US presidential candidate Donald Trump has backed his running mate’s comments about “childless cat ladies” that have become a political headache for the Republican White House campaign. JD Vance’s 2021 comments criticising Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats as “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives” resurfaced after … Read more
Model Bella Hadid has responded to the controversy after starring in an Adidas campaign that drew criticism for “unintentional” connections to the terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The 27-year-old said she was “disappointed in the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign” after it was linked to the Games, during which 11 … Read more
A “biohazard” as a result of a passenger’s “medical issue” has triggered an unplanned, early landing of a commercial plane. United Airlines said the midair incident on flight 2477 caused it to divert to Virginia, where the plane had to be “deep cleaned”. FlightAware shows the flight departing Houston on Sunday morning, then diverting to … Read more
Growing up, Fawzia al-Otaibi and her two sisters, Manahel and Maryam, yearned for a different life. Coming from a conservative family and going to school in Saudi Arabia, they chafed against the rules and restrictions imposed on them. When given the chance they would challenge them, to the irritation of teachers who said they were … Read more
A former BBC presenter has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said. Huw Edwards, 62, was one of the BBC’s most prominent figures before he was suspended in July 2023 and later resigned for health reasons. Edwards had been the lead anchor on the BBC’s nighttime … Read more
It’s a tail as old as time. You’re in the right place at the right moment and the next thing you know, you’re living in the White House. That’s what happened to a stray, gray, green-eyed cat named Willow, who turned up at a Joe Biden rally in Pennsylvania in 2020, jumped onstage and left … Read more
LONDON — A High Court judge on Monday upheld the British government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers, saying a study that found “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits” of the treatment supported the restriction as potentially being harmful. Justice Beverley Lang said a review commissioned by England’s National Health Service concluded that gender care … Read more
PARIS — As the Eiffel Tower shimmered with laser lights, a tune from the man known as the French Disco King set the stage for the final leg of the Olympics opening ceremony. As Cerrone’s “Supernature” pulsed through Paris, sports legends like Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal glided down the Seine, with deaf choreographer Shaheem … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia — and in the view of its media, it’s not really worth the effort. Only 15 Russian citizens will be competing in the Games and, in principle, they won’t be representing Russia. Because Russia and neighboring Belarus were banned from … Read more
MUNICH — MUNICH (AP) — Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have gotten free seats to her concerts in Munich on a grassy hill near the concert venue. The Swifties packed the Olympic Hill, or Olympiaberg, one of the highest elevations in the southern German city, for the second straight day Sunday. That gave them a … Read more
