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The European Union reached a “historic” deal early Tuesday morning on a massive coronavirus stimulus plan after nearly five days of intense negotiations. The deal includes $857 billion in grants and loans, the largest joint borrowing in the history of the E.U., which will go towards repairing and rebuilding the economies of the group’s 27 …

Some of the Tower of London’s Beefeaters may soon be facing layoffs amid falling tourist numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Britain’s Historic Royal Palaces confirmed that a voluntary redundancy plan had been introduced. It said staff had been told that cuts were likely among the 37 members of the body formally named the Yeoman …

Music executive Steve Stoute thinks that If Drake goes independent, the music business is over. Stoute spoke with rapper Russ at SelectCon about whether artists should sign with labels. Of Drake — signed to Cash Money via Universal’s Republic Records — Russ said, “If Drake posts a picture on the ’Gram of his new album …

Greg and Gaebri Kelley were like a “Friday Night Lights” storyline come to life. The pair started dating after they graduated middle school outside of Austin, Texas, where he was a budding football superstar and she was captain of the dance team. “Back then I was attracted to how passionate he was about sports,” 24-year-old …

Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and the original cast of 1998’s “The Parent Trap” will reunite on July 20, director Nancy Meyers announced via her Instagram. The virtual reunion will be the first time the cast has gotten together since its release exactly 22 years ago. Meyers, who directed the remake wrote, “Sorry for the mini …

Two generations of American scholars held out hope that China would become “a responsible stakeholder.” In 2020, those hopes have been dashed. The deteriorating relationship between the world’s two superpowers—the United States and China—is now entering a period of grave danger. An emboldened Chinese Communist Party is now on the move in Asia and globally. …

England prepares to raise the curtain on theaters, music venues The United Kingdom announced Friday that all indoor performance spaces, including theatres and music venues, can start performances on August 1 providing they follow new social distancing rules. According to Variety, the news was announced by Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, …

The axe is about to fall at media giant NBCUniversal to offset losses brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, The Post has learned. The New York-based broadcaster, home to “This Is Us” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” is preparing broad-based layoffs that will hit its network employees especially hard, sources said. The scale …

It’s the middle of summer, and despite the world being in a pandemic, plenty of warm-weather activities have returned: picnics, Frisbee and even swimming are allowed in many states. But what of the summer blockbuster? Our cinematic escape in which supercharged air conditioning, a spaceship and Will Smith save us from the scorching heat? The …

Immigrants who have had to fight for and fear the loss of their freedoms will perhaps help remind us of what we have and why it’s precious. A year ago in March 2019, protests broke out in Hong Kong over concerns that a Beijing-backed piece of legislation would allow Hongkongers to be extradited to mainland …