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Sir Keir Starmer has announced a shake-up of his team in Downing Street as he seeks to reset his premiership after a difficult first year in office. Darren Jones, seen as a rising star within the Labour Party, has been moved to Number 10 to oversee the day-to-day delivery of the prime minister’s priorities. He…
Kami Miner, an All-American volleyball player at Redondo Union and Stanford, dropped by her alma materβs match last week before heading to Italy to play pro volleyball. Coach Tommy Chaffins knew what to do. βHey, you want to come into the team room?β he asked. ββIβd love to,β Miner said. Redondo Union players got a…
SEOUL Β βΒ The first summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and President Trump was a picture of easy chumminess. On Monday, the two leaders bonded over the fact that they both have survived assassination attempts, and they talked golf. When Trump admired the handcrafted wooden fountain pen Lee used to sign the White House…
The McLaren Formula One team is to be valued at over Β£3bn in a deal that will reap a stellar return for the investors which helped bail out its parent company during the pandemic. Sky News can exclusively reveal that McLaren Group’s owners – Mumtalakat, the Bahraini sovereign wealth fund, and Abu Dhabi-based automotive investment…
TELLURIDE, Colo.Β βΒ Itβs customary at Telluride for a director premiering a movie to step onstage, say a few words and slip away before the lights go down. On Friday night, before unveiling her new film βHamnet,β ChloΓ© Zhao admitted she couldnβt find the right words. For a film centered on William Shakespeare, the most famous wordsmith…
After a summer dominated by criticism over the small boats crisis and asylum hotels, Labour says it’s planning to overhaul the “broken” asylum system. As MPs return to Westminster today, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will speak about the government’s success in tackling people smugglers and plans for border security reform. Image: August saw the lowest…
The Sparks won a critical game Sunday, defeating the Washington Mystics 81-78 to keep their slim playoff hopes alive heading into the final two weeks of the regular season. Washington hit a trio of three-pointers in the final minute, but Dearica Hambyβs jumper in the paint and Kelsey Plumβs two free throws in the final…
The vast majority of policymakers in Westminster, let alone elsewhere around the UK, have never heard of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the geopolitical grouping currently holding its summit at Tianjin, but hear me out on why we should all be paying considerable attention to it. Because the more attention you pay to this grouping of…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Democratic Partyβs standing in public opinion polls has sunk to its lowest point in more than 30 years. Many of the partyβs own voters think their leaders arenβt fighting hard enough against President Trump. In one survey, the words they used most often were βweakβ and βtepid.β βThe party is in shambles,β said James…
Gordon Ramsay has a message for you this holiday weekend: wear sunscreen. The Michelin-starred celebrity chef posted Saturday on Instagram that he was diagnosed with skin cancer and had the basal cell carcinoma removed from the side of his face. Ramsay shared two photos, one of a bandage stretching from his cheek to his neck….
