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www.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago
London politics

Minister cut off during interview after refusing to say why Lee Anderson's Sadiq Khan slur was wrong UK politics live

Tom Pursglove refused to say Lee Anderson's comment was Islamphobic but emphasized working together and positive traits.
Rishi Sunak called Lee Anderson's comment wrong, while dodging questions if it was Islamophobic; Michael Tomlinson later avoided giving direct answers on the issue.
New York Post
4 months ago
London politics

Pakistan's top court accepts former PM Imran Khan's plea for bail

Pakistan's Supreme Court accepted former Prime Minister Imran Khan's bail application
Khan is hoping to secure release from jail and lead his party in the upcoming general election
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www.dw.com
1 month ago
Europe news

Scores of European decision-makers on Russia's wanted list DW 02/14/2024

Russia has an official database of individuals suspected of evading justice, which can be found on the Interior Ministry website.
The database includes the names of hundreds of non-Russian nationals, including Ukrainian soldiers, politicians, and civil servants from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine.
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Truthout
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

The Future of Abortion in Florida Will Be Determined by State Supreme Court

The fate of abortion access in Florida is being decided by the state Supreme Court.
The court is considering two cases: one regarding the right to vote on a measure protecting the right to abortion, and another challenging Florida's 15-week ban.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Justice Neil Gorsuch Is a Committed Defender of Tribal Rights

In a pair of opinions on Thursday, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch again demonstrated that he is the fiercest proponent of Native American rights on the Supreme Court.That does not surprise people who knew him when he served on the federal appeals court in Denver.He's from Colorado, said John E. Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Column: Newsom's right on stricter gun laws but he misfired on his proposed constitutional amendment

(Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a good target, but the aim is off in his effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with a gun-control mandate.California's liberal governor has absolutely no chance of getting a gun control amendment adopted.It's beyond the realm of political possibility - at least for the foreseeable future.
time.com
9 months ago
US politics

Pete Buttigieg on LGBTQ Rights: I Don't Think Anything Is Safe'

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Ask about airline mergers, electric vehicle chargers, or the massive infrastructure law that may become President Joe Biden's legacy, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slides into technocratic policy talk.
Patently-O
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Supreme Court to Decide if Trump is Too Small

Guest Post by Samuel F. Ernst[1] As Dennis reported, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Vidal v. Elster to determine if the PTO violated Steve Elster's First Amendment right to free speech when it declined to federally register his trademark TRUMP TOO SMALL in connection with T-shirts.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

A Surprising Supreme Court Decision's History With the American South

Yesterday, the Supreme Court surprised many observers by issuing an opinion that effectively reaffirmed the remaining powers of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.The decision was a reprieve for a law that many believed was in danger of being fatally weakened, or overruled entirely, by the conservatives on the court.
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www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
Beer

When the Governor Shotguns a Beer (or Maybe a Spiked Iced Tea)

Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland, was filmed shotgunning a spiked iced tea at a Baltimore Ravens tailgate, showcasing his likability and boosting his reputation as a Ravens superfan.
Shotgunning beers or other beverages has become a popular trend among politicians, with some succeeding and others failing in their attempts.
Events like shotgunning beers can help politicians connect with voters and show a more relatable and down-to-earth side.
UK news
www.independent.co.uk
2 months ago
UK news

Idris Elba claims MPs are not qualified to know what's going on on the streets'

Idris Elba criticizes MPs' response to knife crime
Elba emphasizes the importance of listening to communities affected by knife crime
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Politicians showing terrible failure of leadership, says Oscar winner

Politicians in Northern Ireland have shown a terrible failure of leadership and are sending voters a dangerous message that democracy does not work, an Oscar-winning actor from the region has said.An Irish Goodbye star Seamus O'Hara, who has also appeared in television sensation Game Of Thrones, said the lack of a functioning executive gives the toxic idea that casting a vote will not matter because the electorate appears redundant.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Disabilities campaigner never expected to become MBE

A trailblazing disabilities campaigner has described the prospect of being honoured by the King as something she had never expected in her life.Michaela Hollywood, 33, from Co Down, who lives with a genetic condition called spinal muscular atrophy which limits her mobility, will be made an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours for services to people with disabilities.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Man who helped bring about Queen and McGuinness handshake to become a CBE

The head of a peace-building organisation who helped to bring about the historic handshake between the late Queen and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness, is to be made a CBE.Peter Sheridan, the chief executive of Co-operation Ireland, is being recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.Mr Sheridan was previously made an OBE for services to community in his previous career as a high-ranking member of the PSNI.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Police face questions over forensic tent outside Nicola Sturgeon home

