Late-night monologues from Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee focused on the strict Alabama law that has effectively banned abortions in the state. Samantha Bee The Full Frontal host focused on the controversial law, which makes no exceptions for rape and incest. “No exceptions for rape and incest is also Roy Moore’s dating profile,” she said….
Month: May 2019
Theresa May faces ultimatum: set your exit date or quit now
Executive members of the 1922 Committee are preparing to ask Theresa May to step down immediately if she fails to set out a timetable for leaving Downing Street. Up to 10 members of the powerful group of senior Tory MPs have discussed telling the prime minister to name a date for the end of her…
Venezuelan opposition and government to hold crisis talks
Venezuela’s government and opposition have sent envoys to Norway to attend talks on ways of ending the South American country’s crisis, though their mutual mistrust and differences on key issues are likely to reduce chances of progress. The development reported by officials on Wednesday appeared to reflect a recognition that neither side had been able…
Trump’s financial report shows earnings and losses but misses tax return details
Donald Trump’s 2018 financial disclosure report was released on Thursday by the Office of Government Ethics, shedding light on the president’s earnings and losses in the second year of his presidency. The form, which is required to be filed annually, offered a rare glimpse into the president’s sprawling finances and showed mixed results for his…
10 of the world’s best city views: readers’ travel tips
Winning tip: Jaipur, India Nahargarh Fort sprawls around a rocky outcrop above the Pink City of Jaipur in Rajasthan province. Take a rickshaw up the hairpin road or go in the evening and tackle the stiff 20-minute hike up the path from the city’s northern edge. Wander the extensive battlements and find an empty rampart…
‘It had to be raw and dangerous’ – Def Leppard, Saxon and Venom on 80s British metal
Joe Elliott (singer, Def Leppard): The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) was a phrase invented by Sounds magazine [in May 1979]. It’s an easy hook for many bands that came out around 1979, at a time when nightclubs were starting to let bands play again after disco had shut it all down. Cronos…
Diner accidentally gets £4,500 bottle of wine in Manchester restaurant
A lucky diner was accidentally given a £4,500 bottle of red wine at a steakhouse in Manchester. A manager at the Manchester branch of Hawksmoor, an upmarket chain specialising in steaks and seafood with nine sites across the UK, apparently picked up the luxury wine unknowingly in what the restaurant management described as a “one-off…
Seth Meyers: Trump ‘creates myths about himself until the truth comes out’
Late-night hosts focused on Trump’s trade war with China and the ongoing problem that is Rudy Giuliani. Seth Meyers On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host took a closer look at the recent events of the Trump administration. Meyers first touched on Trump trying to cozy up to the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán,…
‘He wants power’: how Salvini kept changing his message to reach his ultimate goal
Nino Governale was the perfect target for the teenage Matteo Salvini. The PE teacher hailed from Sicily and could hardly get through the weekly lesson at the prestigious Alessandro Manzoni high school in Milan without being goaded by his pupil. “Salvini was as arrogant at 14 as he is today,” Governale says. “His favourite game…
Bill de Blasio announces 2020 presidential bid
New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, has jumped into the 2020 presidential race, joining at least 21 other declared Democratic candidates for the party’s nomination. The mayor announced his run with a video released by his campaign. “There’s plenty of money in this world. There’s plenty of money in this country. It’s just in the…