WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Days after he was named Iranβs next supreme leader, and over a week since U.S. and Israeli bombing wiped out much of his family, Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on Thursday demanding vengeance against the alliance over the war it unleashed. He called on Iranian forces to continue thwarting vital shipping traffic through the…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ FIFA president Gianni Infantino described Mexico City Stadium as a venue βblessed by the godsβ and a βtrue cathedral of soccer.β Azteca Stadium, as most people know it, is steeped in soccer history and is now the only venue to host three World Cup opening ceremonies. But the Mexican national team had never much…
KitKats, Gaviscon, toothpaste, and even Freddo have all fallen victim to shrinkflation, consumer group Which? has found. As families struggle with the cost of a trip to the supermarket, a survey of shoppers revealed how many products are getting smaller – while others are being downgraded with cheaper ingredients. Among the examples are: β’ Aquafresh…
Out in theaters Friday, βBrownsville Bredβ is an intimate portrait of the actor, writer and director as a young girl in 1980s New York. When Elaine Del Valle was in the sixth grade, she starred in the lead role of Sandy in her schoolβs production of βGrease.β Decades later, she would return to that same…
SAN FRANCISCOΒ βΒ Katie Porterβs still standing, which is saying something. The last time a significant number of people tuned into Californiaβs low-frequency race for governor was in October, when Porterβs political obituary was being written in bold type. Immediately after a snappish and off-putting TV interview, Porter showed up in a years-old video profanely reaming a…
French prime minister SΓ©bastien Lecornu announced new support measures to cushion the impact of the energy crisis caused by the war in Iran.Β The β¬710 million package includes extending existing support schemes for sectors such as fishing, farming and construction, as well as a new bonus for taxi drivers to switch to electric cars.Β But…
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has blamed budget tax hikes for a deeper half-year loss. The UK’s largest employee-owned business, which owns John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, reported a headline loss before tax and exceptional items of Β£34m for the six months to 26 July. That compared to a Β£5m loss in the…
Victoria Jones, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, was reportedly found dead at a hotel in San Francisco on New Yearβs Day. She was 34. According to TMZ, the San Francisco Fire Department responded to a medical emergency call at the Fairmont San Francisco early Thursday morning. The paramedics pronounced Victoria dead…
The UK just got much closer to banning under-16s from social media. So, how long could it take for a ban to come into force? On Thursday night, the House of Lords voted for a social media ban for under-16s added into a piece of legislation called the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. The amendment…
Philip Jansen, the former BT Group boss, is taking on the chairmanship of a US-based payments software company which boasts more than 60 million end-users around the world. Sky News understands that Mr Jansen, who now chairs Heathrow Airport and the London-listed marketing services group WPP, is to take the helm of Xplor Technologies, a…