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OKLAHOMA CITYΒ βΒ In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or coaches had spoken to Luka Doncic after he limped off the court in the third quarter Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves didnβt know the extent of Doncicβs hamstring injury, but he knew how the Lakers superstar would…
Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…
βEverybody says [redacted] is saving pop. No, Joyce is saving pop,β a fan declares on a voice note at the outset of flowerovloveβs single βmuse.β Joyce CissΓ©, known by her artist moniker flowerovlove, is a breezy, deeply thoughtful and remarkably confident singer-songwriter from South London. Her discography leans into bubblegum pop, igniting the giddy teen…
Speculation that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will approve the controversial Jackdaw oil and gas field is “unfounded”, the minister’s department said. The Times reported that Mr Miliband, the key proponent of Labour’s net zero plans, is set to give the project the green light. Jackdaw was previously approved under the Conservatives, before being put on…
As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los Angeles, where glittering high-rises have plummeted in value since occupancy dropped during the pandemic. It has never fully recovered, but investors believe the…
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Marks and Spencer’s retail boss has warned crime is getting “more brazen, more organised and more aggressive” after a week plagued by antisocial behaviour. Retail director Thinus Keeve hit out at the government and London mayor Sadiq Khan in a letter posted to the supermarket’s website. “Without a government seriously cracking down on crime and…
Rapper Pooh Shiesty kidnapped and robbed fellow rapper and mentor Gucci Mane in a music studio ambush, federal prosecutors say. The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that Memphis rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30 planned and executed the βcoordinated armed takeoverβ at a Dallas music studio in January. According to prosecutors, eight of nine suspects…
π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π It’s an Easter special β so grab yourself a hot cross bun and listen in as Beth, Ruth and Harriet answer all of your questions. From whether Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage might have more in common than they think, to if…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday, ending a tumultuous 14-month tenure marked by mass firings of career prosecutors, a bungled handling of Jeffrey Epsteinβs sex trafficking investigation and a string of investigations into the presidentβs political foes, including prominent California Democrats. Trump announced the ouster of the former Florida attorney general…
