On an overcast morning in September, Hector Alessandro Negrete left his beloved Los Angeles β the city he was brought to at 3 months old β and headed down Interstate 5 to Mexico, the only country where he held a passport. It was a place that, to him, had βalways felt like both a wound…
The owner of song catalogues produced by artists such as ZZ Top and Ellie Goulding is raising hundreds of millions of dollars in a deal with the private equity firm Searchlight Capital. Sky News has learnt that Chord Music Partners has struck an agreement for Searchlight to invest $400m in the company, which is backed…
One of the UK’s last remaining steel companies has been pushed into compulsory liquidation – and will fall into government control. Speciality Steels UK (SSUK), part of the Liberty Steel empire owned by metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, employs nearly 1,500 people at sites in Rotherham and several other locations across South Yorkshire. Behind Tata Steel…
Eric Neffβs tenure at the Los Angeles County district attorneyβs office ended after he was placed on administrative leave in 2022 over accusations of misconduct in the prosecution of the CEO of Konnech, a software company that election conspiracy theorists said was in the thrall of the Chinese government. Now, three years later, Neff is…
So Trump and tariffs – what’s going on? Let’s start with the latest development and work backwards.Β The president has announced a tariff of 15% globally. Now you might be thinking “didn’t he set it at 10% on Friday?” Yes he did. But now he’s raised it to 15%. The latest pronouncement came – on…
NUUK, GreenlandΒ βΒ One year ago, days before Donald Trump reclaimed power, the head of Denmarkβs Peopleβs Party took a trip to Mar-a-Lago. Morten Messerschmidt thought he and Trump shared a common view on the perils of European integration. Together, he told local media at the time, they could make the West great again. In Europe, just…
The government has abandoned plans to postpone 30 local elections in May following legal advice. Labour announced in December it was planning to cancel elections in 30 areas – affecting more than 4.5 million people – to overhaul English council structures. But on Monday, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said it…
We know from headlines that small-scale technologies such as drones have transformed war, most urgently affecting Ukraineβs ability to stay in a bruising battle for its existence against Russia. But itβs done the same for covering war too, especially the kind of fleet, up-close dispatch of which we can now say Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov…
DALLASΒ βΒ The Lakers are as shorthanded as they can be, their dynamic starting backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves out with injuries at a pivotal time of the season. Theyβre the offensive engines for a Lakers team battling for the No. 3 playoff seeding in a competitive Western Conference. The 41-year-old LeBron James is now…
When she was 15, Lizbeth Jacqueline Ovalle traveled alone by bus for up to nine hours to play for the Mexican national team, with no payment other than the cost of her ticket. Her talent and determination helped her play in the U17 World Cup and make her 2017 debut in the then-nascent Liga MX…