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In a competitive Maine Senate race, women voters could be the deciders
The race between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson is one of this year’s most high-profile Senate contests. To win, both candidates will need support from an especially powerful voting bloc: Maine women.
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Infantino broke trust ‘through deception’ – confederation presidents
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued jointly by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation. The letter followed controversy over the Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal, a plan to create a new company to manage commercial and ticketing rights for all Fifa competitions, including the…
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UK wants deeper post-Brexit relationship with EU under Burnham, says minister
Hamish Falconer, the government minister leading post-Brexit negotiations with the EU, has said he wants a “deeper” and “more ambitious” relationship with the bloc, particularly around services trade, as Andy Burnham’s team seeks to build on the reset talks begun under Sir Keir Starmer. The comments matter because they signal Labour’s continued appetite for closer…
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‘Tear Gas’ Is a Fiction Film Shot Inside Georgia Anti-Government Protests. And It Is “an Act of Resistance”
A new fiction film, “Tear Gas,” directed by Georgian filmmaker Uta Beria, was shot inside real anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi, blending scripted drama with footage of ongoing protests against the Georgian government. The film follows 16-year-old Elene and her family as they are drawn into the unrest, and is described by its makers as an…
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Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight
The European Space Agency has commissioned British startup Siloton to develop a compact eye-scanning device to help understand and eventually treat spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), a condition that damages astronauts’ eyesight during long missions. The work is being done ahead of the Artemis programme’s crewed missions to the moon and other deep space journeys, where…
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John Oliver Takes Shots at Own Company’s DC Superhero Movies on ‘Last Week Tonight’
On his HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver mocked the US Department of Justice’s poor track record under Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche, before turning his mockery on his own corporate parent, Warner Bros., over its recent run of underperforming DC superhero films. The segment began with Oliver criticising the DOJ’s handling of cases…
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Peta Credlin unloads at Albo for billing taxpayers to fly his family to Canberra… after Daily Mail exposed out-of-touch act amid cost-of-living crisis
Sky News host and commentator Peta Credlin has criticised Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after it emerged that his family’s flights to Canberra were billed to taxpayers, a practice the Daily Mail had earlier highlighted as out of touch given the ongoing cost-of-living pressures many Australians face. Credlin’s intervention adds a prominent conservative media voice…
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Pauline Hanson warns Australia is on track for another million migrants under Albanese government
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has warned that Australia is on track to admit another million migrants under the Labor government led by Anthony Albanese, with Immigration Minister Tony Burke named in connection with the warning. The claim taps into ongoing debate in Australia over migration levels, housing pressure and infrastructure strain, positioning Hanson’s party…
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Stephen Miller’s wife comes out in support of woke nemesis AOC amid congresswoman’s fertility journey
Katie Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, has publicly praised Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she announced she is freezing her eggs. The gesture is notable because Katie Miller and her husband have long been vocal ideological opponents of Ocasio-Cortez, making the supportive message an unexpected moment of common…
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Israel Rejects Trump’s Gaza Plan, More Details Emerge On The Strait Of Hormuz And Other Mideast News
Israel’s prime minister is rejecting Trump’s deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.