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Rugby star Ilona Maher is a two-time Olympian, a βDancing With the Starsβ alum, a social media favorite and now a Barbie doll. Mattel announced Monday that it had assembled a team of four international rugby athletes to help encourage girls to embrace their confidence and stay in sports. The new βTeam Barbieβ campaign is…
Sir Keir Starmer has said the government will not relax visa rules for India, as he embarks upon a two-day trade trip to Mumbai. The prime minister touched down this morning with dozens of Britain’s most prominent business people, including bosses from BA, Barclays, Standard Chartered, BT and Rolls-Royce. Follow updates in the Politics Hub…
For Kingsβ captain Anze Kopitar, Tuesdayβs NHL season-opener was the beginning of the end while for Ken Holland, the teamβs first-year general manager, it was the end of the beginning. For both it was also a night to forget, with the Colorado Avalanche skating through, over and around the Kings in a dominant 4-1 victory…
Britain’s wealth gap is growing and it’s now practically impossible for a typical worker to save enough to become rich, according to a report. Analysis by The Resolution Foundation, a left-leaning think tank, found it would take average earners 52 years to accrue savings that would take them from the middle to the top of…
BEERI, Israel Β βΒ Little has changed in the house of Miri Gad Messikaβs parents from two years ago, when Hamas-led militants blitzed into this tiny community less than three miles from Gazaβs eastern edge, killing more than 100 people and kidnapping 32 others. The scorch marks from the fighting that day still mar the walls, and…
Christopher Soto, the founder of the Center for California Literature. Los Angeles is, historically, a haven for writers and poets. In its city sprawl and California light, L.A. has fostered legendary writers from Joan Didion to Octavia E. Butler, created countercultural literary communities like the Watts Writers Workshop, and inspired Raymond Chandlerβs βThe Long Goodbyeβ…
A Chinese spying trial collapsed last month after the UK government would not label Beijing a national security threat, a top prosecutor has said. Christopher Berry, 33, and former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 30, were accused of espionage for China. But the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on 15 September that the charges would be…
The 69-year-old truck driver who got into a physical altercation with former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez over the weekend is out of the hospital and continuing his recovery at home, according to his attorneys. Indiana resident Perry Tole suffered a laceration on his left cheek during an incident that occurred late Friday night and into…
UK steel manufacturers are to be hit by another round of tariffs, even higher and more impactful than those levied by the US, representing “an existential threat” to the industry. The European Union (EU) is hiking the tax on steel it imports, with the tariff to be 50%, double the 25% currently levied by the…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> This 1882 L.A. phonebook includes just 90 names. (William Liang / For The Times) On April 3, 1882, the city permitted the Los Angeles Telephone Co. to string lines within city limits. A week later, L.A. printed its first phone book. Most early directories were tossed once a new one arrived, but Peter…