An SNP MP who previously worked as a police officer has claimed it was highly unusual for a tent to be erected outside Nicola Sturgeon's home when her husband was arrested as part of a fraud probe into the party's finances.Allan Dorans, who spent 15 years in the Metropolitan Police and rose to the level of detective inspector before entering politics, said he never knew of any occasions where a structure was assembled outside the home of a suspect accused of fraud.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Heaton-Harris denies probe into revenue-raising measures is to pressure DUP

Chris Heaton-Harris has denied that his instruction to senior civil servants at Stormont to provide information on revenue-raising measures is an attempt to pressure the DUP to re-enter Stormont.The Northern Ireland Secretary has asked civil servants for information pertaining to revenue-raising measures such as domestic water charges, drug prescription charges and tuition fees, which he says will improve the sustainability of Northern Ireland's public finances.
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US politics
New York Post
2 months ago
US politics

Phony 911 call reports White House fire in latest swatting attempt

The White House received a bogus 911 call falsely claiming it was on fire.
Politicians from both parties have been targets of 'swatting' incidents in recent weeks.
Intelligencer
2 months ago
US politics

A Whole Lot of Political Figures Are Getting Swatted Right Now

Swatting, a dangerous practice of falsely reporting emergencies to the police on someone's home, has targeted politicians and political figures recently.
The incidents of swatting have intensified during the holiday season, with multiple fake calls claiming shootings and other violent incidents.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Jill Biden takes on Trump, GOP while White House maintains indictment silence

First lady Dr. Jill Biden is emerging as a prominent voice taking on Republicans and former President Donald Trump since his indictment even as the White House has maintained a stay-silent strategy on the legal case.In her first solo events of the campaign, the first lady has not shied away from critiquing the former president and offered a rare comment related to his legal woes as she reflected on Republican support for Trump despite his indictment.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

In Visit to Little Havana, Trump Plays for Sympathy and Votes.

Former President Donald J. Trump visited Little Havana in Miami on Tuesday immediately after his arraignment, his latest attempt to cast himself as a man persecuted by his political enemies.It was a not-subtle attempt to seek the sympathies of Latinos, in Florida and beyond.Mr. Trump's visit to Versailles Restaurant, a landmark that is emblematic of the Cuban diaspora, came as Republicans have increasingly likened his indictment to corruption and political oppression in Latin American countries.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

Who Is Jack Smith, the Special Counsel Who Indicted Trump?

Jack Smith, appointed in November to investigate former President Donald J. Trump, is a hard-driving, flinty former prosecutor chosen for his experience in bringing high-stakes cases against politicians in the United States and abroad.Attorney General Merrick B. Garland tasked him with overseeing two investigations into Mr. Trump: one into his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, including the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and the other into Mr. Trump's retention of classified materials at his residence in Florida.
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www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
London

Through a delayed train's window, I see how Britain's blue wall' is crumbling - town by commuter town | John Harris

Public transport disruptions highlight the disconnect between politicians and ordinary people.
The Conservative Party needs to address issues such as transportation, housing, healthcare, and local government.
www.standard.co.uk
9 months ago
London

Tory mayoral candidates visit Downing St as activists describe Paul Scully omission as embarrassing'

London Assembly member Susan Hall, former Downing Street aide turned tech entrepreneur Daniel Korski and barrister Mozammel Hossain were selected on Sunday night by party officials to battle it out to secure the right to challenge Labour mayor Sadiq Khan in next May's City Hall elections.It was unclear whether the candidates would be meeting Rishi Sunak.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
London

Labour's candidate in Uxbridge not taking anything for granted'

Danny Beales was having dinner with his family on Friday evening when his phone started to vibrate insistently.I was trying not to be rude, but eventually I couldn't ignore the calls any more.I picked up, and a voice said: Have you heard the news?'The news, which the Labour candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip had not yet seen, was the resignation of Boris Johnson as an MP for the constituency, in advance of the findings of an investigation into the Partygate scandal.
Europe politics
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Europe politics

It's part of our psyche': why Ireland sides with underdog' Palestine

Irish politicians have been outspoken in their criticism of Israel's bombardment of Gaza, drawing both praise and criticism.
Pro-Palestinian commentators see Ireland's statements as an example for the rest of Europe, while pro-Israelis view them as blinkered.
There have been pro-Palestinian marches in Ireland and attempts to take diplomatic action against Israel.
POLITICO
4 months ago
Europe politics

Judgment day for the Rwanda plan

CPI inflation was 4.6% in October, down from 10.7% in January.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's goal of halving inflation may have contributed to increasing its persistence.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt could save £2 billion on the welfare bill with the new lower inflation figure.
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Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

A guide to the guidebooks that told the world Los Angeles was a paradise

After decades of enthusiastically giving Los Angeles tours to out-of-town friends and family, and even co-authoring a walking guide to the city, I'm all too aware that things have changed.Recent guests have been stunned by the tent encampments, sidewalks piled with debris and shuttered storefronts I see daily.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Hero Afghan pilot: UK commanders sent me into combat... how can you abandon me?

