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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Iran, New Zealand, Switzerland, Belgium and the winner of a March playoff featuring Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and Northern Ireland will join the U.S. in playing World Cup group-stage games at SoFi Stadium next June. The Inglewood venue will host eight World Cup games in 28 days, beginning with the U.S. opener with Paraguay…
Jamie Oliver is relaunching his high street chain, Jamie’s Italian, six years after the business collapsed, causing hundreds of job losses. The TV chef will start by opening a restaurant in London’s Leicester Square next spring in partnership with Brava Hospitality Group, which runs another Italian eatery chain, Prezzo. Oliver, 50, has presented a host…
βAre you ready? Then we shall begin.β This narration, over an image of three moons hanging in the sky, begins Julia Jackmanβs β100 Nights of Hero,β which she adapted from Isabel Greenbergβs 2016 graphic novel and directed. It signifies that weβre in for a level of heightened, self-reflective fantasy storytelling and, in fact, the revolutionary…
Allegations about Nigel Farage’s schooldays have hit the headlines since the early days of the Brexit campaign in 2013. He has always dismissed such claims as “politically motivated” and insisted recently he has “never directly racially abused anybody”. But now, with the prospect of Prime Minister Farage looking ever more likely, former classmates have decided…
The night before she first walked into Clinton High School in 1956, Jo Ann Allen beamed over her outfit with the excitement of any teenager starting ninth grade. Her grandmother had sewn the dress β white with a careful trim, pleats and a wide-pressed collar. With her best friend Gail Ann Epps Upton, she buzzed…
Los Alamitos underclassmen laid down their helmets, one by one, on the five-yard line. Griffins junior running back Kamden Tillis was already overcome by emotion, the reality of a 42-21 defeat to San Diego Cathedral in the Division 1-AA regional final sinking into Los Alamitos as the players said goodbye. βI hate this moment,β said…
Piers Morgan, the broadcaster and journalist, is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding from heavyweight investors as he seeks to turn Uncensored, his YouTube-based venture, into a broad-based global media business. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Mr Morgan is in the process of finalising a roughly $30m (Β£22.5m) fundraising for Uncensored that…
Coming to you from the opposite end of the movie musical spectrum from where βWickedβ perches is Maria Friedmanβs compact, propulsive film of her acclaimed revival staging of Stephen Sondheimβs βMerrily We Roll Along.β The revered composerβs 1981 musical is that canon rarity: a flop (as in, it closed two weeks after opening) that over…
Goa is widely known for its golden beaches, vibrant nightlife, and Portuguese-era charm. But beyond its coastline lies a world of architectural marvels, hilltop viewpoints, and historical ruins that tell the story of centuries of battles, colonization, and cultural fusion. Among all of Goaβs historical towns, Aguada Fort in Sinquerim, North Goa stands out as…
Nigel Farage has launched a tirade against the BBC after he was asked about claims he used racist and antisemitic language when he was at school, which he denied.Β The Reform UK leader accused the broadcaster of “double standards”, pointing to its past television shows when he claimed the BBC “were very happy to use…
