Morgan McSweeney has resigned as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff after coming under fire in the Peter Mandelson scandal. The UK prime minister’s right-hand man had faced intensifying calls from within the Labour Party to go after being blamed by many for pushing the appointment of his ally Mandelson as ambassador to the US, despite […]
Continue ReadingPolls have opened in parliamentary elections that Japan’s popular prime minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda. Ms Takaichi is hugely popular, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of the last seven decades, has struggled […]
Continue ReadingSavannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return. “We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” Ms Guthrie said in the video, flanked […]
Continue ReadingBrad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47. The band said in a statement that Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US president Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about the US talks with Iran, his office said, amid high concerns about more possible conflict in the Middle East. Mr Netanyahu’s office said in a brief statement: “The prime minister believes that all negotiations must include limiting the […]
Continue ReadingThe US has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-year war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters. If the deadline is not met, the Trump administration is likely to apply pressure on both sides, he added. “The Americans are proposing the parties end the war by […]
Continue ReadingUS singer Mariah Carey has stunned crowds with a performance of an Italian song during the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. The star, 56, took to the stage at the San Siro Stadium in Milan to kick off the sporting event. Carey sung a rendition of one of Italy’s most famous songs, singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno’s […]
Continue ReadingA New Mexico grand jury has indicted US actor Timothy Busfield on four counts of sexual contact with a child. Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman announced the indictment on Friday in a social media post. Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Busfield over allegations of misconduct from when he was working as a […]
Continue ReadingA video shared on Donald Trump‘s social media account that depicted Democratic former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes was deleted on Friday, following criticism that the US president’s post evoked racist imagery long used to dehumanise people of African descent. “A White House staffer erroneously made the post,” said a […]
Continue ReadingFrance has uncovered a pro-Russia disinformation campaign falsely connecting president Emmanuel Macron to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a French government source said on Friday. The source said the state service for Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference had detected an operation that used tactics like those of Storm-1516, a pro-Russia group that US […]
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