UK average diesel costs have hit a 16-month high, less than a week after war gripped the Middle East and sent oil costs rocketing. Global energy prices have been the main financial market focus since Tehran launched attacks against Gulf nations in retaliation for the US-Israeli strikes on its country, disrupting production and deliveries of…
As a child in Newark, N.J., Narciso Rodriguez was often transported back to Cuba by the stories from his family and their friends. He walked the halls of El Encanto, a Havana department store and fashion mecca on the island β one that drew in celebrity clientele and featured haute-couture designs and fragrances from the…
“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Reportedly relayed to the Mail on Sunday while he was leader of the opposition in 1994, many will now wonder why Tony Blair did not rely on his own words when deciding whether to join the US in the…
Eight players were ejected and a referee was knocked to the floor, requiring medical attention, after a brawl broke out during South Alabamaβs 80-70 victory against Coastal Carolina in a Sun Belt Conference womenβs basketball tournament game Wednesday in Pensacola, Fla. Coastal Carolina forward Tracey Hueston has been suspended by the conference for the rest…
BEIRUTΒ βΒ The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for entire neighborhoods of Beirutβs southern suburbs, sparking pandemonium as hundreds of thousands of people joined a panicked exodus out toward Lebanonβs north. On Thursday afternoon, the Israeli militaryβs Arabic-language spokesman told residents of the Dahieh β the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital β to βsave your…
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Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Ventura on suspicion of DUI, according to online records from the Ventura County Sheriffβs Office, with the singerβs representative calling the incident βinexcusable.β Spears, 44, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol around 9:30 Wednesday night and booked around 3 a.m. Thursday. Her car was impounded, and she…
The home secretary has admitted the politics of migration is “difficult” for Labour as she announced measures to tighten Britain’s asylum system. Shabana Mahmood outlined major reforms which she said are the only alternative to the “fairy tale of open borders” from the Green Party or the “nightmare of Nigel Farage pulling up the drawbridge…
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, SOFTBALL SCORES Wednesdayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Fairfax 6, Fremont 2Franklin 3, Arleta 2Granada Hills Kennedy 4, LA Hamilton 3LA Jordan 7, WISH Academy 6Locke 11, Discovery 1Maywood Academy 10, West Adams 0Mendez 20, Contreras 3North Hollywood 7, LA Wilson 1Rancho Dominguez 10, Jefferson 1RFK Community 10, Roybal 4San Fernando 6, LA…
South East Water has been fined Β£22m for repeated supply failures, watchdog Ofwat has said. The fine relates to the water company’s supply interruptions in Kent and Sussex between 2020 and 2023, which affected more than 286,000 people. It is also under investigation for outages over the last four months. Ofwat said the fine “reflects…