the Nation of Islam by calling Farrakhan's repeated unflattering comments about Jews “anti-Semitic.”In recent years, Farrakhan has publicly compared Jews to termites, accused the “Synagogue of Satan” of wrapping its tentacles around the US government, and claimed that “pedophilia and…
Multiverse, a British unicorn that builds apprenticeship programs for people to learn technology skills on the job, has made an acquisition as it aims to develop its own skills. The company bought Searchlight, a startup and recruiting platform that uses AI-based technology to find talent. The plan is to use Searchlight's technology to create new AI products for Multiverse to expand its professional training services. “Searchlight’s AI, platform and exceptional talent will allow us to better diagnose the skills needed within companies and deliver impactful solutions,” Euan Blair, founder and CEO of Multiverse, said in a statement. “Combining large-scale, global…
A Tesla Model S. Engelmann | Via ReutersTesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Walter Huang, an Apple engineer and father of two who died after his ModelThe settlement comes as jury selection and trial begin Monday in California Superior Court. The settlement allows Tesla to avoid broadcasting evidence and testimony in a widely watched case.The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the fatal crash and revealed, in 2020, that it found that Tesla's technology was at least partially responsible for the crash, along with possible driver distraction and road construction problems. The NTSB believes Huang…
The United States is “very focused on ensuring” Russia cannot develop new LNG projects, a senior US diplomat said.Statements made by Jeffrey Pyatt, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, to the Financial Times Commodities Summit regarding the LNG 2 project in the Russian Arctic, which is led by the private company Novatek.The United States subjected the key project to direct sanctions in November, in effect preventing stakeholders from accessing the LNG. However, Novatek is also developing another major project in the Murmansk region.“Our goal is to make sure that LNG 2 in the Arctic is dead in the…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on February 1, 2024.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersStock futures were little changed on Monday, as rising Treasury yields capped important gains for stocks and investors braced for upcoming inflation data.Linked futures contracts Standard & Poor's 500 Hovering near the flat line. Nasdaq 100 futures It advanced by 0.1%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures He won 16 points or 0.04%.Stocks ended Monday's trading largely unchanged, with the S&P 500 closing marginally lower by 0.04%. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.4%, as investors awaited Wednesday's CPI report for more information…
An airplane passes during a partial solar eclipse of Queens, New York City, United States, April 8, 2024. Andrew Kelly | ReutersMonday's solar eclipse gives some of the country's smaller airports a moment in the sun.The Federal Aviation Administration said flights from airports from Burlington, Vermont, to southern Illinois were briefly halted Monday morning ahead of the totality.Such disruptions are routinely caused by bad weather and heavy traffic in major city centres, but the scenic high demand of the phenomenon disrupted some smaller airports on Monday. The best views of the solar eclipse in the United States extend from Texas…
Carry-on and luggage maker Targus says it is facing a “temporary interruption” of its business operations following a cyberattack on Friday. In a notice to regulators on Monday, Targus' parent company, B. Riley Financial, said it discovered that a “threat actor gained unauthorized access to certain Targus file systems,” and shut down a significant portion of its network to isolate the incident. “The incident has been contained and efforts to restore Targus systems are underway,” the statement said. Details of the Targus cyber attack are now public thanks to a new rule put in place by the US Securities Regulatory…