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βI am Punch and he is me.β This is what my daughter recently texted in our family group chat. Her older sister had just asked us if we were βon the baby Punch-kun side of TikTokβ because she had become like a βFacebook Mom, watching videos of him all day.β If we werenβt before, we…
π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested whilst Harriet and Ruth were in the middle of answering your questions for a half-term special whilst Beth is off on her holidays. So in this episode, they react to the news that the former prince has been…
For just the 11th time in 55 games this season, the Lakers had Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves sharing the court together. They are the core of the Lakers, the engines that make this team go, but health issues have prevented them from playing together for far too much. In their first game…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Mexicoβs secretary of the economy, Marcelo Ebrard, urged βprudenceβ Friday in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating part of President Trumpβs sweeping tariff regimen. βWe have to see where this is going,β Ebrard told reporters. βWe have to see what measures [Washington] is going to take to figure out how it…
Grieving parents awaited Mark Zuckerberg’s arrival at a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for what is being called the social media industry’s “big tobacco moment”. “I’m comforted by the fact he’s here alone, with only his lawyers and a jury. He’s without his lobbyists or his PR machine,” says Lori Schott, whose 18-year-old daughter Annalee…
Hours before filmmaking legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home, they attended a holiday party at Conan OβBrienβs house. Now, two months after the tragedy, the comedian has broken his silence about the death of his good friends. βTo have that experience of saying good night…
More than a thousand local councillors have signed a pledge of solidarity with the Palestinian people. With so many Labour-run councils already in jeopardy in the forthcoming local elections, campaigners believe this could be a deciding issue in key areas. But the Israeli embassy says the pledge is a “disgraceful effort at intimidation”. In total,…
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. We grew up with that line from βABCβs Wide World of Sportsβ show. But really, itβs the spaces in between, that can resonate and bring a sense of mortality to these world-class athletes. As I witnessed these memorable events in this yearβs Winter Olympics, I tried…
TEHRANΒ βΒ Iranians β battered by a government crackdown whose dead have yet to be fully tallied, still reeling from the 12-day conflict with Israel last year and fed up with endemic economic malaise born of sanctions and corruption β now face the prospect of another war with emotions ranging from anger to anticipation, but above all,…
ASOS has paid tribute to its co-founder after he died in a fall from the balcony of his apartment in Thailand. Quentin Griffiths fell from the 17th floor of the apartment block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on 9 February, Thai have police said. Police said initial investigations suggest there are no indications…
