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For years, geopolitical analysts warned us that among the scariest of all scenarios for the world economy was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Well, now, in practice, that is precisely what has happened. Shipping through this narrow channel, the gateway to the Persian Gulf, has dwindled to close to zero. The worst nightmare…
The tumult continues at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the National Symphony Orchestraβs executive director, Jean Davidson, steps down from her role to become executive director and chief executive of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Davidson will assume her new position May 4, the Wallis announced Friday….
German media giant Axel Springer is to buy Telegraph Media Group in a Β£575m deal that will see the Daily and Sunday Telegraph print titles and their online business come under overseas ownership. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will see titles with historic links to the Conservative Party and the British establishment,…
High schools are trying to be like college programs, so why not hire someone to do statistics at a game and print them out afterward to hand out to media, coaches and parents like they do at college games? Serop Jejeian is the founder and director of Gamebook Stats Inc. He started his business nearly…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for the Department of Homeland Security to return a California woman with DACA who was recently deported a day after her green card interview. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the Obama-era program that since 2012 has shielded certain immigrants brought to the U.S….
With increasing improvements in technology, our homes – and the appliances that fill them – are becoming smarter and smarter. Once analogue ovens and fridges are now more interconnected, with TVs, speakers, heating, lighting and home personal assistants all connected to Wi-Fi and run by phone apps. While this offers greater personal convenience, it opens…
This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 9 of βThe Pitt.β Midway through Season 2, βThe Pittβ has taken on the perils of the digital age and given me a reason to love the show as much as everyone else does. Donβt get me wrong β I understand perfectly why so many people, including…
Labour MP Joani Reid has been suspended from the party while an internal investigation takes place after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. In a statement, she said she had voluntarily suspended herself “from the whip” and will not sit as a Labour member of parliament “until internal investigations are concluded”….
DENVERΒ βΒ LeBron James is king of another NBA record once held by Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James entered Thursdayβs game against the Denver Nuggets needing to make three field goals to pass Abdul-Jabbar for the most made field goals in league history. James tied Adbul-Jabbarβs mark for most regular-season field goals when he dunked off a…
SACRAMENTOΒ βΒ Despite a plea from the head of the California Democratic Party for underperforming candidates to drop out of the governorβs race, all but one of the partyβs top hopefuls spurned the request. Party leaders fear the growing possibility that the crowded field will split the Democratic electorate in the stateβs June top-two primary election and…