The Afghan pilot threatened with deportation to Rwanda despite having worked with British forces against the Taliban said he feels abandoned after his UK resettlement application was rejected.The air force lieutenant, who flew multiple combat missions planned by coalition forces, travelled to Britain in a small boat after fleeing Afghanistan in fear for his life, leaving his wife and child behind.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Yes, pension funds are rich, but they won't bail out Britain

In these desperate times, everyone wants to find some money down the back of the sofa.Politicians are no exception.Taxpayer cash is difficult to generate witness the growing disquiet on Conservative backbenches at the billions of pounds raised by chancellor Jeremy Hunt's long-lasting freeze on income tax thresholds.
KQED
9 months ago
California law

'A Matter of Political Responsibility': Political Scientist Weighs In on the Role of Reparations in Democracies | KQED

At the task force meetings over the last two years, non-Black audience members have been rare, but Brown argues that non-Black Californians should be paying attention.According to the 2020 census, Black residents make up less than 6% of the state's population.If the task force's expansive proposals are to become law after they arrive in the Legislature, they will require broad-based support from California residents across racial groups.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
Privacy professionals

EU moves closer to passing one of world's first laws governing AI

The European Union is on the cusp of passing one of the world’s first laws governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
The proposed legislation will create a framework to regulate the development, deployment, and use of AI systems, including setting strict rules for the use of facial recognition technology.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

SNP MSP accuses media and police of collusion' in party finances probe

An SNP MSP has accused the police and media of colluding to make Nicola Sturgeon look bad during the investigation into the party's finances.Ms Sturgeon was arrested on Sunday in relation to Operation Branchform the name given to the inquiry by detectives around two months after her husband and former party chief executive Peter Murrell was also taken into custody.
Toronto
9 months ago
Toronto

For Toronto mayoral candidate Ana Bailao, her track record at city hall speaks for itself

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles on the seven leading contenders in Toronto's mayoral race, according to polls.Additional profiles will be published in the coming days.Ana Bailão trots closely behind her small group of volunteers as they walk along a street in Mimico with one mission in mind: get votes.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Letters: Our unimaginative cars hint at the loss of joy we've suffered in this polarized age

The entrenched polarization of our political landscape, though not unique in history, is nevertheless ominous and unsettling.Everyone seems to have a different read on the causes.Is the biggest problem Christian versus other?Wealth versus poverty?Republican versus Democrat?Pro-abortion rights versus anti-abortion rights?
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Verdict reached in Weiss trial

A verdict has been reached in the trial of a politically connected Chicago businessman accused of corrupting the political process by attempting to pay off two sitting state legislators to pass a bill beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming company.James T. Weiss, 44, who is the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, is charged in a superseding indictment filed in October 2020 with bribery, wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to the FBI.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Jury deliberations begin in James T. Weiss bribery trial

A federal jury on Thursday began deliberating the fate of a politically connected Chicago businessman accused of corrupting the political process by attempting to pay off two sitting state legislators to pass a bill beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming company.James T. Weiss, 44, who is the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, is charged in a superseding indictment filed in October 2020 with bribery, wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to the FBI.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Closing arguments in Weiss trial

Closing arguments were set to begin Wednesday in the bribery trial of a politically connected Chicago businessman accused of arranging to pay off two state legislators in exchange for their assistance pushing legislation beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming machine operation.James T. Weiss, 44, who is the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, is charged in a superseding indictment filed in October 2020 with bribery, wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to the FBI.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Letters: Why are Democrats and Republicans afraid of Donald Trump?

Why are the politicians - Democrats and Republicans - so afraid of Donald Trump?What does he know about the swamp they do not want revealed?They have gone to great lengths to destroy Trump and his followers, and it seems, as William Shakespeare said, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: Fraud and graft thrived in the pandemic and beyond

In these days of rampant virtue signaling, politicians, corporations and socially wired individuals all try to convince you that they care the most about doing the right thing.Alas, while we've all been recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, plenty of old-fashioned grifters have seized the day.On Sunday The Associated Press released a stunning investigation into pandemic fraud finding that large numbers of Americans - of all stripes, it appears - fraudulently helped themselves to colossal chunks of federal COVID-19 relief money.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

