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Oil sits at the heart of Donald Trump’s Venezuelan gamble. Within a day of the US operation which ousted President Nicolas Maduro, Trump made his top priority clear: reviving the country’s oil industry. “We’re going to have our very large US oil companies – the biggest anywhere in the world – go in, spend billions…
A fundraiser aimed at keeping Mickey Rourke housed has hit the brakes temporarily after the Oscar-nominated actor rejected more than $100,000 from fans and supporters earlier this week. On Thursday, the GoFundMe page had a βdonations pausedβ tag on it while Kimberly Hines, Rourkeβs manager of nine years, addressed the situation in an update. βThank…
The owners of New Look, the high street fashion retailer, have picked bankers to oversee a strategic review which is expected to see the company change hands next year. Sky News has learnt that Rothschild has been appointed in recent days to advise New Look and its shareholders on a potential exit. The investment bank’s…
In recent days, tensions over the U.S. war in Iran have steadily mounted. Polls have shown the campaign is widely unpopular. An entire flank of Trumpβs MAGA base has criticized it as a clear departure from the βAmerica Firstβ mantra Trump has long espoused. Leaders within the Trump administration have pushed against claims it was…
CHICAGOΒ βΒ When UCLA met Michigan State on its home court less than a month ago, it turned out to be an eye-opening nadir for the Bruins. The game was out of hand in minutes. At one point, they trailed the Spartans by more than 30. The night went so awry for UCLA that its coach, Mick…
Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard, the NBAβs seventh-leading scorer and likely the most deserving player left off the All-Star Game reserves, was added to one of the U.S. rosters for the new mini-tournament that will take place Feb. 15 at Intuit Dome. Heβll play alongside Lakers forward LeBron James and former Clippers teammate Norman Powell…
βWhat were they thinking?β This is the question on everyoneβs mind of βThe Bacheloretteβsβ producers, ABC, Hulu and the Disney legal team. On Thursday, ABC announced that the heavily promoted new season of βThe Bachelorette,β scheduled to premiere Sunday, would not be moving forward βat this time.β Why not? Well, the Bachelorette in question, βThe…
How do you know what you know? Did you learn it in school, read it in a newspaper? Did you get your information on social media or though chatter with friends? Even in an age of misinformation and disinformation β which we really need to start clearly calling propaganda β we continue to rely on…
Charlie Kirk, the conservative millennial influencer who galvanized young Americans to support the GOP and was assassinated this week in Utah, was the most influential modern-day catalyst of shifting voting trends among fledgling voters, according to Republican and Democratic strategists. Kirk founded the nonprofit Turning Point USA in 2012 at the age of 18, and…
Lucy Powell’s had quite the political comeback. Sacked from cabinet by the prime minister but weeks ago, she’s back with her own powerbase and voice at the top of the party as the deputy Labour leader. She was not Keir Starmer‘s choice and, while the prime minister was quick to embrace her on Saturday as…
