Oil sits at the heart of Donald Trump’s Venezuelan gamble. Within a day of the US operation which ousted President Nicolas Maduro, Trump made his top priority clear: reviving the country’s oil industry. “We’re going to have our very large US oil companies – the biggest anywhere in the world – go in, spend billions…
R. Scott Gemmill, the creator and showrunner of βThe Pitt,β has always felt comfortable in a hospital. He initially had ambitions of going into medicine β he studied gerontology, which explores the processes and problems of aging, and did some volunteer work at hospitals. He also took a nurse assistant course. βI really thought I…
Zack Polanski might not appear the most natural ally of Reform voters. On migration – consistently one of the most important issues for Reform voters – the Green Party leader could not be further away from Nigel Farage. Where the Reform leader believes migration has damaged Britain and advocates for “mass deportations”, Mr Polanski views…
The Dodgers wonβt be heading to an arbitration hearing after all. Outfielder Alex Call (one-year, $1.6 million) and relief pitchers Anthony Banda (one-year, $1.625 million) and Brock Stewart (one-year, $1.3 million) each avoided arbitration, coming to an agreement with the Dodgers before Thursdayβs MLB arbitration deadline, people familiar with the situation but unauthorized to speak…
Glencore is in talks with rival Rio Tinto that could lead to merger and the creation of the world’s largest mining firm. Glencore issued a statement to the market soon after the Financial Times (FT) reported that discussions over a tie-up had resumed, almost a year after a previous round of talks broke down. There…
A fundraiser aimed at keeping Mickey Rourke housed has hit the brakes temporarily after the Oscar-nominated actor rejected more than $100,000 from fans and supporters earlier this week. On Thursday, the GoFundMe page had a βdonations pausedβ tag on it while Kimberly Hines, Rourkeβs manager of nine years, addressed the situation in an update. βThank…
π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π Former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt joins Beth, Harriet, and Ruth on this week’s Electoral Dysfunction. As Denmark finds itself at the centre of a growing international crisis over Greenland, she tells us that the country feels “bullied”. Ms Thorning-Schmidt describes how…
A day after a woman in Minneapolis was killed by an immigration federal agent, clergy leaders and advocates gathered on the steps of the downtown Los Angeles federal immigration building to honor her and denounce the killing. Holding printed photos of Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot in the head by a federal immigration agent,…
Calabasas pulled off a huge win in high school basketball on Tuesday night, handing Thousand Oaks its first defeat after 16 victories in a Marmonte League opener. The Coyotes (13-5) have quietly turned around their season after a 2-4 start, winning 11 of their last 12 games. One of the major contributors has been 6-foot-3…
A fibre broadband network provider backed by an arm of Aviva, the FTSE-100 insurer, is in merger talks with a rival amid growing financial pressure on the heavily indebted industry. Sky News has learnt that Truespeed, which has received Β£175m of funding from Aviva Investors, is in discussions about a tie-up with Freedom Fibre. Negotiations…