UK homeowners face huge rise in payments when fixed-rate mortgages expire

More than a quarter of UK homeowners on a fixed-rate mortgage are heading for sharp increase in monthly payments before the next election, in a financial timebomb that will rock the Conservatives just as voters prepare to choose the next government.With the Bank of England expected to increase its key interest rate next week for the 13th time, figures shared with the Guardian by UK Finance, the banking industry trade body, show more than 2.4m fixed-rate homeowner deals will expire between now and the end of 2024.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Sitting Labour and Tory MPs recognised with awards in King's Birthday Honours

Labour and Conservative former ministers along with two prominent Tory backbenchers are among the politicians recognised in the King's Birthday Honours for public service.Sir Ben Bradshaw, who served in both Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments and was only the second MP to be openly gay when elected in 1997, is receiving a knighthood.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Left-leaning Labour MP hits out after losing reselection bid to shadow minister

A left-leaning Labour MP has claimed a reselection contest has sowed divisions in the constituency party after he lost to a shadow minister.Mick Whitley expressed confusion and disappointment at the National Executive Committee (NEC) decision to hold a vote on the candidacy of his Birkenhead seat.Shadow employment minister Alison McGovern, whose current constituency of Wirral South will be abolished due to a boundary review ahead of the next general election, won the race.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Sudden Inquiry May Derail Thailand's Leading Prime Minister Candidate

Thailand's Election Commission has announced that it will investigate Pita Limjaroenrat, the front-runner in the May general election, to determine whether he violated election rules that would disqualify him from becoming the country's next prime minister.The investigation, announced last week, is centered on Mr. Pita's shares of iTV, a company that used to be a news broadcaster but is now focused on advertising.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

SNP could make life difficult' for Starmer without co-operation, Yousaf warns

The SNP could make life very difficult for Labour after the next general election if Sir Keir Starmer does not co-operate with it, Humza Yousaf has said.The Scottish First Minister said a demand for a second independence referendum would be top of the list of his party's requests if Labour needs help forming a government at Westminster.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

The world has moved on from Boris Johnson, says Grant Shapps

The world has moved on from Boris Johnson, a senior cabinet minister has said, as he sought to quell the intensifying row among Tory MPs about the former prime minister's decision to quit parliament.Despite Johnson resigning on Friday in a fit of rage over the results of an inquiry into Partygate, the energy secretary, Grant Shapps, slapped down claims the privileges committee conducting the inquiry was biased or that Johnson had been forced out by the establishment.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
Germany news

Germany's return of sacred Kogi masks to Colombia may have health risks

Germany has returned two wooden masks of the indigenous Kogi community to Colombia but conceded that wearing the sacred artefacts in ceremonies may come with a health risk because they were treated with toxic pesticides during their time in German museums.The masks, which date back to the mid-15th century and have been held in ethnological collections in Berlin for over a century, were handed over to Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, by his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a ceremony in Berlin on Friday.
Washington Post
9 months ago
Science

Former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio dropped a groundhog. He still regrets it.

Bill de Blasio, then the mayor of New York, holds up a sign announcing spring during a Groundhog Day event in 2015.Things did not go so smoothly the year before.(Andrew Burton/Getty Images)Comment Gift Article Everything that could've gone wrong arguably did during the fateful Groundhog Day celebration at the Staten Island Zoo in 2014.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Tunisians Mourn a Hard-Fought Freedom Rapidly Slipping Away

Mosaique FM, Tunisia's most popular radio station, comes to life each morning around 5:30 a.m. with the martial strains of the national anthem.Next comes a voice crooning a verse from the Quran, then music and news, followed by the political show Watch What They Say, which has chronicled the floundering of the country's young democracy and its recent U-turn toward autocracy.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Berlusconi's Legacy Lives On Beyond Italy's Borders

In a strange bit of synergy, both the indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the death of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy took place this week.Berlusconi, arguably, was the O.G. of populist leaders whose political careers carried on through a cascade of scandals and criminal cases.
BBC News
9 months ago
UK politics

Why was Nicola Sturgeon arrested and what happens next?

Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police in the latest remarkable twist in the investigation into the SNP's finances.The former first minister has been taken into custody and is being questioned by detectives at a police station.Officers have 12 hours from the time Ms Sturgeon was arrested before she will either be charged with a crime or released while enquiries continue.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Nicola Sturgeon arrested in investigation into SNP's finances

Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct at the SNP.The former first minister is being held in custody and questioned by detectives looking into claims that 600,000 in donations for an independence campaign was misspent by the party.Ms Sturgeon, who stepped down in April, is the third high-profile SNP figure to be arrested as part of Operation Branchform, the Police Scotland name for the investigation.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Girls

Opinion | Is Masculinity in Crisis?

