π Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app π The first batch of the Mandelson files have finally been released – but even though there’s still more to come, there are already serious questions for the prime minister. What was the vetting process before Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the…
Attacks on multiple commercial ships in the waters around Iran on Wednesday increased global energy concerns, pushed nations to unleash strategic oil reserves and sparked fresh critiques of the Trump administrationβs readiness for a war it started. As Trump administration and U.S. military officials continued to claim increasing success and advantage in the conflict, leaders…
Barely a minute or two ticked away at Galen Center last month,but USC freshman Alijah Arenas already was exhausted. His legs felt like anchors dragging across the court. Every trip down and back left his lungs howling. Not 48 hours earlier, Arenas was confined to his bed, sick with a particularly unforgiving form of the…
A Sainsbury’s store manager has won Β£12,000 after an International Men’s Day social media post left him feeling “humiliated and violated”. Darren Cooper was on leave for anxiety when his regional director put up a post celebrating male leaders who “all show up for work each day, put on a name badge and provide support,…
This article contains some Season 1 spoilers for βScarpetta.β Itβs taken many years for Kay Scarpetta to arrive on television, but with Prime Videoβs new series, viewers get two iterations of the beloved literary character. In βScarpetta,β premiering Wednesday, the forensic medical examiner is played by both Nicole Kidman and Rosy McEwen, who skillfully solve…
Majorities of over 100 sound pretty healthy. But those numbers do not tell the whole story. There was an ominous warning for the government in the voting figures on its controversial jury trial reforms. The numbers revealed that in the two votes, 93 Labour MPs failed to support the government in the first vote and…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Russia is emerging as one of the few early economic beneficiaries of the war with Iran, as disruptions to energy infrastructure drive up demand for Russian exports and the world casts its gaze to the Middle East and away from Moscowβs war in Ukraine. The U.S. and its European counterparts slapped severe sanctions on Russia…
BOSTONΒ βΒ Charlie McAvoy scored 39 seconds into overtime and Jeremy Swayman stopped 14 shots on Tuesday night to earn the Boston Bruins their 13th straight victory at home, 2-1 over the Kings. Mason Lohrei scored midway through the third period to break a scoreless tie. But the Kings tied it five minutes later when Drew Doughtyβs…
Iran’s move to shut the Strait of Hormuz has brought shipping through the 24-mile stretch of water close to a standstill. Only a handful of vessels have transited in recent days, many switching off their tracking systems or linked to “shadow fleets”. “They can’t physically close a waterway of that size, but the threat is…
A judge recently entered an eviction ruling against actor Mickey Rourke who, despite owing nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent at his Beverly Grove home, rejected more than $100,000 raised in a GoFundMe campaign coordinated by his manager to keep him housed. On Monday, a judge issued a default eviction ruling in favor of Rourkeβs landlord,…