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A cabinet minister has said attempts to deport asylum seekers could be delayed in the courts, amid confusion over whether there is a human rights “loophole” in the UK’s migration deal with France. The “one in, one out” agreement will see migrants ineligible to stay in the UK sent back across the Channel. In exchange,…
Salzburg, AustriaΒ βΒ The news of Robert Wilsonβs death at age 83 in New York reached me in a Wilsonian way β at the theater and absorbed in the kind of uncompromisingly slow, shockingly beauteous and incomprehensibly time-and-space-bending weirdness Wilson took infinite pleasure in hosting when he made what he called operas. He called everything he staged…
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Martin Scorsese is one of our greatest directors, but heβs rarely celebrated for his talent in front of the camera. At long last, though, heβs received recognition for his acting, earning a guest acting Emmy nomination for his work on the satirical Apple TV+ show βThe Studio.β Itβs a fitting acknowledgment of his underrated chops,…
A sprawling social club centering on racquet sports β the ubiquitous pickleball and rising padel, a blend of tennis and squash β is making its way to downtown L.A. next summer. With the cheeky name Ballers, the club will be housed in the former Macyβs building at The Bloc, which spans 100,000 square feet. It…
The jewellery retailer Claire’s is struggling to find a buyer for its British high street operations, stoking fears over thousands more retail jobs. Sky News has learnt that advisers to Claire’s Inc, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US on Wednesday, are not expected to land a solvent bid for its UK…
Continued growth in streaming subscriptions and strong domestic tourism to its theme parks propelled Walt Disney Co.βs fiscal third quarter earnings, even as its theatrical results dipped, the company said Wednesday. The Burbank media and entertainment giant reported $23.7 billion in revenue for the three-month period that ended June 28, up 2% compared with the…
Mookie Betts offered a new perspective Tuesday afternoon on his season-long slump, which is that it wasnβt a season-long slump. In his view, it actually extended back to last season. βI really havenβt been right since I came back from my hand last year,β Betts said. Betts fractured his left hand in mid-June last season…
The final season of βAndorβ required visual storytellers to craft a stylized tapestry that reflected each episodeβs underlying themes while unifying the whole. βWe treated every three episodes almost like a movie and gave them their own identity,β says cinematographer Christophe Nuyens, who photographed the first six episodes. In βHarvest,β the challenge was balancing lighting…
Screen time doesn’t just affect mental health. It may also take a toll on the physical health ofΒ children and teens, according to new research.Β Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association Wednesday, the research found 10- and 18-year-olds who spent more time focused on devices, including phones, televisions, computers and gaming consoles, were…
