The Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis and the vice-chairs of the 1922 Committee, Cheryl Gillan and Charles Walker, have issued a statement setting out the process for selecting a successor to Theresa May. The timetable to select a new leader has been decided after consultation with the party board, they said. Nominations will close in…

Tesla founder Elon Musk has denied reports that things have gotten so bad at the self-driving car company that even toilet paper is being rationed. “This is complete nonsense,” Musk tweeted under an Electrek Co. article that claimed Tesla’s ‘hardcore’ cost-cutting efforts extended to cutting back on office supplies, including toilet paper. The article cited…

Hillary Clinton has called on Scrabble game maker Hasbro to update its list of approved words without including “ivesssapology” and “covfefe” that appeared in tweets by Rudy Giuliani and President Donald Trump respectively. “Earlier this month, Scrabble updated its list of approved words for game play for the first time in four years (“ivesssapology” and…

At least two people have died after a tornado ripped through a trailer park and destroyed a hotel in El Reno outside Oklahoma City, officials in the US state have said. The suspected twister struck El Reno during a powerful storm on Saturday night. A number of people are reportedly missing and several people have…

A team of Manchester United legends faced their Bayern Munich counterparts in a re-run of the 1999 Champions League final, with David Beckham producing a standout performance in a resounding 5-0 win. Beckham may now be 44 years of age, but his performance on the right flank had fans reminiscing about the glory days of…

A number of US corporations claiming to be champions of women have also been giving hefty financial support to anti-abortion politicians. The latest installment of Redacted Tonight digs into the matter. A wave of almost blanket bans on abortions has swiped through several US states. And although “these bans may seem like actions of crazy…

Both Caracas and Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido have confirmed they sent their representatives to Oslo for talks scheduled to begin next week, a second such attempt at dialogue within two weeks. As the Venezuelan government and the opposition remain deadlocked, with Western-backed, self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ Guaido failing to enlist enough support from the military…

The visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Berlin, which was cancelled at short notice, has been rescheduled for May 31, a spokeswoman for the German government said on Friday. Pompeo had been due to visit Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this month, but cancelled at the very last minute…

A US F-16 fighter jet has took to the skies for the first time since being repainted to resemble a cutting-edge Russian Su-57 aircraft. While the paint job unlikely affected actual performance, it certainly looked nice on the jet. The aircraft belongs to the US Air Force’s 64th Aggressor Squadron based at the Nellis Air…

Israel might be heading into another early election as Benjamin Netanyahu has so far failed to form an uneasy right-wing coalition in his last-ditch attempt just days before the deadline on Wednesday. Even though Netanyahu managed to overcome tough competition from the centrists to win his historic fifth term in office in April, it seems…