To the Editor: Re The Right Is All Wrong About Masculinity, by David French (column, May 29): Today's men, Mr. French writes, are in desperate need of virtuous purpose, and he's spot on about what's wrong.Propagandists, politicians, pundits and the polarizers of social media are eager to exploit the need men have for meaning and community, and they do so by fostering the collective fantasy that real men are vessels of virtue lifted on the rising tide of legitimate outrage, heroes on the march into a just war, with their orders and armed with AR-15 rifles.
RAIN News
9 months ago
Music

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Driving Success Audio intelligence company Veritonic has announced a webinar: How Creative Testing Drives Success in Audio.Adam Pleiman of Play Audio Agency and Danielle Linden of Sport Clips will discuss their recent collaboration to create unique and engaging ASMR ads - a distinct and fascinating audio perspective and production challenge.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

To save their own skins, Trump and Johnson are destroying something precious: our faith in the law | Jonathan Freedland

The three tenors of showman populism, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Silvio Berlusconi, reached the top through a combination of telegenic clownishness, I alone can fix it braggadocio and a shared strain of narcissistic nationalism and now one faces the judgment of the courts, another has fled the judgment of his peers, while the third contemplates the judgment of the heavens.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

UK lagging behind in global race to decarbonise, says TUC leader

The UK is in danger of being left behind in the global race to decarbonise the economy with potentially disastrous consequences for jobs and communities, according to the TUC's general secretary.In an interview, Paul Nowak said the UK was limping towards a green future and he called for a national collective effort involving employers, workers and the government to ensure a quick and fair transition to a net zero economy.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Tony Blair's bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control

The phenomenal rise of the UK gambling industry owes much to reforms, introduced by Tony Blair, that flipped the state's attitude to sports betting and casino gaming on its head.At the turn of the century, the government recognised that betting and gaming, in particular online, could not be prohibited and ought, instead, to be properly regulated.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Covid testing was a weakness in early pandemic response, DHSC tells inquiry

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has admitted Covid testing was a significant weakness in the UK's early pandemic response and stressed the need for proper funding to prepare the nation for the next emergency.While the DHSC said it would not claim it did everything right, its opening statement to the UK Covid public inquiry highlighted wider government choices on funding in what will be seen as turning the focus on Downing Street and the Treasury.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

We weren't given this, we fought for it': bereaved gather as Covid inquiry starts

Bereaved family members whose loved ones died of Covid have gathered in west London as the first public hearings in the inquiry into the government's response to the pandemic began, more than three years after the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China.Dressed in red and holding photographs of their those lost to the virus, members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group stood outside Dorland House in Paddington on Tuesday and spoke emotionally of the government's failings during the pandemic, which has claimed more than 227,000 lives in the UK.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Clowns belong in the circus but unless we take politics seriously there will be more like Boris Johnson | John Kampfner

Politicians, journalists and assorted hangers-on have been regaling each other with their risque Boris Johnson anecdotes for as long as I can remember.Boris this, BoJo that.Even his detractors used his first name.The braggadocio, the enjoyment of watching his ascent, reached a peak during his tenure as mayor of London.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, Defender of Church-State Divide, Dies at 81

The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, who started his career in the Southern Baptist Convention but became increasingly troubled as that denomination grew more aggressively conservative, and who went on to lead the Interfaith Alliance, an organization devoted to religious and cultural diversity and to keeping religion and politics separate, died on June 7 in Monroe, La.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Southern Baptists' Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right

Two summers ago, an insurgent group of ultraconservative Southern Baptists branded themselves as pirates, vowing to take the ship of the nation's largest Protestant denomination and steer it farther to the right on issues like sexuality and race.They were determined to halt what they saw as rising liberalism and drift from biblical truth.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

How Trump Plans to Beat His Indictment, Politically

Donald J. Trump will make his first appearance in federal criminal court on Tuesday.But the former president has been pleading his case for days in a far friendlier venue the court of Republican public opinion, where he continues to dominate the 2024 field.For Mr. Trump and his team, there has been a sense of familiarity, even normalcy, in the chaos of facing a 37-count indictment in the classified documents case.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Trump Supporters' Violent Rhetoric in His Defense Disturbs Experts

The federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has unleashed a wave of calls by his supporters for violence and an uprising to defend him, disturbing observers and raising concerns of a warlike atmosphere ahead of his court appearance in Miami on Tuesday.In social media posts and public remarks, close allies of Mr. Trump including a member of Congress have portrayed the indictment as an act of war, called for retribution and highlighted the fact that much of his base carries weapons.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
France news

China condemns EU Parliament's resolution on Hong Kong's shrinking freedoms

China's Foreign Ministry condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech, even as Beijing seeks to restore economic links with the EU.The EU body overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Thursday citing the deterioration of the city's freedoms since the imposition by Beijing of a sweeping national security law in 2020.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
France news

France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain review a fallen hero in the dock

