Sir Ed Davey has pledged to “stop the boats” as the Liberal Democrats toughen up their rhetoric on immigration. The party leader told Sky News he and his MPs will be talking about immigration during his party’s conference, which starts today, as it is a “big policy which people are concerned about”. He also claimed…
John Kani was on his way to joining the Umkhonto We Sizwe paramilitary wing in 1965 when he took a detour to a Serpent Players drama group rehearsal in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. There, Kaniβs friend Fats Bookholane introduced him to a company member heβd mistaken for a custodian. βJohn, this is Athol,β Bookholane said,…
HAVANAΒ βΒ A decade ago this spring, President Obama stepped off Air Force One at JosΓ© MartΓ International Airport β the first time a U.S. leader had touched ground in Cuba since Fidel Castroβs communist revolution. More than half a century of Cold War hostilities were thawing. The U.S. had relaxed travel restrictions to the island, and…
NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie made a new video pleas to the kidnappers of her mother Saturday, saying βwe will payβ for her safe return. βWe received your message, and we understand,β Guthrie said in the new video posted Saturday afternoon. She sat next to her brother and sister. βWe beg you now to return…
Michael Cooperβs return to Cal State Los Angeles is more than just another coaching stop β itβs a homecoming. The Lakers legend was introduced Wednesday as the programβs 14th menβs basketball head coach, bringing with him decades of experience and a clear vision: return the Golden Eagles to championship form. The goal for Cooper is…
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It is painful to have to write about Catherine OβHara, so alive and lively a presence, in the past tense. OβHara has lived inside my head β is it too corny to say my heart? β from βSCTVβ to βSchittβs Creekβ to βThe Studio,β on whose second season she was scheduled to start work, when…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan aimed at temporarily halting the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon simultaneously orders thousands of Marines, paratroopers and a warship to the region. The plan presented to Iranian leadership Tuesday broadly included a 30-day ceasefire and sanctions relief for Iran in exchange for…
Leon Black, then-CEO of Apollo Global Management, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 1, 2018. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black in prepared testimony for a House committee on Friday said notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more…
Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel Hampton are just some of the iconic acts who played there, and Chick Corea, Peterson, Keith Jarrett and James Carter recorded live…