United States Senator Mark Kelly has sued the Department of Defence and its Secretary, Pete Hegseth, alleging that they have trampled his rights to free speech by launching a campaign of “punitive retaliation”. The complaint was filed on Monday in US District Court in Washington DC. It also names the Navy Department and its Secretary,…
One Battle After Another and Hamnet proved to be two big film winners at this year’s Golden Globes, with the dark comedy and historical fiction claiming the ceremony’s top two film awards. One Battle After Another, about a group of betrayed revolutionaries, won four awards – including Best Motion Picture Comedy/Musical, Best Director for Paul…
A football fan who left his own player with a “severe injury” after throwing part of a seat during a Scottish Premiership football match has been jailed for 18 months. David Gowans, 32, threw the projectile onto the pitch following a league match between Aberdeen and Dundee United at Tannadice on May 17. It struck…
Financial markets have been spooked by the resumption of a dispute between its chairman and the Trump administration over the independence of the US central bank. It emerged overnight that the White House was threatening to indict Jerome Powell over comments he made in Congress regarding rising renovation costs at the Federal Reserve buildings in…
Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis in protest against the murder of Renee Good, a mother of three children in America. 37-year-old driver He was shot dead in his car in a Minnesotan city on Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. trump administration He said the shooting was an act of self-defence…
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka captured back-to-back Brisbane International titles as she avoided becoming Marta Kostyuk’s latest top-10 scalp in Sunday’s final. Sabalenka won the match 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 17 minutes, successfully retaining the trophy she had first secured a year ago by defeating Polina Kudermetova, and she did not drop a…
Conservative government will ban under-16s from using social media Kemi Badenoch said the Conservative government will ban under-16s from using social media to stop them spending hours on “addictive” sites. The Tory leader vowed to introduce age limits on social media apps if his party wins the next general election. He argued that we should…