Is there a more excruciating period in modern French history than what we call France's darkest hours?And is there more wretched a name associated with them than that of Philippe Petain?After his critically acclaimed biography on General de Gaulle, the British historian Julian Jackson has written a 480-page-long analysis of Petainism, with the trial of Marshal Petain at its heart.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
France news

Protege! Would you use that word for a man?' Claire Denis on rum, Africa and rethinking MeToo

My first glimpse of Claire Denis is of a slight, elegant figure dressed in white slipping out of a black limousine that fills the narrow street outside the hotel where our rendezvous is scheduled.For an instant, I feel as if I have been sucked into the menacing world of her latest film.I have just travelled to Paris to interview her, and have arrived early because I am anxious not to waste a minute of the 45 I have been granted to investigate the extraordinary career of a French director idolised by peers such as Barry Jenkins, Charlotte Wells, Andrea Arnold and Pedro Almodovar and whose work is a fixture of critics' lists of the best movies ever made.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

LGBTQ beer ads are old hat despite new troubles for Bud Light | CBC News

After more than 20 years at the top of the beer charts, Bud Light retail sales in the United States have taken a dive at the same time the brand is facing criticism over featuring a social media star who is transgender in an advertisement."This is sort of uncharted waters for a brand like that when it comes to seven weeks of sharp declines of that magnitude,' said Dave Williams, vice-president of analytics for Bump Williams Consulting, which focuses on the alcoholic beverage industry.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Thurrock council hid losses as it gambled millions on risky investments

Bankrupt Thurrock council recklessly gambled hundreds of millions of pounds on risky commercial investments while covering up evidence of its losses and attempting to silence critics, a devastating official review has concluded.The government-commissioned report published on Thursday said the Tory-run council's financial collapse in 2022 was the culmination of years of dysfunctional leadership characterised by complacency, denial, and what the review called unconscious incompetence.
BBC News
9 months ago
UK politics

Ofcom: Regulator to research public attitudes to programmes hosted by politicians

Ofcom has said it is conducting research into public attitudes towards current affairs programmes hosted by politicians.Currently, sitting and former MPs such as Nadine Dorries, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Esther McVey and Philip Davies host programmes on GB News and Talk TV.Until now, they have been allowed to do so as such programmes are classed as current affairs rather than news.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
Gender

Modernisation creeps on as London gentlemen's clubs open to women

Mild signs of a potential willingness to modernise have been observed in some of central London's establishment clubs in the past few weeks, led by the announcement that, after a wait of 166 years, women will finally be allowed to become members of Pratt's.The decision by the owner of Pratt's has been met mostly with resigned acceptance by the club's membership, which includes at least a dozen MPs, and has triggered renewed discussion of possible reform at the remaining hardcore handful of gentlemen's clubs that refuse to admit women.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Labour has clear lead in more than 100 battleground seats, poll finds

Labour has established a clear lead over the Tories in more than 100 battleground seats that will decide the next election, according to a new analysis seen by the Observer.In a rare insight into marginal constituencies at next year's election, Keir Starmer's party has now secured a 10% swing from the Conservatives in a set of 144 seats in which the vote will be won and lost.
Eater NY
9 months ago
NYC food

Inside an Upstate Diner Humming With Regulars

Red Line Diner is an eclectic new restaurant and bar in New York City that offers a range of delicious dishes and craft cocktails.
The restaurant has an inviting atmosphere with vintage decor and a menu that celebrates New York's diverse cultures and cuisines.
Red Line Diner is the perfect spot for an intimate dinner or a night out with friends, offering a unique dining experience with a focus on fresh, quality ingredients.
www.quantamagazine.org
9 months ago
Science

Secret Messages Can Hide in AI-Generated Media

On June 27, 2010, the FBI arrested 10 Russian spies who lived and worked as American professionals near New York City.The case, which unraveled an intricate system of false identities and clandestine meetings, exposed one of the largest spy networks in the U.S. since the Cold War ended and inspired the show The Americans.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

As Ties to China Turn Toxic, Even Chinese Companies Are Breaking Them

As it expanded internationally, Shein, the rapidly growing fast fashion app, progressively cut ties to its home country, China.It moved its headquarters to Singapore and de-registered its original company in Nanjing.It set up operations in Ireland and Indiana, and hired Washington lobbyists to highlight its U.S. expansion plans as it prepares for a potential initial public offering this year.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Droves of Imran Khan's Allies Defect as Military Ramps Up Crackdown

Throngs of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan have been arrested.Media columnists considered sympathetic to him have been intimidated.Key allies have resigned from his party, saying they had been threatened with criminal charges and arrests.As political tensions between Mr. Khan and the Pakistani government have flared in recent weeks and sparked violent nationwide protests, the country's powerful military has responded by launching a chilling campaign against Mr. Khan's supporters that aims to hollow out his political party ahead of general elections this fall.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

