Donald Trump’s offer of US-backed insurance and naval escorts for shipping travelling through the Strait of Hormuz has not prevented maritime premiums soaring as underwriters scramble to reassess the risks to oil, gas and cargo vessels. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to shipping following the US attack on Iran, on Tuesday the president…
Andrew Gunn, a film producer on live-action Disney favorites including βFreaky Fridayβ and βSky High,β has died. He was 56. Gunn died Monday at his Toronto home following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, according to an obituary. βHe was a courageous and modest man always doing for others before himself. His love…
Nothing puts the so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the United States under strain like the Americans going to war. At Prime Minister’s Questions, after Donald Trump’s “no Churchill” jibe, Sir Keir Starmer insisted the relationship was still alive and well. He was challenged by a Conservative MP, Gareth Bacon, on whether his “dithering”…
Depending on who you ask, the U.S. war against Iran is either designed to knee-cap the countryβs military capability or pave the way for the Iranian people to take over their own government. President Trump, whose presidential campaigns promised to end the kinds of regime-change wars that have tied down U.S. resources in the past,…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Lakers center Jaxson Hayes falls after Pelicans forward Zion Williamson commits an offensive foul as Lakers guard Austin Reaves watches at at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Matching the physicality of Pelicans forwards Zion Williamson and Saddiq Bey was on the top of the Lakersβ scouting report. But the…
On the first Wednesday of every month, we interview top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more. This month, we speak to last year’s Great British Menu finalist Jean Delport, of the Michelin-starred Interlude in West Sussex. I don’t think people realise just how much…
By day, youβd be forgiven for walking past the newest theater in downtown L.A. It isnβt hidden in an alley or obscured via a nameless door. No, this performance space is essentially a theater in disguise, as itβs designed to look like an electrical box β a fabrication so real that when artist S.C. Mero…
The spring forecast was meant to be a moment to take stock of Rachel Reeves’s stewardship of the economy. But events of recent days have rendered this occasion rather meaningless: The chancellor knows only too well that war in the Middle East could throw her best-laid plans off course, so it was curious to watch…
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is preparing for President Trump to declare a national emergency in order to seize control of this yearβs midterm elections from the states, including by bracing his Senate colleagues for a vote in which they would be forced to either co-sign on the power grab or resist it. In the wake…
The UCLA menβs basketball team made Senior Night one to savor Tuesday, dominating No. 9 Nebraska 72-52 at Pauley Pavilion for its 20th victory of the season and third over a top-10 ranked opponent. The Bruins improved to 20-10 overall and 12-7 in the Big Ten with one regular season game remaining, Saturday at crosstown…