RIP Fire TV Stick: Amazon scraps its two cheapest TV streamers for a new model
Despite being two of the most popular and affordable TV streamers on the market, Amazon has somewhat surprisingly announced it is discontinuing both its Fire TV Stick Lite and Fire TV Stick, meaning the firm no longer sells a product that is simply called ‘Fire TV Stick’. Both products were still on sale on Amazon […]
As a recent migrant to Germany I say this: the border clampdown is an insult to the values championed here | Bonita Dordel
I live in a small, quaint old town in north-west Germany, and every day I attend four hours of German and integration lessons. I attend because I am an immigrant: I am South African, and moved to Germany three months ago, along with my German husband and our children. These classes, which will take 700 […]
Maltais, Mayeur win national championships in speed skating mass start
Valérie Maltais and Hayden Mayeur won their respective mass starts at the Canadian long track speed skating championships on Sunday in Quebec City. Maltais, from La Baie, Que., completed the 16-lap race in a time of nine minutes 34.163 seconds, followed by Quebec City’s Gabrielle Jelonek (+0.109 second behind) and Calgary’s Darby Beeson (+0.278). Maltais is the reigning World […]
King Charles confronted by politician who accuses royals of genocide | Royal | News
A politician launches a furious rant at King Charles and Queen Camilla (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror) In a shocking display at Australia’s Parliament, indigenous politician Lidia Thorpe excoriated the King and Queen with allegations of “committing genocide”. The Aboriginal Australian independent senator seized the occasion to confront Charles and Camilla as they made […]
Mary Berry’s ‘magic’ honey chicken recipe – ready in 35 mins
Mary Berry enthused that the honey chicken recipe is an “old favourite” of hers that the “family still love”. The iconic cook said the “tender chicken… comes off the bone easily” and has a tasty barbecue-style flavour. What’s more, Mary Berry promised the barbecue-style charred honey chicken is “so easy” to prepare. “Just put it […]
James Cleverly spent £655 a head on in-flight catering for one-day trip to Rwanda | James Cleverly
The in-flight catering for James Cleverly’s one-day round trip to Rwanda last December, while he was home secretary, cost £655 a head. Cleverly spent £165,561 chartering a private jet for his 11-hour visit to Kigali to sign Rishi Sunak’s deportation deal after the supreme court’s finding that Rwanda was an “unsafe country”. He travelled to […]
New York Liberty win first WNBA championship with Game 5 OT win over Minnesota
The New York Liberty finally have a WNBA championship after beating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime of a decisive Game 5 on Sunday night. Jonquel Jones scored 17 points to lead New York, which was one of the original franchises in the league. The Liberty made the WNBA Finals five times before, losing each […]
Hundreds flee Beirut as Israel vows to strike Hezbollah’s financial operations in Lebanon
Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday after Israel said it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of the Hezbollah militant group and told people to leave those areas of Lebanon’s capital immediately. Soon after the Israeli warning, several blasts were heard and a large fire was seen […]
The cult classic skincare stick I won’t leave the house without costs just £7.99
Dry skin is unavoidable in cold weather and can seem impossible to resolve without calling upon a cocktail of skincare ingredients. Staple bathroom cupboard items like Vaseline and Sudocreme are the first point of call for many winter skin woes, but a new holy-grail product could replace a lineup of remedies. Though not new to […]
‘Sowing terror’: fears Israeli strikes will stoke sectarian tensions in Lebanon | Lebanon
Ali Daher first heard the explosion and then he felt the pain. An Israeli aircraft loitering high above had shot two rockets at the building next door, collapsing the top two floors and showering him and his two sons with a deadly spray of concrete and jagged metal. The target of the strike was the […]