As Food Aid to Gaza Is Cut, Palestinians Demand Freedom Instead of Charity

Palestinian children hold banners during a demonstration against the reduction in UN food aid allocated to the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on June 6, 2023.NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty Images Palestinians in Gaza already grappling with an ongoing, 16-year-old land, sea and air blockade imposed by the apartheid state of Israel are now being served another harsh and devastating blow.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

These Companies Condemned Anti-LGBTQ Bills But Funded the Bills' Sponsors Anyway

Disney employee Nicholas Maldonado holds a sign while protesting outside Walt Disney World on March 22, 2022, in Orlando, Florida.Octavio Jones / Getty Images Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy organization in the United States, declared a "state of emergency" Tuesday for the first time in its 40-year history following an "unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year."
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

A 2023 Wave of "Election Subversion" Bills Threatens 2024 Results

Despite the predictable howling of certain Republicans, the 2022 midterm elections largely went off without a hitch, a much-needed reprieve from the chaos that erupted in 2020 as former President Donald Trump and his allies lied to voters about a stolen election in a brazen attempt to cling to power.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
Pets

A fog of sorrow that I can't quite escape | Brief letters

I lost my partner and soulmate of 50 years as a result of Alzheimer's last August.Kat Lister is correct: grief does move, but I find it more like a fog (Anyone who's lost a loved one knows the pressure to visit shrines to the past.But it doesn't always help, 7 June).Sometimes it's thick and impenetrable, other times it's thin and swirling.
Brownstoner
9 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

City Again Delays Action on Crumbling BQE

The city has delayed its timeline on reimagining the infamous triple cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, stalling the start of construction by at least a few months.Rather than conducting a comprehensive traffic study concurrently with a two-year environmental review, as was initially planned, the city's Department of Transportation will now carry out the traffic study first.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Television

Has America Ignored the Workplace for Too Long?

Sheila steps into a wood-paneled room and addresses a ring of home-care aides in navy blue scrubs.Soft light filters through the curtains as they begin with a prayer: Father God, as we go through this meeting, open up our minds, open up our ears, so we can hear, so we can see.Amen.The aides take turns introducing themselves and offering brief sketches of their jobs.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Don't blame scientists for what went wrong with Covid ministers were the ones calling the shots | Devi Sridhar

As the Covid inquiry kicks off oral hearings today, we will once again debate what exactly happened in 2020 and 2021, and who is ultimately responsible for the decisions made.The government has already started to close in on scientists and point the finger at them for the poor response in the early stages of the pandemic.
Streetsblog
9 months ago
SF politics

Hope for Bay Area Transit as State Budget Deal Reached - Streetsblog San Francisco

Thanks to the efforts of thousands of advocates and hard-working politicians and staff, a last-minute deal was hammered out in Sacramento over the weekend to provide emergency state funding for the Bay Area's transit agencies.From a statement issued Monday from San Francisco's Senator Scott Wiener, who lead the fight:

The Legislature's budget agreement is a very positive first step toward securing the future of public transportation in California.
Brooklyn Paper
9 months ago
Brooklyn

City delays BQE construction to conduct traffic study, says roadway is 'safe' amid interim repairs * Brooklyn Paper

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The city has delayed its timeline on reimagining the infamous Triple Cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, stalling the start of construction by at least a few months.
Mission Local
9 months ago
Mission District

Mission mass shooting: One in critical condition, five discharged

One patient remains in critical condition following the mass shooting that took place in the Mission Friday night, according to San Francisco General Hospital.Nine people were struck by gunfire while attending an outdoor party on 24th Street.Five of the nine have been discharged from the hospital completely, and three others are in "fair condition," according to the hospital.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Rishi Sunak would block Boris Johnson comeback as Tory MP, sources say

Rishi Sunak would block Boris Johnson from standing again as a Conservative MP before the next election, sources have told the Guardian, as the two men engaged in an extraordinary war of words.The prime minister clashed publicly with Johnson over his failed attempts to elevate several close allies to the House of Lords, accusing him of having lobbied to overturn due process to appoint the three Tory MPs.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

What makes a fair election?

