Tag: surprise
Best moments from the Oscars: A payback kiss, a surprise win, and a call out to ‘Mommy’
This year’s Oscars had it all – glamour, tears and the Wicked stars defying gravity. Here are some of the top moments from the biggest night in Hollywood. There was an audible gasp from journalists in the winners’ room when Mikey Madison was announced as the best actress winner. Demi Moore was the favourite for…
In a surprise, U.S. colleges saw higher enrollment last fall
Elissa Nadworny College enrollment in the U.S. rose for the first time last fall to surpass pre-pandemic levels, new figures out today show. Across undergraduate and graduate programs, total enrollment rose 4.5 percent, or 817,000 students, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The numbers provided welcome news to colleges worried about the Biden…
Surprise fall in inflation boosts interest rate cut hopes
UK inflation unexpectedly dipped in December, raising expectations of an interest rate cut next month. Prices rose 2.5% in the year to December, down from 2.6% the month before, marking the first fall in inflation for three months. The drop was driven by hotel prices falling and smaller rises in airfares than usual, but prices…
Ed Sheeran stuns pupils with surprise appearance
Ed Sheeran stunned pupils when he made a surprise appearance during a school concert in Cardiff. The pop superstar performed for a crowd of 2,000 in the main hall at Fitzalan High School, before moving to a community centre in Splott. “It got me shaking,” said 17-year-old Year 12 pupil Kia, adding: “I had goosebumps.”…
Ukraine launches surprise operation in Kursk region, according to reports
Footage purports to show Ukrainian armoured columns advancing towards village of Bolshoe Soldatskoe Video showed Ukrainian armoured columns advancing across snowy fields towards the village of Bolshoe Soldatskoe, north-east of the Ukrainian-held Russian town of Sudzha. The scale of the Sunday morning operation was not immediately clear. There were unconfirmed reports Ukrainian troops had captured…