About 20 hours after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Australia and completed the “first day” of their “royal tour,” Buckingham Palace rather huffily tried to change the subject back in the UK. The palace was watching helplessly as Harry and Meghan once again generated wall-to-wall coverage in the British and Australian media,…
Something has gone badly wrong in communication between Downing Street and government departments
Most Israelis wanted the fight against Hezbollah to continue. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics say he is showing that he cannot, or will not, stand up to President Trump.
Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to NPR. That’s roughly seven years’ worth of government funding ($11.2m) after Trump and Congress cut funds for public media, but only a fraction of NPR’s full annual budget of $300 million. NPR may still cut…
Reed Hastings, Netflix’s co-founder and then-CEO, in Sydney to meet with executives of other subscription streaming services on Feb. 25, 2022. Wolter Peeters | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Netflix shares fell 9% in extended trading on Thursday after the streaming giant released its first-quarter earnings report and announced a key governance change. The company…
Vocal powerhouse Demi Lovato has unveiled her latest track, ‘Low Rise Jeans’, taken from the forthcoming deluxe album It’s Not That Deep (Unless You Want It To Be). The track received its premiere on the opening night of Demi’s It’s Not That Deep Tour in Orlando on Monday, receiving rave reviews from fans. The track…
Mandelson vetting decision “utterly unacceptable” – chief secretary to PM With the prime minister in Paris for talks on the opening of the strait of Hormuz, his chief secretary, Darren Jones, has been taking flak for the Mandelson vetting revelations on the morning media rounds. Jones has told broadcasters the Foreign Office’s decision to overrule…
The European Central Bank needs to stay “vigilant“ to potential inflation risks from the Iran war but mustn’t act in haste, Governing Council member Madis Muller said.
When I visited the United Nations Security Council last December to present the Hope Government’s vision for peace in Sudan, I looked at those corridors that I knew well from my many years of work at the United Nations. But my thoughts were elsewhere, back in my country, where my mind was filled with images…
Casely has reannounced a recall of its Power Pods 5,000mAh MagSafe E33A charger after dozens of people were injured and one even killed by the defective devices, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) announced. It’s recommended that you stop using the devices immediately, dispose of them safely and seek a replacement from the manufacturer….