Democrats have for years bemoaned partisan redistricting plans that helped Republicans win far more congressional seats than expected.But that advantage has disappeared.In the first elections held with 2020 census data, Democrats battled back with their own gerrymandering that shaped districts to their advantage and essentially evened the outcome.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
9 months ago
Washington DC

DC's New Documentary Festival Pays Special Attention to the City - Washingtonian

A female gangster, nicknamed the "Queen of the Underworld," who ran a gambling racket in DC in the 1950s.A Black race car driver from DC who rocketed from the online world of virtual racing to the driver's seat in NASCAR's top racing series.A long-closed coffeehouse and venue on H Street that offered a reprieve for queer Black people through the height of the AIDS epidemic.
Eater
9 months ago
Food & drink

29 Great American Diners

A diner is a mood.It's the slosh of sharp, black coffee poured from a steel tank behind the counter into a heavy white mug.It's the miniature packets of butter and strawberry jelly waiting for their foil to be peeled back.It's the waitstaff who've been scribbling orders on blue-striped checks for 40 years and know how to balance eight plates of pancakes on one arm.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Weiss trial: Ex-state Sen. Terry Link back on witness stand

Former state Sen. Terry Link is expected to resume testifying in a federal courtroom Monday about his undercover work for the FBI in a bribery investigation allegedly involving a colleague in the General Assembly and a politically connected businessman involved in the shady world of sweepstakes gaming machines.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Girls

Opinion | Puerto Rico's Future Should Protect Puerto Rico's Women

Not everyone in Puerto Rico agrees we are the oldest colony in the world.But as a territory that is neither independent nor a state we have no voice in Congress the tension feeds lack of clarity and an illusion of self-governance that obscures our political reality.It robs us of a defined national identity, an economic road map and political dignity.
Yahoo Sports
9 months ago
Chicago White Sox

Nightengale's notebook: Former A's stars lament what once was in Oakland

They haven't watched a minute of the Nevada Senate sessions.They haven't followed the drama close enough to know whether the A's are headed to Las Vegas, staying put in Oakland or headed to a city near you.What appeared to be a formality just a few weeks ago now has the A's sweating out their future with the Nevada Senate adjourning until Monday.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Lion Electric factory rewrites Illinois manufacturing rules

The most confounding thing about a Lion Electric school bus is that it's so simple.Workers start with a few steel beams, a couple of dozen fiberglass panels around a metal body shell, and an electric motor that has 20 parts and is as big as a picnic basket.Diesel engines for large trucks, in contrast, have 2,000 parts.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Devolution becoming unworkable', warns Yousaf in attack on interfering' Tories

Scotland's First Minister has warned devolution is becoming unworkable, as he blasted the actions of an interfering Conservative Government at Westminster.Humza Yousaf said recent events had highlighted the grim reality that even the limited measure of self-government that devolution provides is no longer guaranteed.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Families of Paul Bernardo's victims demand killer's return to maximum security | CBC News

A lawyer representing the families of two teenage girls murdered by Paul Bernardo has sent a letter to the head of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) demanding that the serial rapist and killer be returned to a maximum-security prison."We urge you to restore public confidence in the correctional system and the administration of justice by rescinding the transfer order," Timothy Danson, counsel for the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, wrote in a letter sent to CSC commissioner Anne Kelly on Friday.
Portland Mercury
9 months ago
Portland

Climate Activists To Protest Zenith Oil Along the Willamette River

Ever since the city of Portland granted a land use permit to oil transport company Zenith Energy last fall, backpedaling on its August 2021 decision to deny the permit on the grounds that Zenith's operations were in conflict with the city's climate goals, climate activists have called on the city to reverse course once again.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

The Guardian view on broken Britain: it won't be fixed with the status quo | Editorial

The gap between the political narrative and life as experienced by the average voter is widening dramatically.The United Kingdom faces serious economic, environmental and social crises that will deepen without shifts in policy.Yet there is little sense of impending doom among the country's politicians.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Labour urges Tories to hand back 5m donation from Mohamed Mansour

Labour has urged the Conservatives to hand back a 5m donation from the party's senior treasurer, Mohamed Mansour, as it questioned why it had taken so long for one of his companies to wind down its business in Russia.In a letter to the Tories, Labour's chair, Anneliese Dodds, called on the party to justify donations of almost 7.5m that she said had come from people and firms who had had links to business in Russia.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Abuse has led Sathnam Sanghera to more or less stop' doing book events in UK

The writer Sathnam Sanghera has said he barely ever does public events in the UK because of a fear of being attacked amid a culture war-fuelled backlash over his views on Britain's imperial past, saying he feared a Florida-style push towards the banning of books.Sanghera, a journalist and author whose bestselling book Empireland assessed how the UK's colonial territories still infect contemporary politics and discourse, said he had begun to dread holding book events here.
San Francisco Bay Times
9 months ago
SF LGBT

Pride and Joy - San Francisco Bay Times

By Joanie Juster-
There is much to be proud of as we head into the marathon known as Pride Month: accomplishments, milestones, and victories deserve to be celebrated, even-or maybe especially-as we face unprecedented challenges.Keep your strength up; it's going to be quite a month.But then, so was May.
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