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Mamdani official’s planned meeting with Iran envoy shut down by State Department
A Mamdani administration official planned to meet Iran's U.N. ambassador before the State Department intervened and canceled the diplomatic encounter.
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Janice Dean offers a tearful final farewell after bringing sunshine to Fox News for over two decades
Janice Dean revealed on “Fox & Friends” that her multiple sclerosis diagnosis and grueling 2:30 a.m. schedule drove her decision to step away.
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Villiers bowls Harmanpreet with ‘excellent delivery’
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has “no answers” to Mady Villiers’ ball as she is bowled for 58 in the first women’s Test match at Lord’s.
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Richie Culver On Melding Art And Sound On His Bold New Album, ‘The Architecture Of Perception’
Over the past five years, multi-disciplinary creative Richie Culver has used exhibitions, spoken word and wild electronic textures to delve deep into the intersection between sound and visual art. New album under the moniker of Quiet Husband, ‘The Architecture Of Perception’, is the latest transmission of this intent, a collection… The post Richie Culver On…
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UK Treasury must change disciplinary process after worker’s suicide, mother says
The mother of Chloe Moffat, a 26-year-old personal assistant at the UK Treasury who took her own life, has called on the department to change its disciplinary practices following her daughter’s death. Moffat, who had worked at the Treasury for almost three years, “loved her job” and had an “exemplary employment record”, killed herself the…
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Is Neon Lining Up UK Distribution? — The Dish
Deadline reports, on an exclusive basis, that the American independent distributor and international sales firm Neon is rumoured to be preparing to move into UK film distribution. The company — known for acquiring the last six Cannes Palme d’Or winners and multiple Oscar winners — has reportedly been keen to expand its UK presence, with…
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“They had us swear on a stack of Bibles that no more flags would be burnt. I did it one more time”: Prog icon Keith Emerson and the world’s first instrumental protest song
This article recounts a 2011 interview — five years before his death — in which prog-rock keyboardist Keith Emerson explained why his 1960s band The Nice burned the American flag on stage and how it affected their career. The band’s confrontational 1968 reworking of Leonard Bernstein’s *America* is presented as what Emerson called the first…
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Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer – business live
The US private equity firm Apollo has agreed a surprise £5.7bn deal to buy the budget airline easyJet, gatecrashing an existing sale process and beating a rival bid from the US private credit group Castlelake. EasyJet’s board has said it is inclined to recommend Apollo’s cash offer of £7.15 per share to shareholders, marking a…