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The French government has said it will suspend the fast-fashion shopping website Shein amid controversy over its sale of childlike sex dolls.The announcement came as Shein opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the world in Paris amid a heavy police presence.“On the instructions of the prime minister, the government is initiating the procedure to suspend Shein for the time necessary for the platform to demonstrate to the public authorities that all of its content is finally in compliance with our laws and regulations,” the office of the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said. “An initial review will be conducted by ministers…

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is finally ready to try a second launch of its super heavy-lift rocket New Glenn. The company announced on Wednesday that it will attempt the launch as early as Sunday, November 9, from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. New Glenn’s first flight took place back in January, and it was mostly successful. The rocket’s second stage made it into orbit, but the first stage exploded on its return to Earth before Blue Origin could attempt to land it on a drone ship in the ocean. Earlier this year, the company said it…

One of the directors of the critically maligned legal drama All’s Fair has responded to negative reviews, saying that “not everything is for everybody”.Anthony Hemingway, who has directed four episodes of the show and is an executive producer on it, was asked about his thoughts on the overwhelmingly bad reviews in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.The show from Ryan Murphy stars Oscar nominees Glenn Close and Naomi Watts but is led by Kim Kardashian, who has received the brunt of the criticism. In a zero-star review, the Guardian’s Lucy Mangan said it was “fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible”, while writing…

The Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51m viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan. Major League Baseball said it is the most-watched game since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.Last Saturday’s game averaged 27.33m on Fox Sports, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of last week.It also was the most-watched Fall Classic game since 2017’s Game 7 between the Dodgers and Houston Astros averaged 29.07m.…

Several contestants have walked out of a Miss Universe event after an official from host nation Thailand publicly berated Miss Mexico in a tense confrontation. At a pre-pageant ceremony, Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil told off Fatima Bosch in front of dozens of contestants for failing to post promotional content.When she objected, Mr Nawat called security and threatened to disqualify those supporting her. Ms Bosch then left the room and others joined her in solidarity.Video of the incident, which was live streamed, has been shared online. The Miss Universe Organisation (MUO) has condemned Mr Nawat’s “malicious” behaviour, for which…

Lee Carter, president and partner at Maslansky + Partners, joins “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss the results from Tuesday’s election, as well as the lessons both Republicans and Democrats can take away from Zohran Mamdani’s decisive win in the NYC mayoral race. Watch the full conversation above.

If you logged into your Movies Anywhere account in the past few days, you might have noticed some titles missing from your library, specifically content purchased on Google Play and YouTube. As of October 31st, movies from either platform are no longer available on Movies Anywhere.The change was announced on a brief help page on Movies Anywhere, which simply states: “Effective 10/31/25, Google Play/YouTube will no longer participate in the Movies Anywhere program.” There are no further details about the reasoning behind the break-up. It appears that movies that were already synced to Movies Anywhere from a Google account are…

A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court and first obtained by All Hip Hop, alleges that Spotify employs a “modern form of payola” where they sell visibility on the Discovery Mode playlists via undisclosed promotional deals, instead of providing paid users with a playlist catered toward their actual music interests. The 39-page complaint, filed by Spotify subscriber Genevieve Capolongo and other users, argues that Spotify “charges listeners for the privilege of being deceived,”…

This is the first Champions League season to feature six clubs from one nation and history will be made if all six of England’s representatives go through.Back in 2017, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham all progressed, making England the first country to have five teams in the knockouts of the competition.However just two of those sides – Liverpool and Manchester City – got beyond the last 16, while the Reds went all the way to final after knocking City out in the quarter-finals.In the final, Liverpool were beaten by Real Madrid.According to Opta’s predictions, Arsenal have a…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) usually don’t travel alone. In addition to its pod, the sizable cetacean generally hosts dozens of remoras. Also known as a suckerfish, these evolutionary wonders in the Echeneidae family hitch rides on whales in order to make a meal of the sea lice and other crustaceans that also make a home on the marine mammal’s skin. To accomplish this, the remora possesses a distinctive, oval dorsal fin that functions like an adapted suction cup. The fin’s flexible membrane ridges raise and lower…