Prosecutors in New York have convened a special grand jury as part of a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business dealings. According to news first reported in The Washington Post, the grand jury will meet three days a week for six months and could eventually be asked to consider returning indictments. Mr Trump is being
If my dreams for an Anya Taylor-Joy-led film could manifest just in time for theaters to reopen and summer to reign, they would look much like, “Taylor-Joy playing a wannabe singer, her high heels clacking along the asphalt in a 1960s-era London awash with neon light, while some poor girl awakens at the stroke of
Libraries across the country have been having Drag Queen Story Hours for several years now, and some have had pushback within their communities as well as protests. This time, the concerns come from an event scheduled in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Haddonfield Friends of the Library (FOL) organized a members-only, Zoom Drag Queen Story Time
Doctor Neiman debuts on NCS with “Wait For Me,” an epic rock-infused bass track that marks his 6th release under this rapidly growing alias. Kicking off the Doctor Neiman vision at the start of 2021, Subsidia, Circus Records, and now NoCopyrightSounds can’t keep their hands off the inventive productions he’s contributing to the scene. In
Local authorities worst affected by the Indian variant have insisted no further COVID-19 travel restrictions apply to their areas after meeting government officials. The eight councils affected have said people are still allowed to travel in and out of the areas listed on the government website which were interpreted as having stricter measures placed on
Ireland has no plans to increase its corporate tax rate – one of the lowest in the developed world - the country’s finance minister has told Sky News, which could scupper Joe Biden’s radical scheme for a global minimum rate. Paschal Donohoe said that he had “significant reservations” over plans floated by the US president
China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China’s space administration said Saturday. The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40am Saturday Beijing time (8:10am IST), the China National Space Administration said. Now I’m “literally” on Mars surface. At UTC 2:40, May 22,
In this article AMZN Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine speaks after a news conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court September 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday he’s suing Amazon on antitrust grounds, claiming the company’s practices have unfairly raised prices for consumers and
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said America will reopen its consulate in Jerusalem – as he also pledged to rally international support to rebuild Gaza. The consulate’s reopening will restore ties with Palestinians, which were downgraded under President Trump’s administration. Mr Blinken said it would be “an important way for our country to
If Senator Rand Paul wants to keep beefing with Richard Marx, it sure seems like the ’80s hitmaker will be right here waiting for him … on Twitter. Marx is not taking a social media break after Paul publicly accused the singer of calling for violence against him, which the Senator suggested was the reason
US President Joe Biden will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for face-to-face talks in Geneva on 16 June. The main focus will be to help tackle the troubled state of relations between Moscow and Washington, analysts said. But the Kremlin said in a statement the two leaders would discuss bilateral ties, problems related to
If there were such thing as “easing back into normal life post-pandemic” couture, Brock Collection might have unearthed it. The LA-based luxury women’s brand, known for its breezy designs that blend effortlessness with an edge and make opulence unpretentious, is teaming up with H&M for a new womenswear collection, launching in the U.S. on June
News Primavera Sound 2022 Lineup: Pavement, Massive Attack, Lorde, the Strokes, More Nick Cave, Megan Thee Stallion, Tame Impala, Dua Lipa, and Tyler, the Creator are also among acts playing the two-weekend Barcelona fest By Madison Bloom and Jazz Monroe May 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Stephen Malkmus (Jason Quigley/For The Washington Post via Getty Images);
Anti-Muslim sentiment “remains a problem” within the Conservative Party, an independent report has found. Professor Swaran Singh, a former equality and human rights commissioner, analysed 1,418 complaints relating to 727 separate incidents as recorded in the Tories’ complaints database between 2015 and 2020. In a 44,000-word report on his findings, he said: “Judging by the
Britain notched up £31.7bn of borrowing in April as the costly impact of the COVID-19 crisis stretched into a new financial year, official figures show. The deficit was £15.6bn smaller than in the same month last year – when chancellor Rishi Sunak turned on the spending taps as the first full month of lockdown crushed
The UK space agency is aiming to send a spacecraft to Mars in roughly half the time it takes now to reach the Red Planet, using nuclear powered-engines to be built by Rolls Royce. It said its research with the engineering company will explore the “game-changing potential” of nuclear power to send astronauts to Mars