• The Canadian Press

    'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes

    CANNES, France (AP) — While Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of Trump in the 1980s. “The Apprentice,” directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. The central relationship of the movie is between Trump and Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the defense attorney who was chief counsel to Joseph McCa

  • The Canadian Press

    WikiLeaks founder Assange wins right to appeal against an extradition order to the US

    LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal an extradition order to the United States on espionage charges, a London court ruled Monday — a decision likely to further drag out an already long legal saga. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled for Assange after his lawyers argued that the U.S. government provided “blatantly inadequate” assurances that he would have the same free speech protections as an American citizen if extradited from Britain. Assange, 52, has

  • Investor's Business Daily

    MetLife Stock Gets Second Wind, Sprints Higher; Near Buy Point

    Insurance giant MetLife rebounded late last year and is putting up strong sales and profit numbers. Additionally, MetLife stock is up 50% over the past year and just below a fresh buy point. The upgraded 82 RS Rating means that MetLife stock topped 82% of all stocks for price performance this past year.