Voting in the Green Party’s leadership contest kicks off today. The party, which has four MPs and more than 800 council seats, holds elections for its leaders and deputy leaders every two years. However, the last contest was in 2021 when current leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay were elected for a three-year term to…
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Cornwall’s Eden Project has revealed a doubling of losses and dwindling visitor numbers – as it also cut dozens of jobs. The attraction’s famous domes are home to thousands of plant species but it has recently seen a 10% drop in people through the gate. It blamed “more challenging trading conditions in South West tourism”…
Tourist spending in Los Angeles fell for the first time since the pandemic last year as wildfires, ICE raids and trade tensions discouraged people from visiting. Direct travel spending in 2025 was slightly below the previous year in Los Angeles County, according to an economic impact report this week from Visit California. Thatβs a step…
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…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Hugo ChΓ‘vez called the United States βthe empire,β and President George W. Bush βthe devil.β Denouncing capitalism as βthe road to hell,β he pushed an alternative economic model that nationalized key industries and redistributed wealth. During his 14-year presidency of Venezuela, ChΓ‘vez warned of a CIA plot to kill him and steal his countryβs…
How it started: A dream. A French machine-gun officer in the trenches during the First World War. A man named Jules Rimet, who believed an international soccer tournament would bring the nations together with the goal of peace. How itβs going: The worldβs biggest party. A 48-nation celebration of the worldβs most beloved sport. Expected…
βAlice and Steve,β a marvelous six-part British comedy coming Monday to Hulu, gives us Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement as the titular longtime best friends whose lives are turned inside out when Steve begins dating Aliceβs daughter, Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith). Sheβs 26, and heβs βa 50-year-old man, and thatβs when Iβm rounding down.β Creator…
A look at The Timesβ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the eighth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (12-3): Won Boras Classic South championship; 2 2. NORCO (15-2): Transfers Jacob Melendez and Codey Brown making big impact; 3 3. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (14-4): Upcoming…
Workers clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats is probing President Donald Trump’s troubled renovation of the reflecting pool in Washington that has drawn scrutiny for running over budget and rapidly deteriorating. The Democrats, in…