White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges
Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration.President Donald J. Trump met with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh in 2017. The Trump administration’s problems with gifts date from that trip.Credit…Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesPublished Oct. 11, 2021Updated Oct. 15, 2021To hear…
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Fingers Crossed! QAnon Faithful Await the Return of JFK Jr. on the Grassy Knoll in Dallas
A man in QAnon garb at a Donald Trump rally on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia.Photo: Sean Rayford (Getty Images)Spoiler alert: JFK Jr. is dead, folks.Aficionados of QAnon, the present and future of the GOP, have reportedly gathered in Dallas, Texas, to hear a major pronouncement from President John F. Kennedy’s son JFK Jr.,…
Banaz Mahmod murder: ‘What they did was unforgivable’
Banaz Mahmod was 20-years-old when she was murdered by her uncle and father after they said she had shamed their family. Her older sister Bekhal gave evidence in the trial, and since then has been living in a witness protection programme. The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire spoke to Bekhal about life after the trial and how…
London Marathon 2020: Eliud Kipchoge says race can bring hope to the world
Kipchoge, like all athletes, was tested for coronavirus before departing for and on arrival in LondonDate: Sunday 4 October Time: 07:15 BST (elite women), 10:15 BST (elite men), 13:12 BST Venue: St James’s Park, LondonCoverage: Live video and text coverage on BBC One, BBC Two and online from 07:00 BSTKenya’s four-time winner and world record…
Berlin patient: First person cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, dies
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the Berlin patient, pictured in 2012 The first person cured of HIV – Timothy Ray Brown – has died from cancer. Mr Brown, who was also known as “the Berlin patient”, was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally…
Aaron Donald, D.K. Metcalf & Kalen Ballage in best bits of the NFL you may have missed
BBC Sport’s Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell take us through some of the best bits of the NFL you may have missed, including an attempt at showboating which goes wrong for Seattle’s D.K.Metcalf.Watch The NFL Show on Saturday 3 October on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and the BBC Sport website and app at 23:25 BST.
Ministers ‘sticking fingers in ears’ over 2021 exams
Image copyright PA Media Ministers are being accused of “sticking their fingers in their ears” over the possibility that next year’s public exams may have to be cancelled.The National Education Union says higher Covid-19 infection rates and more pupils being sent home, makes holding exams unfair and less likely.It argues that as the situation develops,…
Covid-19: Government ‘must explain new lockdown rules better’
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Meeting people from outside your household in a pub in the North East was allowed on Tuesday but is now illegal New local lockdown restrictions need to be “communicated better” by the government, a police and crime commissioner (PCC) has said.Households in the north-east of England are now banned from…
Ernest Bai Koroma: Sierra Leone ex-leader banned from leaving country
Publishedduration1 hour agoimage copyrightAFPimage captionMr Koroma’s party has denied the corruption allegationsThe authorities in Sierra Leone have imposed a travel ban on former President Ernest Bai Koroma and several officials who served during his term over allegations of corruption. Mr Koroma and more than 100 people will not be allowed to leave the country.They have…
Hailo challenges Intel and Google with its new AI modules for edge devices
Hailo, a Tel Aviv-based startup best known for its high-performance AI chips, today announced the launch of its M.2 and Mini PCIe high-AI acceleration modules. Based around its Hailo-8 chip, these new models are meant to be used in edge devices for anything from smart city and smart home solutions to industrial applications. Today’s announcement…
Amazon introduces palm paying, Apple/Epic battle set for July 2021 trial
Amazon introduces palm paying, Apple/Epic battle set for July 2021 trial
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Goes Big, Simultaneous Release on IMAX on October 16
The official website for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba website announced today that the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train anime film will be released on IMAX simultaneously with regular showings of the Ufotable-animated film. A new poster, based on the old poster, was released with a giant IMAX logo next to the date.…
Ex-law officer won’t back plan to renege on EU divorce bill
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his plan to unilaterally rewrite Britain’s divorce deal with the European Union is a necessary insurance policy against the bloc’s unreasonable behaviorBy JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated PressSeptember 14, 2020, 9:50 PM• 5 min readLONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his plan to unilaterally rewrite…
The 5 Best New TV Shows Our Critic Watched in September 2020
Cable and streaming have been eating away at the traditional TV season for decades now, but as recently as last year, September still meant something. It was the month when each of the Big 5 broadcasters sent out a new batch of sitcoms and procedurals to compete for primetime supremacy, whether a nation that preferred…
Just Cancel the Last Two Debates. America Has Suffered Enough
On Tuesday evening, millions of Americans hobbled by the coronavirus, exhausted after a long summer of wildfires and civil rights protests, suffering through mass unemployment and growing ever more cynical about government from years of toxic political discourse switched on our televisions to hear what the two men vying for our nation’s highest office had…
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