Deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: Bloomberg 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 26 2024 | 1:40 PM IST As demands for the extradition of deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India intensify, four additional murder cases were filed against her, her former Cabinet ministers, and aides on Sunday. According … Read more
“I’d say, if I had a grade myself on playing, I’ve played B or C tennis so far this year,” Ben Shelton says. “I don’t think that I’ve played my best tennis this season. I don’t think that we’ve seen my peak this year.” Shelton is fresh off of Wimbledon when he tells me this. … Read more
By way of introduction, Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers offers grainy, black-and-white images of the arid south-west that flicker disjointedly to a red tint. There are cuts to eagles and rattlesnakes, and one of those rusty diner signs that are the ultimate cliche of America in decline. Flipping television channels juxtapose Richard Nixon with Leave … Read more
The first French phrases Nigerian teenager Sara* learned when she arrived in the city of Bouaké were “Alors baiser” and “c’est douce”, to initiate sexual activity and then to fake pleasure during the act. The daughter of her mother’s best friend had told her she was going to the Ivorian city to sell body lotion. … Read more
Three dead after Russia launches massive air attack Good morning. It is 10:20am in Kyiv. Russia has launched a missile and drone attack, according to Ukrainian military. Witnesses reported blasts near Kyiv, which were attributed to air defence responding to the attack. At least three people were killed, regional authorities said. The casualties were reported … Read more
1 Ten Hag despairs at United setback Perhaps the comparison isn’t entirely fair. Fabian Hürzeler is 31, new and fresh and clearly exhilarated by the process of climbing the mountain. Erik ten Hag is 54 and in his third season as Manchester United manager, which is enough to wear anybody down. It doesn’t help that … Read more
I hadn’t planned to quit being a councillor with an unceremonious, expletive-laden WhatsApp message to my ward colleagues. But after months of stress, the drunk version of me had forced my hand, and I couldn’t take it back. It didn’t start that way. When I was elected as a Labour councillor in Southwark in south … Read more
Like making barrels or thatching roofs, writing about the royal family is one of the traditional craft skills of this country. It involves raking over yellowing newspaper cuttings and polishing old chestnuts about “majesty” and “radiance”. But books about the royals sell, including a recent clutch of glum ones, some ostensibly written by members of … Read more
In my early 20s, I worked as a naked dancing ghost. I was a late stand-in for a production of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. A couple of evenings a week I strolled in the dark to Malmö Opera’s functionalist home, with its marble-clad columns and huge, warmly lit window surfaces. Backstage in the dressing … Read more
Can you make everything better with a bus? “I can’t speak for everyone,” says Janet McGlone, 74, onboard the SL3 Superloop service from Thamesmead shopping centre on her way home to Bexleyheath in south-east London. “But this has been a godsend for us.” The Superloop, a psychedelic-branded network of express orbital buses dreamed up by … Read more