Ed Sheeran’s international tour has been thrown into crisis, with one opening act, the rapper Macklemore, dropped from the tour’s US dates for his onstage support of Palestine, and all of the British singer’s other openers quitting to protest the removal.

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Prince Harry and Meghan’s return to Britain is sparking questions about royal rifts with Prince William and Kate. It’s a shocking reversal after the Duke and Duchess stepped back as working royals.

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Hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan DoorDash driver in Austin, Texas, dozens of protesters gathered at a busy intersection near the site of the incident.

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Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores this week.

It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, Starbucks closed 627 stores in North America and Europe and laid off 900 non-retail employees.

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Meritage Hospitality Group, which operates 314 Wendy’s restaurants in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy, saying that the fast-food chain has struggled with high beef prices and declining sales.

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