The shuttle of the Iran World Cup team between Mexico and the United States took root Sunday in Tijuana with an accessory. The players arrived in Tijuana wearing gold-colored lapel pins on their jackets acknowledging victims of a missile strike on an elementary school that took place Feb. 28 at the outset of the war…
LOUISVILLE, Ky.Β βΒ Before Cherie DeVaux won a Breedersβ Cup race, before one of her horses won an Eclipse Award, before she became the answer to a Siri question β βWho was the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby?β β she faced the same problem as every new trainer. She needed horses. Fortunately for her,…
A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Tories after becoming “uncomfortable” with Nigel Farage’s party. James Buchan said he wanted to be able to “look my family in the eye and say, ‘that’s not who I am’” after his former party announced plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain. The Dartford Borough councillor, who…
By-election counts are the FA Cup ties of British politics. Some go true to form, but many are tense, nail-biting, go deep into extra time and provide upsets and shocks by political giant killers. Publisher and broadcaster Iain Dale has published a weighty book, British By-elections: The 88 By-election Campaigns That Shaped Our Politics. Could…
The UK economy grew by just 0.1% in the third quarter of this year, weaker than the 0.2% growth in GDP for the previous three months, new official figures reveal. The 0.2% figure, for April to June, was itself revised down by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), from its earlier estimate for the period…
Labour MP Charlotte Nichols has told the House of Commons that it took 1,088 days after she was raped for her case to reach court. During a debate on the Courts and Tribunals Bill, she said that she was raped at an event she attended as an MP. While she has previously spoken about the…
For Hollywood, the state of big-screen comedies has been so grim you almost have to laugh. There are genres that have dominated the cineplex in recent years β special effects-heavy blockbusters, family films and scream-in-your-seat horror movies. But comedies? Not so much after the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent spate of theatrical funnies is trying to…
TikTok agreed to settle the first in a series of closely-watched product liability cases Monday, bowing out on the eve of a landmark trial that could upend how social media giants engage their youngest users and leave tech titans on the hook for billions in damages. The settlement was reached as jury selection was set…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government is eyeing “further alignment” with the EU. After several fellow cabinet ministers suggested the UK would benefit from rejoining the customs union, Ms Reeves she and Sir Keir Starmer want to “try and remove barriers for businesses”. While keen to trumpet trade deals the UK has struck with…
The bitter legal fued between Priscilla Presley and her former business partner escalated this week. Brigitte Kruse, the founder of Agoura Hills-based GWS Auctions Inc. and her business associate Kevin Fialko, on Monday filed a new fraud and breach of contract suit against Presley in Los Angeles Superior Court. The suit alleges that Elvisβs ex-wife…