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Samson Tafoloβs final count read 119. For 45 minutes, he had tugged a wagon packed with mini water bottles, hemp cigarettes and miscellaneous hygiene products around Skid Row, handing out the supplies and keeping a tally of everyone he served on his usual route. Tafolo and other leaders at the Sidewalk Project, a harm reduction…
Sir Keir Starmer has said 24,000 people who “have no right to be here” have been returned since Labour took power as he opened the government’s border security summit. The prime minister said it was the “highest return rate for eight years”. Politics latest: UK has been ‘soft touch on migration’, says Starmer Since Labour…
TAIPEI, TaiwanΒ βΒ The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has killed more than 1,600 people and injured more than 3,400 and was felt as far as Thailand, Laos and southern China. The earthquake originated near Mandalay, Myanmarβs second-largest city of about 1.5 million, from rubbing tectonic plates along the Sagaing fault, which runs…
βThey call us βThe Ladies,β β Leslie Bibb says proudly assessing the name given to the video call (TWL Three Ladies) weβre on. βThatβs our text thread β The Ladies,β adds Carrie Coon, her co-star on βThe White Lotus.β Itβs a few days before the penultimate episode of Season 3 drops, and Bibb, Coon and…
On the banks of the Ohio River in a rural corner of one of America’s poorest states sit two factories, one next to the other.Β One is open. The other is shuttered. Both cut to the heart of what Donald Trump hopes he can do to transform America’s industrial base. Ravenswood, West Virginia, is a…
Stock markets have plummeted as the 2 April implementation day of US tariffs ticks closer. Benchmark stocks in Asia were rattled at the lack of progress in halting US President Donald Trump’s taxes which are due to come into force on US imports from Wednesday. After delays, 25% tariffs are to be levied on all…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπ Your morning politics digest with Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy. Ahead of “liberation day”, when Donald Trump’s new tariffs come into effect, how can and will the UK respond? And what does it mean for Starmer’s broader relationship with the US…
The boss of Primark has resigned after admitting an “error of judgement” in his behaviour towards a woman in a social environment. Paul Marchant stepped down as chief executive of the high-street fashion brand with immediate effect following an investigation. Primark‘s parent firm, Associated British Foods (ABF) said he had co-operated with the investigation, and…
Sir Keir Starmer is set to address a summit today aimed at cracking down illegal migration. The UK prime minister is expected to say countries must not be pitted against each other over the “vile trade” of people smuggling. Representatives of 40 countries will gather in London for the two-day summit, where Sir Keir is…
The Dodgers could be excused for thinking they dodged a torpedo. Good thing for them that in last yearβs World Series most New York Yankees hitters had yet to equip themselves with the bat conceived by an MIT physicist turned baseball analytics nerd. Aaron Leanhardt was hired away from MIT by the Yankees in 2018…
