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In a by-election in the birthplace of the comedian Tommy Cooper, it was Plaid Cymru that had the last laugh. During the campaign, Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s candidate Llyr Powell had posed for photos in front of the statue of the legendary comic in Caerphilly. But when the result was declared at 2.10am at…
In four days, the Chargersβ defense went from rattled to relentless. The Minnesota Vikings were the victims, unable to move the ball Thursday night against a unit that looked shaky and unsure of itself in a humbling loss to Indianapolis the previous Sunday. That, along with the consistently excellent play of quarterback Justin Herbert and…
US sanctions against Russia’s two largest energy companies, the state-owned Rosneft and privately held Lukoil, are perhaps the most significant economic measures imposed by the West since the invasion of Ukraine. If fully implemented, they have the potential to significantly choke off the flow of fossil fuel revenue that funds Russia’s war machine, but their…
To say that President Trump is unfazed by Saturdayβs nationwide βNo Kingsβ rally, which vies for bragging rights as perhaps the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, is the sort of understatement too typical when describing his monarchical outrages. Leave aside Trumpβs grotesque mockery of the protests β his post that night of an AI-generated…
A new expanded edition of Maia Kobabeβs award-winning graphic memoir βGender Queerβ will be released next year. Oni Press has announced that βGender Queer: The Annotated Editionβ will be available in May. The special hardcover edition of the seminal LGBTQ+ coming of age memoir includes commentary by Kobabe as well as other comic creators and…
The government is refusing to make time in parliament for MPs to debate the conduct of Prince Andrew amid a flood of new allegations against him. The prime minister’s spokesperson told reporters: “Prince Andrew has already confirmed he will not use his titles. “We support the decision made by the Royal Family, and we know…
NEW YORKΒ βΒ Federal prosecutors unsealed two indictments Thursday outlining an illegal betting scheme that has rocked the NBA and named current and former players, including the Miami Heatβs Terry Rozier; former Clippers player and current Portland head coach Chauncey Billups; and retired NBA player and friend of LeBron James Damon Jones. Prosecutors are accusing Rozier and…
English water companies have collectively been given the lowest environmental rating by the Environment Agency (EA) since records began. Companies were ranked on a scale of one to four stars. Out of a maximum score of 36 stars for all nine companies, the firms together scored 19, the lowest since the EA began monitoring. The…
When jurors returned to a West L.A. courtroom to deliver their verdict in a child sex abuse case earlier this month, one key person was missing: the defendant. John Kaleel β a veteran piano teacher who has given lessons to the families of several Hollywood power players β faced allegations that he sexually abused one…
John Carpenter has this one recurring nightmare. βIβm in a huge, massive town I donβt really know,β he says, βand Iβm looking for the movie district. And inevitably all the theaters are closed down. Theyβre all closed down. Thatβs what the dream is.β Iβm visiting Carpenter at his longtime production house in Hollywood on one…
