The broadcaster Andy Kershaw, who presented BBC Radio 1 for almost 15 years, has died at the age of 66, his family have told the BBC. The DJ spent almost three decades working for the corporation, and was best known for his Radio 1 show, which ran from 1985 to 2000. It was reported in…
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly.” “It should be ending pretty soon,” Trump said at an event in Las Vegas, echoing similarly rosy predictions about the end of the war that he has made since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late…
The recent US-Israeli military confrontation with Iran is not merely a limited military operation or another round in the cycle of mutual deterrence. Rather, it presents a revelatory moment for the entire structure of the international order. This confrontation redrew geopolitical divisions in an unprecedented way, exposing the limits of assumptions that had governed the…
After a jury found that Live Nation-Ticketmaster violated antitrust law on several counts, the company warns in a blog post that the verdict “is not the last word on this matter.” The company plans to renew a motion for the judge to issue a ruling against the states, claiming that they did not prove their…
As they continue to build anticipation ahead of the release of their highly anticipated new album 25 – The Ultimate Collection, Irish pop stalwarts Westlife today share the LP’s latest single, ‘Your Love Amazes Me’. Anchored in the same heartfelt lyricism and signature harmonies that first made them stars in the late ’90s, the emotionally…
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An expert tells the BBC the attack in Kahramanmaras was a tragedy but “not a surprise”.
When was the last time you changed your mind? Peter Cavanagh/Alamy “The most difficult subjects,” novelist Leo Tolstoy once wrote, “can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly…
Slash Financial, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers, and crypto, has raised a $100 million Series C round at a $1.4 billion valuation from a crowd of A-list investors, the company announced. Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital, Khosla, and Goodwater Capital led the round. Returning investors NEA and Y Combinator also invested. Slash was…
Spirit Airlines could liquidate as early as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters that had not yet been made public. The budget carrier has been struggling to regain its footing from its second bankruptcy in less than a year, but it now…
