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Green MPs have written to Ed Miliband demanding he set out plans to decouple electricity prices from gas, after Sky News revealed he was “looking into” the policy. The letter calls for the government to fully commit to the measure, arguing it could knock hundreds of pounds off household energy bills by ending the “rigged…
As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los Angeles, where glittering high-rises have plummeted in value since occupancy dropped during the pandemic. It has never fully recovered, but investors believe the…
In the aftermath of the U.S. military strike that seized Venezuelan President NicolΓ‘s Maduro on Jan. 3, the Trump administration has emphasized its desire for unfettered access to Venezuelaβs oil more than conventional foreign policy objectives, such as combating drug trafficking or bolstering democracy and regional stability. During his first news conference after the operation,…
Democrats, despite their hypersensitive, bleeding-heart reputation, can be harsh. Ruthless, even. When it comes to picking their presidential nominee, itβs often one and done. Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and John Kerry were embraced and then, after leading their party to disappointing defeat, cast off like so many wads of wet tissue. Compare that…
Being out of postseason contention didnβt make the Sparksβ season finale meaningless. It was a chance to avoid finishing with a losing record for the first time since 2020. An opportunity to foil the Las Vegas Acesβ push for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs while derailing a 15-game winning streak. And, above all,…
Oscar nominations are officially out, meaning for the next couple of months social media feeds will be saturated with debates over who and what is worthy of a statue. Leading that discussion is another Ryan Coogler masterpiece, this time βSinners,β which is up for a record-breaking 16 awards, including best picture. Set in the Mississippi…
Itβs been one surprise after another lately from Lindsey Vonn. And the announcement that the 41-year-old slopes queen has qualified for the Milano Cortina Olympics in February isnβt the last of it. It might have been her post on Instagram that stated unequivocally that this will be the end. βI am honored to be able…
The Dodgers finally had their storybook moment. Until the Angels rewrote it with a walk-off ending. In the top of the ninth inning at Angel Stadium on Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani lifted the Dodgers to the verge of a badly needed win, breaking a tie score with the kind of moment that could have jump-started…
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is preparing for President Trump to declare a national emergency in order to seize control of this yearβs midterm elections from the states, including by bracing his Senate colleagues for a vote in which they would be forced to either co-sign on the power grab or resist it. In the wake…
The governor of the Bank of England has joined a chorus of opposition to the treatment of his US counterpart following revelations he is facing a criminal inquiry. Andrew Bailey is among a group of global central bank bosses to sign a statement backing Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. He revealed on Sunday that he…
