Russia says it won’t send wrestlers to the Paris Olympics as neutrals
Russia said on Saturday that 10 of its wrestlers who were offered spots at the Paris Olympics as neutrals will refuse to compete. The Russian wrestling federation said in a statement that its officials, coaches and athletes held a meeting and “came to an unanimous decision — to refuse to participate in the Olympic Games.” […]
British PM Starmer says Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead and buried’
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday on his first full day in office that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to get change in motion, though he warned it will take time. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started,” Starmer said in […]
Pubic hair problems and third nipples in James Bond’s Man With the Golden Gun | Films | Entertainment
Roger Moore famously described his Man With the Golden Gun co-star as “a diseased sex maniac with unnatural lusts” due to his outrageous behaviour behind the scenes. On set, of course, it was business as usual, with a riotous array of sexual innuendos and a veteran screen legend flashing his ‘third nipple.’ Things were rather […]
Russia in terrifying mobile nuclear missile launcher drills | World | News
The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on Friday that its Armed Forces were conducting drills involving Yars mobile nuclear missile launchers. Russia’s MoD said the launcher crews in at least two different regions were set to travel more than 62 miles and practice camouflage and deployment. And more similar drills are to come in the […]
Andrea Bocelli and Virginia Bocelli, 12, duet at BST Hyde Park in new footage | Music | Entertainment
Last night, Andrea Bocelli performed the largest classical concert in Europe of this century. The heavens may have opened all evening at BST Hyde Park, but fans were delighted by the Italian maestro’s incredible vocals and guest performances from the likes of Seal and Hans Zimmer. Matteo Bocelli opened for his father and 12-year-old daughter […]
Tory leadership race: Suella Braverman breaks silence | Politics | News
The race to be crowned the new leader of the Conservative Party is under way and key contender Suella Braverman has broken her silence. Mrs Braverman was one of few success stories for the Tories after a dismal night at the ballot box on Thursday, having defended her Fareham and Waterlooville seat with a respectable […]
John Wayne infuriated James Caan – ‘Robert Mitchem had to stop me punching Duke’ | Films | Entertainment
James Caan was 27 when cast as knife-throwing gambler Mississippi in Howard Hawks’ first remake of Rio Bravo, El Dorado. Co-starring opposite John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in the 1966 Western was a massive deal and over the years he’s shared some shocking stories of the shenanigans and at times fiery altercations he had with […]
Did the Supreme Court really just give U.S. presidents the power to assassinate opponents?
All the focus on Joe Biden’s political future this week overshadowed one of the more jaw-dropping allegations in American political history. Did the U.S. Supreme Court really just give presidents the right to murder their political opponents? Liberal justices argue it did. In their dissent in the historic presidential immunity case, Trump v. United States, […]
Andrea Bocelli wows Hyde Park under sodden skies – Review | Music | Entertainment
Never let the challenge of an English summer get in the way of belting out a good aria. That was the motto of arguably the world’s best – and most popular tenor Andrea Bocelli when he appeared at BST Hyde Park. Under grey skies and with the occasional brisk shower, the celebrated Italian singer decided […]
Besting hardliner, reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hardliner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement of the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shia theocracy in his campaign and long has […]