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NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto International Film Festival will screen a documentary on the 2023 Hamas attack, after all, following an uproar over the film’s disinvitation from the upcoming festival. Earlier this week, TIFF withdrew its invitation to the film “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue.” The festival said the decision was based in part on legal clearance for footage used in the documentary. Deadline, which first reported the news, said a sticking point was the identification and legal clearance of Hamas militants’ own livestreaming of the attack.On Thursday evening, TIFF chief executive Cameron Bailey and “The Road…

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Applied Materials — The semiconductor equipment manufacturer tumbled 11% after the current-quarter outlook missed expectations of analysts polled by LSEG. Fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue topped estimates. UnitedHealth — The insurer jumped nearly 8% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake , according to a regulatory filing. Berkshire bought more than five million shares, amounting to a stake of more than $1.6 billion at the end of June. Sandisk — The data storage provider slumped almost 10% after posting a smaller non-GAAP gross margin than a year ago. The…

Our football betting expert and top tipster Jones Knows is back in the Premier League predictions chair to provide his insight and best bets. Liverpool vs Bournemouth, Friday 8pm, live on Sky Sports We are so back. Bournemouth, with Andoni Iraola at the helm, won’t just park the bus on this Friday night trip to Anfield under the lights. This is a side that presses high, plays boldly, and can punch back when falling behind.Expect end-to-end football, counter-attacks from both teams in a league that is now a fast-break central, and a few defensive wobbles to crank up the tension.…

In comments on a right-wing radio show earlier this week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is working on designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, as well as cracking down on a Muslim-American non-profit for its perceived ties to the Brotherhood. While calls to do so have come from several US lawmakers in the past, they have not borne fruit. But now, a cabinet-level official is making the assertion. “Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and Cair?” asked the radio host, Sid Rosenberg, referencing the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil…

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935.FPG | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesNinety years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which created the program that now sends monthly benefit checks to millions of Americans, including retirees, disabled individuals and families.But by the time the program celebrates its centennial, benefits may not look the same as today’s Social Security payments.The reason: Social Security’s trust funds, which the program relies on to help pay benefits, are facing a looming shortfall.Starting in 2033 — two years before its 100th anniversary —…

Nottingham Forest have agreed a deal worth up to £30m with Manchester City for James McAtee – and are working on three more signings. Sky Sports News understands that sell-on and buy-back clauses have been included in the agreement for the midfielder. McAtee, 22, came through Manchester City’s academy and made 34 appearances for the first team, scoring seven goals, having had two spells on loan at Sheffield United.The England U21 international started three Premier League games last season, playing 27 times in total for Pep Guardiola’s side.Forest have spent £44m so far this summer on winger Dan Ndoye and…

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake in troubled insurer UnitedHealth last quarter, according to a regulatory filing, a surprising buy because of the company’s current reputation, but perhaps not considering his history of bargain investing.The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate purchased more than 5 million shares in the health-care firm for a stake worth about $1.6 billion at the end of June. The stake puts it as the 18th-biggest position in the Berkshire portfolio behind Amazon and Constellation Brands, according to VerityData.Berkshire’s equity portfolio is worth about $300 billion, so it is possible that Buffett’s two investing lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, were…

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Alex Wroblewski | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIntel shares rose 7% on Thursday after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is in talks with the chipmaker to have the U.S. government take a stake in the struggling company.Intel is the only U.S. company with the capability to manufacture the fastest chips on U.S. shores, although rivals including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Samsung also have U.S. factories. President Donald Trump has called for more chips and…

Rob DawsonAug 14, 2025, 03:41 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsNottingham Forest have a agreed a deal with Manchester City to sign James McAtee, sources have told ESPN.The 22-year-old is set to move to the City Ground for a deal worth up to £30 million ($40.1m). City have also included a sell-on clause and buy-back option in the agreement.The England under-21 international has been given permission to undergo a medical with Forest and finalise personal terms.- Liverpool favoured over Man City to repeat in EPL- Sources: Spurs keen on Savinho, City reluctant- Wright: Man City’s new ‘rain-soaked’ third kit is a total…

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesData suggests the U.S. economy may be in a precarious spot — and investors may be wise not to take outsized risks with their portfolios for fear of steep losses, experts said.”This is not the environment to be a hero in,” Callie Cox, chief market strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management, wrote this month in a newsletter.In other words: Stick to your long-term investment plan, including an appropriate asset allocation and time frame to reach your goals, experts said. Avoid the temptation to funnel a big chunk of money into high-flying shiny objects…