The latest election-protecting lawsuit filed this week in Georgia goes straight to the heart of the contest in the country over the survival of freedom’s most basic institutions: our vote and the rule of law. The suit is also vital to the more immediate outcome of this election, and whether Donald Trump can find a … Read more
Before a whistlestop European tour to Berlin and Paris, Keir Starmer promised to mend “the broken relationships left behind by the previous government” and drive forward UK economic growth. Changing the tone with European leaders is the easy bit. Changing the substance – especially finding new arrangements to boost growth – is a much taller … Read more
The surprise arrest of the Russian-born co-founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, after he stepped off his private jet in Paris last Saturday night, has brought the one-time fringe social network under the glare of the spotlight like never before. Durov’s arrest – after an investigation by the Paris prosecutor into organised crime, child sex abuse … Read more
Three years after JD Vance made his disparaging remark about “childless cat ladies” to the then Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Republican vice-presidential candidate is still seeking to explain, telling NBC on Sunday that he was making a joke, but also a “real, substantive point” about the US becoming “too anti-family”. As Vance keeps … Read more
One of the great revelations of my recent trip to the US was the quality and variety of sweet pies – from California to Connecticut, every cafe and diner had at least two or three to choose from. The farther north I got, however, the greater the chance was that one of those would involve … Read more
“Beaver bombing”, covertly releasing beavers into the countryside, is increasing in England because successive governments have not fulfilled promises to permit some planned wild releases, conservationists are warning. Beavers now live freely on river systems across swaths of southern England, and conservationists are calling on Labour to allow official releases of free-living beavers and produce … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court enlarged on bail an accused, who was allegedly involved in criminal conspiracy to commit murder and destroy evidence at the crime scene by concealing grievous injuries on the body of the deceased. G. Uday Kumar Reddy is arrayed as an accused for alleged conspiracy to murder … Read more
If buildings could speak, would they always object to their demolition? In the case of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing, now undergoing a controversial redevelopment, a voice from the grave heartily approves of the arrival of the wrecking ball. It has emerged that, during the demolition of a pair of columns in the gallery’s foyer … Read more
Late on Tuesday night in Arthur Ashe stadium, Emma Raducanu wiped away tears as she digested another bitter loss in the first round of the US Open. Her tight, frantic three-set defeat against Sofia Kenin, at the tournament that yielded her career-defining victory three years ago, was even more painful given how tight the encounter … Read more
A photograph can strip away the comforting lies we tell ourselves, exposing us to the raw truth: nothing lasts, not even the memory of a moment — a concept well-illustrated by Aquin Mathews, Indian Photo Festival (IPF) director and curator of the ongoing photography exhibit at State Art Gallery, observing World Photography Day. The theme … Read more